Clemens: You want answers?
Congressman: I think I’m entitled to them.
Clemens: You want answers?
Congressman: I want the truth!
Clemens: You can’t handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has baseballs. And those balls have to be hit by men with bats. Who’s gonna do it? You? You,Congressman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for steroids and you curse HGH. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that HGH, while illegal, probably sells tickets. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, sells tickets…You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that mound. You need me on that mound. We use words like fastall, slider, splitfinger…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent playing a sport. You use ’em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and falls asleep to the Sportscenter clips I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said ‘thank you’ and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a bat and dig in. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!
Congressman: Did you order the HGH?
Clemens (quietly): I did the job you sent me to do.
Congressman: Did you order the HGH?
Clemens: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!!!
(with thanks to C. Andrew Waters)
Move Over, Colonel Jessup
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That was awesome.
Haha, how bout that?
Were goin hoppin, Were goin happin, Where things are poppin, The philadelphia way, Were gonna drop in, On all the music they play, On the bandstand
Were goin swingin, Were gonna swing in the crowd, And well be clingin, And floatin high as a cloud, The phones are ringin
My mom and dad are so proud, Im on bandstand
And Ill jump, and hey, I may even showem my handstand, Because Im on, Because Im on the american bandstand
When we dance real slow, Ill show all the guys in the grandstand, What a swinger I am,I am on american bandstand