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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Brian McNamee puts Roger Clemens relics up for auction

I just bid $200 for a flask of tasty-looking hemoglobs!

With legal bills mounting, lawsuits pending and his professional future uncertain, Brian McNamee, former trainer to the stars, is very clear on at least one aspect of his life:

He wants no part of any gifts from a man who calls him a liar.

McNamee has 50 to 60 signed pieces of memorabilia - photos, baseballs, hats and jerseys - given to him by Roger Clemens, his former client. Clemens has spent the last three months assailing his character - basically since McNamee stated in the Mitchell Report that he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs. Six weeks after his nationally televised congressional showdown with Clemens, McNamee has turned over the entire collection to Phil Castinetti, owner of Sportsworld in Saugus, Mass., one of the biggest sports-memorabilia dealers in New England.

McNamee is also selling other items signed by Jose Canseco, Andy Pettitte and Jason Grimsley.

“He was going to throw this stuff away,” said Castinetti, who has already begun listing the items on eBay and believes the pieces could generate up to $75,000 in all. “Because of the hard feelings between him and Clemens, he wanted nothing to do with it.”

Repoz Posted: April 02, 2008 at 04:01 AM | 4 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. RobertMachemer Posted: April 02, 2008 at 07:29 AM (#2727518)
He wants no part of any gifts from a man who calls him a liar.


It's going to be a very uneventful Christmakwanzaaka in the McNamee household this year.

McNamee is also selling other items signed by... Andy Pettitte


Given that Pettitte is the one who seems most vocally supportive about McNamee's truth-telling, this seems to suggest that McNamee wants no parts of any sort of gifts, whether from Clemens (obviously evil) or Pettitte (greatest American hero)... which makes the whole "he wants no paer of any gifts from a man who calls him a liar" seem to be a bit of an interpretation by the writer, though no doubt others see it otherwise. I mean, he's selling all sorts of things -- he's not taking a stand against Clemens, he's just trying to make money -- and nothing's wrong with that -- so why the whole implied moral stand about Clemens's gifts? (Never mind, don't answer that).
   2. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader Posted: April 02, 2008 at 12:56 PM (#2727573)
I have dibs on the syringe filled beer can!

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