No Immunity for Roger

I turned on ESPN at one point and thought I had accidentally turned on court TV, but alas it was only the continued coverage of Roger Clemens and his legal adventures. The Supreme Court hearing has already been delayed, so that more “evidence” can be gained in the whole situation. The chances of anything worthwhile being found in a few weeks on something that’s been scrutinized for over a month seems unlikely. It was also revealed that no one testifying will be granted immunity for their testimony. This should not be a problem for Clemens anyway if he is indeed telling the truth, then he should have no need for immunity. However, with no one having immunity, if Brian McNamee and Roger Clemens both stick to their stories then it would mean one of them would be perjuring themselves. Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, and Kirk Radomski will also be there to testify and none will receive immunity. I’m not quite sure why Knoblauch is there, I suppose because he is Clemens’ former teammate during the time period in question and he was also named in the Mitchell report but I don’t know how much light he can shed on the subject. Plus, the man has suffered enough, let’s just leave Knoblauch alone (on an aside, it is interesting to think that maybe the steroids were what caused all of Knoblach’s throwing problems but that’s a discussion for another time). Anyway, it probably would have just been for the best for everybody if this hearing had just been done with sooner rather then later, since very little is likely to be accomplished. Nothing will change unless Clemens’ pulls a Mark McGuire on the stand in which case his credibility will be ruined. Even if McNamee admitted he was lying there would still be a lot of doubt around why he confessed and Clemens’ name will still not be fully cleared. This whole thing seems like it’s probably going to get a lot worse before it gets better, so let’s just get it over with so we can all hear about the scandal for a week or so and then move on with our lives.