Now that it looks as if the Stros late-season push for the playoffs is all for naught, it appears that the Stros may well be dealing with more than just the disappointment of missing the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.
Remember the Jason Grimsley Affair that broke this past June?
Then, remember that Cardinals’ slugger, Albert Pujols, was was one of the first Major League Baseball players implicated in the affair?
Well now, the ripples of the affair have reached the Stros, as the names of both Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte have been implicated in the affair (LA Times story here). Clemens and Pettitte deny any involvement with Grimsley or in using performance-enhancing drugs. Lawyers are being consulted.
As predicted earlier, this is going to get rather ugly. Unfortunately, the level of discussion will probably descend into scapegoating rather than a productive debate regarding the use of performence-enhancing drugs in professional sports.