Diego Herrera’s Reviews > American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime > Status Update

I am anxious to see the names on the affidavit from the Grimsley interview. One name has to be Barry Bonds, and another might be Brian McNamee, who is Roger Clemens' personal trainer, which would get him busted as well.

The CBA in 2003 started the drug bust in the MLB, and I assume this is the year that the league began to ban players for using PEDs.

I was not surprised to learn that Kelly and Chelsi divorced, considering her parents and her grand parents did the same thing when she was very young. This part wasn't very interesting or important to the book overall, so I read a little more than I usually do.

"The drugs. The women. The publicity. It all got to his head."
Clemens was on steroids for the tail end of his career, and he became complacent with breaking the law, pretty much thinking he was in the right for doing it.

I'm not shocked that human growth hormone (HGH) is popular outside of baseball, like in Hollywood. I am surprised that Clemens' wife started taking HGH. The long term effects on a person's body, and the consequences of doing HGH can ruin someone's life. I wonder what the punishment for Debbie Clemens will be, since HGH is illegal.

Chuck Knoblauch was lucky that McNcamee took the fall for the incident and removed Knoblauch's name from it as much as possible. Even though the courts ruled in Mcnamee innocent, he still was fired by the Yankees.