The biggest news in baseball these days is the controversy over NY Yankees, Andy Pettitte, and former Yankees star Roger Clemens. One admits to using human growth hormone, and seems somewhat vindicated by his admission and honesty. The other is causing everyone to scratch their heads in disbelief. Who did the right thing?

Pettitte said in a public statement:

“I want to apologize to the New York Yankees’ and to the Houston Astros’ organizations and to their fans and to all my teammates and to all of baseball fans for the embarrassment I have caused them.”

The Yankees seem ready to accept his apology. He’s met with team leadership, including George Steinbrenner.

In the end, I think honesty always works with the public. Obviously, if Clemens is innocent, he’s right to fight this. But if he’s not telling the truth, I don’t know what he thinks he can gain from denying it. Because now that he’s publicly sworn to not have used the substances, he can’t come back and admit it. He’s stuck with his story, no matter how implausible it seems.

My sincerest hope is that this controversy will be done soon, that the regular season can begin, that players, the league, and the law will all commit to keeping baseball clean, and that we can debating the game again rather than being constantly distracted by these issues. To find NY Yankee tickets online click on the link.

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