I’m not going to waste my time with all the names, because yesterday’s proceedings are just the tip of the iceberg. We’ll wait until the names surface from other investigations sure to follow which will highlight activity outside the country in places like Tijuana, where “the juice” is easier to find than street fruit. I mean, if Mark McGwire is not on this list, or dozens of players who fit the profile of big stats/bigger decline, then we should hold our breath for other reports to surface.

I will say this about Roger Clemens. He can deny these allegations all he wants, and he may be right in doing so, and he may be innocent. But let’s just say that Clemens taking steroids and HGH makes a ton of sense.

If you watched his playoff performance in 2000 throwing 93 MPH sinkers at a baffled Mariners line up, or watched him twitch and shake during his effort in the World Series against the Mets, you’d think he’d need some help to get that superhuman. This report gives credence to baseball fans befuddled by Clemens reaction to Mike Piazza’s broken bat when he admitted he, “thought it was the ball” and that he was “really pumped up.”

Decent job by the YES Network yesterday, whose “Hot Stove” edition featured Bob Klapisch urging Clemens to sue former trainer Brian McNamee, or take a lie-detector test, in order to prove his innocence and to keep his legacy in tact. Also, the forum allowed for Dave Justice, a YES employee and former player whose name appeared on the list, the first chance to publicly clear his name, which he attempted to do. Justice cited his “fear of needles” as the reason he never used despite being linked to making purchases.

However, YES missed the opportunity to set the record straight regarding the hiring of McNamee, who was reportedly hired as strength and conditioning coach at Clemens’ urging, in 2000. McNamee was not retained in 2002 after he was questioned by police in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a woman during the 2001 season. It was reported the woman ingested the date-rape drug GHB. Charges were never filed against McNamee.

Clearly, if there was a chance to set the record straight about the team’s relationship with its former employer this was it, however YES executives passed.