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Roger Clemens using Twitter to talk to fans ‘right from the heart’

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“Hey Gang…It’s official…I’m a Twit! ;D Enjoy the ride!” - Roger Clemens, June 17, 2009.

...“He is as direct and honest in his communications on Twitter as he is face to face,” said the spokesman, who requested anonymity.

...Clemens saves his best tweets for his enemies - Brian McNamee, the former trainer who accused Clemens of steroid use in the Mitchell Report, and McNamee’s attorney Richard Emery.

“Some people are just ASS CLOWNS! It would be nice to one day have a chance to have our say in a fair setting,” wrote Clemens this week, shortly after his lawyer Rusty Hardin gave notice that he will file an appeal to revive his defamation lawsuit against McNamee. U.S. District Court Judge Keith Ellison dismissed the lawsuit.

“Our guys have a truck load of info I never knew about Dr. M, or should I say Agent M, oh no wait ... it’s Navy Seal M, oh no wait…” Clemens wrote derisively this week. He is referring, of course, to the doctorate McNamee received from from an online university. Clemens, according to McNamee, told people that the trainer had been a Navy SEAL. McNamee was a registered sports agent in New York state.

“BTW…the E guy rep-ing Dr. M, or VITAMIN M, or whomever he claims to be, is an UGLY HUMAN!,” Clemens wrote, referring to Emery. “Oh wait…sorry he’s not a doctor…hmmm.”

Repoz Posted: September 18, 2009 at 11:56 PM | 17 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Koot Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:08 AM (#3326421)

There is nothing in the article that shows this is really Roger Clemens, and not someone making fun of Roger Clemens.

Although... it's from the NY Daily News. I'm sure they've never been outsmarted.

2. The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:17 AM (#3326422)

There is nothing in the article that shows this is really Roger Clemens, and not someone making fun of Roger Clemens.

You mean the following isn't ample evidence?

..."He is as direct and honest in his communications on Twitter as he is face to face,” said the spokesman, who requested anonymity.

Some people are just ASS CLOWNS!

heh

3. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:19 AM (#3326424)

"He is as direct and honest in his communications on Twitter as he is face to face," said the spokesman, who requested anonymity.

I'm not sure why, but this is the greatest sentence ever written.

4. Koot Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM (#3326425)

No, the anonymous spokesman still doesn't convince me. And, what man in his late forties uses the word assclown? I wish I could just say "good enough for the NY Daily News, good enough for me"... but... I just am a little skeptical.

5. jwb Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:27 AM (#3326426)

Because so many people go into the spokesman biz because they like to keep their names out of the papers?

6. God Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:30 AM (#3326431)

Yep, he's talking to fans right from his cold, stainless steel, artificial heart.

It’s official...I’m a Twit!
At least he was only one letter off.

7. Mr. J. Penny Smoltzuzaka Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:30 AM (#3326432)

“Hey Gang...It’s official...I’m a Twit!

Yes... yes, you are.

8. The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:33 AM (#3326435)

Somehow the idea of Roger Clemens hunched over a computer typing out insults like "ASS CLOWN" and "UGLY HUMAN" both rings hysterical and false.

9. Matt Clement of Alexandria Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:34 AM (#3326437)

I've never heard of an anonymous spokesman.

10. eric Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:46 AM (#3326440)

I went to that twitter feed and after reading through about two pages of them, I'm very willing to believe it's Roger Clemens.

11. Buzzards Bay Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:48 AM (#3326441)

"Don't write when you can speak
don't speak when you can nod
don't nod when you can wink"

12. Gamingboy Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:49 AM (#3326442)

UGLY HUMAN is the new "go #### a chicken"

13. Tripon Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:53 AM (#3326447)

8. The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: September 18, 2009 at 08:33 PM (#3326435)
Somehow the idea of Roger Clemens hunched over a computer typing out insults like "ASS CLOWN" and "UGLY HUMAN" both rings hysterical and false.

You can use a mobile device like a cellphone/blackberry/iPhone, etc. to access twitter.

14. Slapinions Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:59 AM (#3326450)

It’s official...I’m a Twit!

At least he was only one letter off.

Priceless.

15. The Most Interesting Man In The World Posted: September 19, 2009 at 01:22 AM (#3326471)

You can use a mobile device like a cellphone/blackberry/iPhone, etc. to access twitter.

Thanks for the 411. Imagining Clemens doing that just isn't as funny.

16. The NeverEnding Torii (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) Posted: September 19, 2009 at 07:23 AM (#3326600)

Shut up, Roger, just shut up. You lost me at "Nickelback put on a great show".

17. jcnyc Posted: September 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM (#3326623)

If this is the stuff that's in his heart, his heart sucks.

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