I'm no Novack, but when I hear a juicy rumor...
The rumor goes that Clemens and Damon have tested positive, and that ESPN is sitting on it til Monday at MLB's request.
So we don't know if its true, I guess we'll find out on monday...
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Might be bullshit, on espn rumors page:
Major League Baseball officials received at least a dozen phone calls yesterday regarding a rumor MLB was about to announce that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon had tested positive for steroids, with an announcement coming today. ''Total BS," one official said. MLB and the players' union had released a joint press release last week, vehemently denying that more prominent players had tested positive in the aftermath of Rafael Palmeiro's failed test.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/scorecard/08/19/truth.rumors.mlb/
If it's true, I'm still OK with Clemens as a Hall of Famer and all-time great. Even on the juice, Palmeiro was never that impressive. I think voters will use this as an excuse to not vote for someone who never really dominated the game.
The Cubs choose to build around Mark Grace instead of Raffy in the late 1980s, and I'm sure Cub fans aren't kicking themselves. Besides, they got their own juiced up HR machine four years later.
Rocket...say it ain't so.