Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12"

Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12" and notsteroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" releasedThursday.

"Lidocaine and B-12. It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today," Clemens told Mike Wallace in the interview, which is scheduled to beshown Sunday night. It is Clemens' first interview since the release of the Mitchell report in December.

[h3]Lidocaine and B-12. It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today. [/h3]
--Roger Clemens in '60 Minutes' interview

In the report, McNamee claims to have injected Clemens with steroids in 1998, 2000 and 2001. He said he injected the seven-time Cy Young winner with HGH in2000, according to the report.

According to CBS, Clemens calls the accusation that he used steroids and HGH "ridiculous" and says he "never" used any bannedsubstances. The interview was conducted last Friday.

Wallace ask Clemens if he swears he didn't used banned substances. "Swear," Clemens responds.

On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a lawyer for McNamee said he wouuld sue Clemens if he accuses McNamee of lying in the interview.

"He's got a chance to protect himself," Richard D. Emery, a New York-based lawyer who specializes in libel and defamation actions, told TheTimes. "We're not going to sue him if he doesn't do it. But if he does it, we're going to sue him."

Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, told The Times his client has nothing to hide.

"I believe a client who's telling the truth should tell the world the truth," he said. Of Clemens' "60 Minutes" appearance,Hardin said, "I think [Clemens] expressed himself very emotionally, and it'll give the viewer a chance to look at Roger and make up theirmind."

On Thursday, Hardin added: "In his interview with 60 Minutes Roger told the truth. It is that simple. I encourage Mr. McNamee to watch theprogram."

Shortly after the Mitchell report's release, Clemens issued denials both through Hardin and in a video posted on his Web site.

"Let me be clear, the answer is no. I did not use steroids or human growth hormone, and I've never done so," Clemens said in the video."I did not provide Brian McNamee with any drugs to inject into my body. Brian McNamee did not inject steroids or human growth hormones into mybody."

McNamee's lawyer, Ed Ward, said in December that "[McNamee] stands 100 percent behind the accuracy of the information he provided to Sen.Mitchell."

Shortly after the report was released, Hardin said: "... I am extremely upset that Roger's name was in this report based on the allegations of atroubled and unreliable witness who only came up with names after being threatened with possible prison time."

Also on Thursday, the New York Daily News reported that Hank Steinbrenner, the New YorkYankees' senior vice president, said Clemens will not be back in pinstripes.

"I'm not signing Clemens," Steinbrenner told the Daily News in a telephone interview.

Steinbrenner said the team has Andy Pettitte, who is also mentioned in the Mitchellreport and who has admitted using performance enhancing drugs, signed for one season.

"Andy is [signed] for one year and he's only 35 and he knows how to pitch in the big games," Steinbrenner said, according to the Daily News."Roger does, too, but let's face it, he's going to be 46 [in August].

"Pettitte is just as good with the young pitchers, though Clemens was great with the young kids last year. I don't think Roger is going to comeback anyway."

He's already been exposed, nothing e can say/do will change that now

Now it all makes sense!

man dude is a cheater

we'll he just admit to it --- look how it worked for Andy Pettite, hes not as relevant as Roger but as soon as he admitted he did it the media stop talkinabout him

GTFOOHWTBS

ain't no one believing this chump

macnamee has been "working" with clemens since 1997. this is the same guy who andy pettite himself said was injecting hgh into people, including him.petite admitted to that shortly after the report and accusations came out.

if clemens was willing to get injected with b-12 and lidocaine by macnamee then he's setting it up so that he has room to say later on "oh, well i wasfooled into believing it was b12 and/or lidocaine because that's what i was told by macnamee. i didn't know it was hgh and/or steroids." he'sgoing to plead ignorance and shift the blame. it's happening already. watch.

you can't have it both ways. on top of that, lidocaine is only a topical anesthetic and only supposed to be given by licensed doctors not trainers,especially when injected. if you're an "all star" athlete, why would you have a trainer do something like that and not the team doctor orlicensed professional?

and how do you surge late in your career after a few middle so-so years? c'mon

mike wallace is 89 years old (aka old aka not a hungry news reporter any longer), has had a positive working relationship with clemens and can often be foundas a guest in george steinbrenner's suite at yankee stadium. plus, asking someone something as fluffy as "swear?" just isn't good enough.gee, that's really putting him on the hot seat, mike.

i think most people will see this as a weak attempt by clemens to save face. it's going to backfire though

dude is going down.
the other guys saying he knows what he injected him with.


clemens is done for.
the yanks want nothing to do with him.

