Living Reflections from a Dream

I just googled that phrase and there are a ton of results, so this post may have no originality.

I feel you can gain a sense of a person from their past behavior. Let's look at Roger's past behavior for some clues as to whether he is or is not A BIG FAT LIAR:

Roger on 60 Minutes: I've trained hard my entire career.
Reality: not in 1993-1996: he could have been a candidate on the Biggest Loser during those years.

Roger in 1996: I want to pitch some where closer to home (home = Houston)
In 1996 Roger signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. For those of you without maps (I hear it's a growing epidemic, such as): Toronto is pretty friggin' far from Houston

Roger in 1996: I want to pitch where I can win a championship
Roger went to the Blue Jays, a mediocre team at best at the time. The Blue Jays had offered him more money than the Yankees, a team that went on to win 4 out of the next 5 World Series (and yes, it pains me to type that sentence).

Roger in 2003: I'm retiring
In 2004: Roger pitched for Houston

Roger in 2004: I'm retiring
In 2005: Roger pitched for Houston

Roger in 2005: I'm retiring
in 2006: Roger pitched for Houston (half a season)

Roger on pitching in Houston: I want to pitch close to home
In 2007: Roger spent the spring negotiating with the Yankees, Red Sox to pony up crazy money for half a season, selling himself to the highest bidder Yankees (and then there was the ridiculous stunt in from the owners box. Spare me, please)

Roger on 60 Minutes last Sunday:
WALLACE You’re retiring? Period.

CLEMENS Probably.

WALLACE Not for sure, but—

CLEMENS I would say, yeah. If I sit here and tell you right now, I would say yes.

WALLACE You’re not going to pitch again?

CLEMENS You’ll never see me pitch again.

TRACK: BUT HE HAS RETIRED THREE TIMES BEFORE AND HE TOLD US HE COULD UN-RETIRE AGAIN.

And maybe most egregious of all:
Roger at his press conference Monday: I don’t give a rat’s a@# about the Hall of Fame
OH please. That is the entire reason you are so lawyered up and taping phone conversations.

So do I believe Roger: every time I've ever believe Roger, he's broken my heart. So, as Drew Barrymore said in Fever Pitch: I just got so hurt. Really hurt. And sometimes.. when that happens- something inside just shuts off. So no, I don't believe Roger.