Tick Tick Tick......

In a few hours, we find out who took steroids. I can't wait to see what Mitchell came up with in all that time.

It's expected that Roger Clemens and his sidekick, Andy Pettite will be on the list. And why not, when you think about it. Clemens has always seemed quite interested in being one of the best pitchers of all time.

With Boston, starting in 1986, Clemens went 24-4, then 20-9, 18-12, 17-11, 21-6, 18-10, then 18-11 in 1992. He was mediocre from 1993 thru 1996, his last year in Boston at 34 years of age. Most athletes start to decline at about that age.

At 35 years of age, which for Clemens was the year 1997, he had one of his greatest year ever going 21-7, then 20-6 in '98. Clemens went on to win a lot more. He was fantastic for Houston in 2004 and 2005, going a combined 31-12. Hmm.

Yes, he's a great pitcher but I'll bet he was juiced up the night he threw the bat at Piazza. Wonder when he started hitting the juice? Probably not early on with the Red Sox when he was literally amazing.

Whatever. Although this news will diminish or tarnish his reputation, I think it will do little to change opinions of his place in pitching history. He was great early on, had a down period and then took off, a bit late in his career or anyone's career to take off like that, but there it is. He certainly extended his years of greatness, if not his career years overall.