Clemens Pleads Not Guilty

If you haven't already seen it on the news, Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty to charges of perjury for lying to congress about his steroid use. The Rocket seems prepared to fight this thing to the end against the whole world, and since he probably won't convince anyone that he was always clean, he'll probably spend a few months in the slammer at the end of this thing. But this particular headline is just strange to me. It's like -- yes, it's breaking news. It's like -- yes, it's true. But it's just not surprising in the very slightest bit. Almost so expected that it doesn't deserve to be a headline, you know? It's like if I said, "Breaking news... the Patriots are playing football this week." Yes, it's up to date and yes, it's true. But everyone already knows that. Sort of the same thing here. Everyone and their mother knew that Roger wasn't going to plead guilty after everything that's happened so far. It would be counterintuitive. Like kicking a field goal on 1st and goal. But at least today was the absolute confirmation that we're in for a long, aggravating ride. I think they said his hearing is like a year away from now. So this will all quiet down for a while before shooting back to the surface. And when that time comes, I'll be pulling my hair out with just as much force because ESPN is covering Clemens during the midst of a heated pennant race (that hopefully the Red Sox will actually be succeeding in next year). Whether or not the Rocket used the juice (and I believe he did), I would just so much rather this whole thing be over and done with. We already have enough useless news in the media. Favre and King James have that covered. We don't need you, Roger. Go home.