Homer Award: Rep. William Lacy Clay
“A colleague of mine, Mr. Capuano of Massachusetts, wants to know what uniform you’re going to wear to the Hall of Fame?”
WHAT? Is this guy serious? I mean, there is a time and place for everything, so they say. But this was neither the time, and surely not the place for such an exchange. Complete and utter stupidity. You have one guy basically telling Roger he isn’t getting into heaven (perhaps even a larger head-scratcher with this one), and another guy puckering up like this. I don’t even know what else to say. What a freakin’ Homer…
Filed under: _Homer Awards, _Mitchell Report/Steroids
I 100% agree with you Mr. Fleece. This was very possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen, and Lacy should feel like an ass, because he certainly looked like one today.
Agreed. Huge homer.
Almost as good as that lady congresswoman getting ABUSED by the Chairman. He gave her the gavel and silenced her!
The idea of a gavel is great. Imagine having a gavel at any other job? haha
Mr. Capuano of Massachusetts? I thought Capuano was still with the Brewers!
It’s funny, I thought he was talking about Chris Capuano at first as well, because Capuano’s actually from Massachusetts.
Turns out there’s a congressman, Michael Capuano, who represents the 8th congressional district in Massachusetts.
Congressman Capuano also gets a homer award, by the way.
After watching all four and a half hours of todays congressional hearings , it’s clear as a bell why Clemens is behaving the way he is.
Clemens is a bully , period. And bully’s think they can get away with anything.
Like I said before , Liar under oath plus bully = perjury and a nice stint in federal prison with a really crappy uniform.
I would be very surprised if he ever ends up in jail. Not going to happen.
As for homers, how about the dude from Indiana who just pointed out every lie McNamee has told and abuse him by saying, “I don’t know what to believe, but I don’t believe YOU.’
And then he goes on to say he does not see any proof that Clemens took roids and he is a “titan” of baseball….
HOMER!
I think he could go to prison. If they find more proof, they’ll go right after him for perjury.
See Marion Jones.
Not to raise a stink or anything, but a popular white guy is more likely to avoid the slammer than a black woman, particularly one in an Olympic sport (as opposed to America’s pastime). Also, Jones copped a plea where Clemens has maintained his innocence, the evidence against Jones came from USADA and Olympic athletes have had to deal with a stricter anti-doping policy than (ahem) the anti-doping policy of the MLB. Also, unlike say Pete Rose who was always seen as a jerk and unpopular so jail time was no problem, Clemens was a hero until the Mitchell Report was released.
Fred,
I’m inclined to agree with your argument for most crimes. But I think that if there’s one crime the Fed doesn’t really disriminate against, it’s perjury. We’ve seen time and time again that if you lie to the Feds and they catch you, you’re going to get indicted.
Bonds and Marion in sports, Libby and numerous others in politics, and anyone that impedes any investigation. I don’t know why anyone would do it after all we’ve seen. But one of Clemens or McNamee lied to the Feds, and one of them will most likely get tried for perjury eventually.
I don’t know if you saw this, but McNamee’s attorney is claiming that Bush will pardon Clemens if he is indicted. If this happens, look for every African American to cry fowl (and rightly so), since no pardon appears forthcoming for Bonds and Jones. By the way, while Jones is headed to jail for perjury (and Bonds may be joining her), Libby never spent a day in jail (Bush pardon) and neither did Clinton.
One more thing, if Selig were the CEO of a business other than a professional sports league, he would have been forced to resign by now from this scandal, instead of being rewarded with a lucrative, multiyear contract.
Agreed on all counts.