Did the Truth Lie in Roger Clemens' Butt?

The Roger Clemens/Brian McNamee lawsuit saga is going to take many twists and turns ... not all of which we particularly want to hear about. Not because they're not important, but because they creep us out. What you are about to hear could turn out to be an important component regarding whether Roger or "Mac" is telling the truth. Most likely though, it'll just creep you out.

Brian McNamee told federal authorities last summer that Roger Clemens developed an abscess on his buttocks about the same time that McNamee said he was giving him steroid injections during the 1998 season, according to a lawyer with knowledge of details of the case. (...)

But did Clemens have an abscess in 1998? Three members of the Blue Jays' organization that season, including one of the team's two trainers, said in recent interviews that they did not recall any abscess associated with Clemens that year. In addition, Clemens's lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said Friday that McNamee had made the same assertion about an abscess to Hardin's investigators Dec. 12. He said they followed up by contacting both Blue Jays trainers from that season, neither of whom backed McNamee's account.

If McNamee and his lawyers are unable to obtain confirmation that the abscess existed, McNamee's credibility, rather than Clemens's, could come into question in what has become a continuing public battle between Clemens, McNamee and their lawyers.

Once again, McNamee comes up with something that may or may not be true, yet what we do know right now is that there's no hard evidence. If McNamee could come up with even one tangible bit of evidence as there has been with other players in the Mitchell Report, he could blow this wide open. But as of yet, nothing. Until then, get ready for some uncomfortable discussion regarding Roger Clemens' buttocks.