At what cost?: Roger Clemens was found not guilty of lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. APThe 49-year-old Clemens was acquitted Monday on all six counts that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs."What a waste. I was thinking about it after all this time, what a waste of resources," Mattingly, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said Tuesday before his team began a three-game interleague series with the Athletics. "Then you hear about teachers and stuff who don't have paper and pencils for kids, and it seems like what a waste. What a waste of money. Really, I don't think anybody cares. At this point nobody cares, it's like, 'So long.' "Mattingly played against Clemens for more than a decade while with the Yankees early in the 354-game winner and seven-time Cy Young Award winner's career with the rival Boston Red Sox. Mattingly — a .311 career hitter (23-for-74) with eight RBIs and three doubles against the right-hander — also served as bench coach of the Yankees in 2007 during Clemens' final big league season in the Bronx.Mattingly figures the government has much better ways to spend money than investigating superstar athletes.Mattingly hopes Major League Baseball is finally beginning to move forward from the Steroids Era thanks to improved testing and stiffer penalties for those who fail drug tests. He sees positive strides toward a reliable solution."I don't know. It seems like something always pops up, you know? It always creeps back a little bit," Mattingly said. "It's definitely getting behind us, I think, as we go. I think the biggest thing is better testing and thorough testing. You start getting HGH testing and you're getting better testing, it just kind of reinforces to guys that you can't get away with it, and it's going to be an equal playing field. That's what I like."It kind of protects players from the players, it protects organizations, it protects fans, it protects everybody. I think the testing protects everybody."NEW YORK — Major League Baseball Tuesday banned Philadelphia Phillies rookie second baseman Freddy Galvis for 50 games for using a performance-enhancing drug.Galvis tested positive for clostebol, a synthetic anabolic steroid."A trace amount of a banned substance — 80 parts in a trillion — was detected in my urine sample," Galvis said in a statement. "I cannot understand how even this tiny particle of a banned substance got into my body.""The Phillies continue to believe in and endorse Major League Baseball's drug policy. We also support Freddy Galvis in his determination to put this matter behind him and we look forward to his return as a productive member of the Phillies as soon as possible," the Phillies said in a statement.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Mattingly thinks Clemens trial wasted resources
OAKLAND, California — Don Mattingly considers the five-year congressional investigation into Roger Clemens a complete waste of resources and money.At what cost?: Roger Clemens was found not guilty of lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. APThe 49-year-old Clemens was acquitted Monday on all six counts that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs."What a waste. I was thinking about it after all this time, what a waste of resources," Mattingly, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said Tuesday before his team began a three-game interleague series with the Athletics. "Then you hear about teachers and stuff who don't have paper and pencils for kids, and it seems like what a waste. What a waste of money. Really, I don't think anybody cares. At this point nobody cares, it's like, 'So long.' "Mattingly played against Clemens for more than a decade while with the Yankees early in the 354-game winner and seven-time Cy Young Award winner's career with the rival Boston Red Sox. Mattingly — a .311 career hitter (23-for-74) with eight RBIs and three doubles against the right-hander — also served as bench coach of the Yankees in 2007 during Clemens' final big league season in the Bronx.Mattingly figures the government has much better ways to spend money than investigating superstar athletes.Mattingly hopes Major League Baseball is finally beginning to move forward from the Steroids Era thanks to improved testing and stiffer penalties for those who fail drug tests. He sees positive strides toward a reliable solution."I don't know. It seems like something always pops up, you know? It always creeps back a little bit," Mattingly said. "It's definitely getting behind us, I think, as we go. I think the biggest thing is better testing and thorough testing. You start getting HGH testing and you're getting better testing, it just kind of reinforces to guys that you can't get away with it, and it's going to be an equal playing field. That's what I like."It kind of protects players from the players, it protects organizations, it protects fans, it protects everybody. I think the testing protects everybody."NEW YORK — Major League Baseball Tuesday banned Philadelphia Phillies rookie second baseman Freddy Galvis for 50 games for using a performance-enhancing drug.Galvis tested positive for clostebol, a synthetic anabolic steroid."A trace amount of a banned substance — 80 parts in a trillion — was detected in my urine sample," Galvis said in a statement. "I cannot understand how even this tiny particle of a banned substance got into my body.""The Phillies continue to believe in and endorse Major League Baseball's drug policy. We also support Freddy Galvis in his determination to put this matter behind him and we look forward to his return as a productive member of the Phillies as soon as possible," the Phillies said in a statement.
At what cost?: Roger Clemens was found not guilty of lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. APThe 49-year-old Clemens was acquitted Monday on all six counts that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs."What a waste. I was thinking about it after all this time, what a waste of resources," Mattingly, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said Tuesday before his team began a three-game interleague series with the Athletics. "Then you hear about teachers and stuff who don't have paper and pencils for kids, and it seems like what a waste. What a waste of money. Really, I don't think anybody cares. At this point nobody cares, it's like, 'So long.' "Mattingly played against Clemens for more than a decade while with the Yankees early in the 354-game winner and seven-time Cy Young Award winner's career with the rival Boston Red Sox. Mattingly — a .311 career hitter (23-for-74) with eight RBIs and three doubles against the right-hander — also served as bench coach of the Yankees in 2007 during Clemens' final big league season in the Bronx.Mattingly figures the government has much better ways to spend money than investigating superstar athletes.Mattingly hopes Major League Baseball is finally beginning to move forward from the Steroids Era thanks to improved testing and stiffer penalties for those who fail drug tests. He sees positive strides toward a reliable solution."I don't know. It seems like something always pops up, you know? It always creeps back a little bit," Mattingly said. "It's definitely getting behind us, I think, as we go. I think the biggest thing is better testing and thorough testing. You start getting HGH testing and you're getting better testing, it just kind of reinforces to guys that you can't get away with it, and it's going to be an equal playing field. That's what I like."It kind of protects players from the players, it protects organizations, it protects fans, it protects everybody. I think the testing protects everybody."NEW YORK — Major League Baseball Tuesday banned Philadelphia Phillies rookie second baseman Freddy Galvis for 50 games for using a performance-enhancing drug.Galvis tested positive for clostebol, a synthetic anabolic steroid."A trace amount of a banned substance — 80 parts in a trillion — was detected in my urine sample," Galvis said in a statement. "I cannot understand how even this tiny particle of a banned substance got into my body.""The Phillies continue to believe in and endorse Major League Baseball's drug policy. We also support Freddy Galvis in his determination to put this matter behind him and we look forward to his return as a productive member of the Phillies as soon as possible," the Phillies said in a statement.
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