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By Coley Ward [June 14, 2008 at 4:06pm CST]
- The Tampa Tribune is reporting that Rays OF Rocco Baldelli (60-day DL, mitochondrial disorder) is close to joining a minor-league team for a 20-day rehabilitation assignment. Baldelli thinks he can return to the Rays this season, but he has yet to hold any workouts in the outfield and hinted he could return as a DH. "Obviously, I'd like to be playing the field," Baldelli said. "But realistically, I'm trying not to look too far ahead."
- Juan Rincon has declined the Twins' offer of an assignment to Class AAA Rochester, and the team formally designated him for assignment. In all likelihood, that means Rincon will become a free agent in 10 days. Rincon has been with the Twins for his entire career and had a couple of good years in 2003-2006, but he's fallen on hard times lately.
- If anybody out there harbored hopes that Roger Clemens would return to pitch this season, here's some cold water to splash on your face. A former federal prosecutor tells the New York Daily News that the evidence against Roger Clemens – testimony from Andy Pettitte and Brian McNamee, as well as the bloody gauze pads, used syringes and steroid vials McNamee turned over to authorities in January – is more than enough to indict Clemens.
Coley Ward writes for Umpbump.com and can be reached here.
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An indictment is still a far cry from a conviction. I'll bet virtually any amount that Clemens never serves time.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | June 14, 2008 at 06:12 PM
another odd and end.
chase headley's day for the padres has finally come.
http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080614&content_id=2926467&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd
Posted by: Green Grove | June 14, 2008 at 06:45 PM
Didn't they say that the gauze and syringes were too old to use against Clemens?
Posted by: icedrake523 | June 14, 2008 at 07:08 PM
DNA degrades quickly - there's not a chance they'd get anything useful out of it.
You'd need to keep the blood in a test tube stored in a liquid nitrogen freezer to get any conclusive DNA results after 10 years. This stuff was stored in a crumpled beer can in someone's basement.
As for an indictment, they're relatively easy to get. All it means is there's reason to believe you can make a case. It's just basic filter to make sure that the judge wouldn't laugh you out of the court room.
And before anyone says "But it was really hard to get an indictment on Bonds" - the original prosecutor on that case was an idiot. Once the lead prosecutor was replaced by someone more experienced, the indictment came very quickly.
Posted by: yanksfan | June 15, 2008 at 12:43 AM