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Hey Roger, "there's no crying in baseball" or the stock market

Every time I see a "grown up" going through what Roger Clemens is going through with his own personal doping scandal and the incrimination of the Mitchell report, I cannot help but think of the first rule of holes: if you're in one, stop digging. Yesterday Hillary was crying, and Roger has been crying for a week. Neither one will be better off for it.

Roger Clemens is getting a lot of bad advice. Or maybe this is just a part of the Major League persona that does not allow one to back down. I have no idea who did what when, but the more I hear Clemens and his attorneys posturing, the more I think his credibility is shot and the likelihood that he is not being forthright with the facts is a higher probability.

If Pete Rose would have come clean quickly and admitted his failings he would already be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. It is much better to "man up," take the hit, and move on than to "keep digging". His Yankee team mate Andy Pettitte fessed up, said "my bad" and is moving on for better of worse.

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