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Baseball Musings
February 19, 2008
The Real Grilling

Here's why Andy Pettitte wouldn't talk about Roger Clemens at his Monday news conference:

McNamee attorney Richard Emery said Pettitte will be a central witness in the defamation suit Clemens filed last month against his former trainer. Pettitte may be required to sit for depositions and meet with his own attorneys - even as the Yankees prepare for spring training and the 2008 season.

"If I were Andy Pettitte, I would be furious at Roger for filing this case, because Clemens is now pursuing a frivolous defamation case against Brian, who will be forced to have his lawyers grill Pettitte much more thoroughly and painfully than Congress did," libel specialist Emery told the Daily News. "He will be dragged out of the middle of the season, out of the rotation, because of Roger Clemens."


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when Mcnamee was connected to a dat erape case in Florida, he only paid about half of his legal bills.

now that he is unemployed, divorced and has a special needs child, how is he paying the bills?

three attroneys at $ 500 to $ 600 per hour for the period of almost a year?

it isn't pro bono - as firms use social conscious items like death penalty, abortion, environment, takings cases, etc. as pseudo-charitable donations.

how are his attorneys compensated? we know Clemens can pay Hardin and his coterie, but...I smell a cover-up.

Posted by: rmt at February 19, 2008 01:05 PM

Maybe an *anonymous* donation from Bristol, CT?

Posted by: gordon at February 19, 2008 01:18 PM

Gordon - you mean a unit of ABC, which is owned by Disney, whose former chairman and board director was George Mitchell - and Disney's PAC has donated to Rep Henry Waxman ($38500 in the past 7 years) , who represents the 30th district of California, which includes Malibu, West Hollywood - you know, the places where the people who run the entertainement industry live and work?

Or DLA Piper,the frim Mitcehll chairs, which has contributed money to waxman and also provided investogators for the report? or Foley and Lardner, where MLB COO Bob Dupuy wokrs, which contributed to waxman and provided attorneys to the Mitchell investgation?

Posted by: rmt at February 19, 2008 01:24 PM

"a coverup"?

Posted by: sad at February 19, 2008 01:29 PM

perhaps I should say an uninvestigated story - the Mitchell connection to Disney has emasuclated ESPN reporters, the Mitchell connection to Congress has led to unquestioned acceptance of the word of St. George, the law firm conflicts of having firms that do MLB work do the research...it goes on and on..

who at ESPN would delve deep into the story if it may get them fired? - most of their reporters have prejudged Clemens and give Pettitte a free pass) - and Mitchell got a huge free pass.

Posted by: rmt at February 19, 2008 01:43 PM

or maybe the attorneys took the case for the publicity and some money when the book and movie are made?

nah the galaxy-wide conspiracy makes more sense.

Posted by: Tim at February 19, 2008 05:12 PM

Tim-

You can't argue with conspiracy theorists. You'll only end up being used as further evidence showing the massive scale of the coverup. ("they even planted commenters at respected sports blogs to sell their side of the story!")

josh

Posted by: josh o. at February 19, 2008 06:34 PM
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