I agree, the guy doesn't belong in jail for lying to our countries lawmakers about his use of steroids. Neither does he belong in the baseball Hall of Fame. He's a cheat and a liar, we all know that. I can't come up with a good reason to honor that. Maybe it's time to divide the Hall of Fame into two sections--with and without steroid use. It would be a slap in the face to all the "clean" players who got into the Hall on their own accord.

Bob, I recall Roger never having a serious shoulder or arm problem, no TJ surgery for him. I also recall the time Roger showed up at Spring training a bunch over weight. Okay, at the time he was "weight challenged!" Remember the "Roggggger, haaaaavvvve annnnnother dooooonnnnnuttttt" chants? Then we had Dan Duquette, our prognosticator of prognosticators, saying "Roger is over the hill!" Yah, right, next! Roger was a true site to behold when he was on that mound. From the day he started for the Sox, the Rocket was in charge. Very few pitchers have projected that, real, self confident just plain arrogance needed to intimidate the batter. Roger did it. He had it. I don't care if Roger used steroids, HGH, Twinkies or Popeye's chicken. The Rocket was one for the ages. He will be forever remembered as the greatest Red Sox pitcher to me. Sorry Petey. The Rocket - HOF.

I agree with the previous comment. The Hall should designate a separate Asterisk wing, honoring those who have admitted to, or are strongly suspected of, "Winning with the help of Advanced Biochemistry." And this installation must also include a discussion/display highlighting the roles played by the players' union,team managements, MLB & the Commissioner, perhaps even media, and we fans who chose to turn a blind eye for too long. Loads of multi-media materials should make for a very topical,meaningful and educational addition. I only wish that more fans would find this topic worth of further research and consideration. Well, now the only court Roger will face is that ocmposed of the Hall of Fame voters. I'm eager to see how Mr. Ryan and his colleagues end up voting on Clemens, Sosa, Palmeiro and more, in 2013 and beyond.

Bobby I will miss you when you retire. You sum up Clemons accurately. But for the fact that he had a great fastball he would have been digging ditches in Texas for the past 25 years - he just does not know it. Good luck and best wishes.

What a colossal waste of time, taxpayers money and energy. THIS is what the government needs to focus on? REALLY? Let the MLB honchos deal with juiced players - what with the huge problems with energy, the deficit, the economy, pollution, etc., one would think the US government would spend the millions of dollars we pay them in taxes to address real issues instead of prosecuting (TWICE!!) an egomanaiacal pitcher who will suffer more in the court of public opinion than he could possibly suffer on trial. Unbelievable. . .

Yea, Rog was probably juiced, but so were all the batters, so it evens out. A great pitcher he was, but he was not a hall of fame spitter and his drooling was minor league.

I totally disagree. Roger lied and he should serve time. It doesn't do the rest of society any good to see somebody beat the system because they have money and jurors are stupid.

I disagree with Mr. Ryan. Mr. Ryan rationalizes his argument for justifying Mr. Clemens' lies as follows: "Yes, I know lying to the government is not good form, but there's lying to Congress and there's LYING TO CONGRESS!!!!." Tell that to the men and women who honorably serve our country for you have made their job harder. Kiley