Clemens trying to sway opinion

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Roger Clemens asked Mike Wallace, in his interview with "60 Minutes," how do you prove a negative? Well, the agency representing him is trying to do just that.

Brian McNamee, his former trainer, told George Mitchell that he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens says he has never used performance-enhancing drugs. They may be at a he-said, he-said impasse, without corroborative evidence.

This morning Randy Hendricks and two associates released a 44-page report on the newly built Web site RogerClemensreport.com that attempts to create traction, through the use of statistics, for the pitcher's assertion that he didn't use steroids.  
 

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