"Roger That...Good Buddy!"

T plus 4 days since the Rocket was launched into the controversy of the MLB steroid scandal and the media can't get enough of it. After his best buddy and protege Andy Pettitte addressed the media yesterday, many are viewing Rocket's silence as a sign of guilt.

In the Court of Public Opinion you are guilty until proven innocent; and as we have seen so far when it comes to allegations regarding PED's, there is very little that can be done to sway public perception.

Roger's massage therapist and workout partner, Rohan Baichu is attempting to smear McNamee's name; citing that the former personal trainer is a troubled alcoholic who is jealous of Roger's 2004 Cy Young Award that he won in Houston after parting ways with the trainer. Baichu has worked very close with Clemens since his days in Houston and claims he has never noticed any behavior that would indicate steroid use.

Wonderful, a lovely case of he said/she said. Just last year McNamee told reporters that Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens had never asked him for performance enhancing drugs; only to flip flop when Mitchell and the Feds came calling. One of these trainers isn't telling the truth -- and at this stage in the game it's impossible to tell which one.

Interestingly enough, the head henchman of the Steroid Era, Jose Canseco, recently defended Roger Clemens in an interview with Dan Patrick. Canseco states that he had never seen or heard of the Rocket doing any kind of PEDs.

There is only one way for Roger Clemens to clear his name. While Andy Pettitte appears to have put the issue behind him after releasing a 'semi-apologetic' confession to the limited use of HGH, Roger faces a much larger hurdle, and as Canseco says, the only way for Roger to regain credibilty is to take legal action. While I generally try to disagree with anything Canseco has to say -- he put it best when asked what it would mean if Roger doesn't sue MLB, "Then he's guilty."

If this goes to Civil Court, and no new evidence turns up, there's a good chance Roger can win. But even after that case is closed, the file will always remain open in the Court of Public Opinion; and there's nothing Rocket can do about it.