This is exactly what they said about the first Congressional hearing: political grandstanding, pointless, who cares. It turned out to be an incredibly important turning point in the steroid story: really, the first time major stars were tarnished, and the first time MLB was forced to deal directly with the issue after more than a decade of denial. It was only after that first hearing that MLB and the PA got serious about implementing a testing program. Not a good testing program, but a first step anyway.

I can't say that the second hearing will be as crucial, but I don't think anyone can, in fairness, say it will be pointless. The naysayers were wrong last time, and they may well be wrong again.

No. In this case, the only way anything is going to get done is if congress holds hearings. With most other problems hearings are not the answer, actual votes and bills are the answer. Why are you always so wrong? Oh, yeah, you are a republican...er...uh, independent (cough) O'Rreilly.

No. In this case, the only way anything is going to get done is if congress holds hearings. With most other problems hearings are not the answer, actual votes and bills are the answer. Why are you always so wrong? Oh, yeah, you are a republican...er...uh, independent (cough) O'Rreilly.

I don't know, A John. Eye-rolling at Congressional grandstanding can be pretty bipartisan.

How does McNamee afford a team of $ 600 plus per hour lawyers when he has no income and was paid poorly by Clemens et al?

Lawyers do not take defamation cases on contingency, as the money won usually is very low (and the client does not take home too much either!). And in Mcnammee's case, he paid pennies on the dollar to lawyers in a past legal issue.

Is there a book deal already signed?
Is someone funding his defense?

I don't buy the "fix the thousands of other problems first" argument. It's the lazy way to make sure that nothing gets fixed. There will always be problems. That doesn't mean that you don't fix the ones you can see because there are others out there you can't see. Should we not give speeding tickets to anyone because there are unsolved murders out there? Ridiculous. We've got people now that we know were associated with steroids distributors and we've got to go after them. That there are thousands of other things unsolved is immaterial.