Eff a Clemens.

These aren't word-for-word, but...
Bonds: "I just took what my trainer gave me. I thought it was fish liver and flax seed oil."
Clemens: "I was injected, yes. With Vitamin B-12 and Lidocaine."



And Bonds came up with his fish liver line WEEKS after being initially exposed.
Clemens? Same thing; came up with this 'vitamin + Lidocaine' line WEEKS after being exposed.

If you don't have anything to hide, what took so long fellas?

Idiots.

For me...
Maddux = best pitcher of our generation
Griffey = best position player of our generation

Hank Aaron > Bonds
Ryan > Clemens

But I still doubt damn near every power record achieved in the last decade or so. I think Clemens and Bonds are going to stand as the faces of The Steroid Era,but there are many others that go with those two faces.

I'm sure Bonds is happy he's not alone now, though.

Ska, even with Clemens, I always thought Maddux was the best pitcher of our generation. He was unreal to watch.

I think Pedro had the most dominant 2 or 3 year stretch of anyone though.

Clemens is a used tampon. I wish Pettite would air him out.

Clemens is the white Barry Bonds

Everyone knows he is lying. No point in trying to deny anything anymore.

Say what you want, but Cortizone is a steroid too.

the only way you can say griffey was best position player of generation is if you say pedro was the best pitcher of it. Simply Griffey wasn't great forlong enough to be (probably would have been without injuries but that doesn't matter). He only had 4-5 great years meanwhile pedro was statistically thegreatest pitcher of all time for 2-3 years and almost as good for another 2 but his other years have just been good not great.

I'm glad most people are looking at clemens in the same light as Barry, well except for BSPN which is willing to buy into his excuses.

^ You and I must have different ESPNs.

because the one I've been watching has been handling things the same as when Barry was outed a few years ago; with caution at first, until so much evidencewas built that it became foolish to defend the guy. That didn't happen overnight with Barry; he wasn't just outed and then ESPN analysts began laughingat him, believing that he was guilty, and lying. That took time.

And it will for Roger, too. It would be foolish to expect them to treat his situation RIGHT NOW the same as they are treating Barry's RIGHT NOW. They haveto be more professional, jst as they were when he first was accused.

And yes, it was the same way when Barry was first accused. Don't be fooled otherwise by people on here trying to pull race cards. ESPN didn't jump allover Barry overnight, and they're not doing that with Roger, either.

However, we're not ESPN. We're the public. We don't have to be professional or blah, blah, blah. So that's why you're seeing more honestyon NikeTalk than on ESPN; this is the court of public opinion, where Roger has already been condemned as the lying cheat that he is.

This is great.. im going to stay tuned for these next comments from him

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

Eff a Clemens.

These aren't word-for-word, but...
Bonds: "I just took what my trainer gave me. I thought it was fish liver and flax seed oil."
Clemens: "I was injected, yes. With Vitamin B-12 and Lidocaine."

And Bonds came up with his fish liver line WEEKS after being initially exposed.
Clemens? Same thing; came up with this 'vitamin + Lidocaine' line WEEKS after being exposed.

If you don't have anything to hide, what took so long fellas?

Idiots.

For me...
Maddux = best pitcher of our generation
Griffey = best position player of our generation

Hank Aaron > Bonds
Ryan > Clemens

But I still doubt damn near every power record achieved in the last decade or so. I think Clemens and Bonds are going to stand as the faces of The Steroid Era, but there are many others that go with those two faces.

I'm sure Bonds is happy he's not alone now, though.

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Agree 100%.

I believe Clemens.

NOT!