Finally, a player who is accused of taking steroids/HGH does the right thing and comes clean, as opposed to vehemently denying the accusations despite strong evidence to prove the contrary. Andy Pettitte released a statement, through his lawyers, Saturday night admitting that he took HGH twice during the 2002 season. He said that he took them to speed his recovery so he could help his team, and not to gain a competitive advantage, and if you read the Mitchell Report, this coincides with what Brian McNamee said took place. So what does this all mean?

Well for one, it was the smart move by Pettitte. By admitting his mistake, fans and media will be more inclined to forgive him and look at him as someone who is honest and human. Look at what happened with Jason Giambi. Despite the fact that Giambi never truly admitted to fans that he took steroids, he was completely honest to the grand jury back in 2003, and because of that people ultimately forgave him. He went on to win the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2005.

Secondly, this does not help Roger Clemens at all. Unlike Pettitte, Clemens' lawyer responded immediately following Thursday's press conference saying these allegations were false. Well, sorry Roger, but the more things come out, meaning the more and more players admit to their use (already Pettitte and also F.P. Santangelo) the guiltier you're going to look. While "Lefty," as you so affectionately call him, learned so much from you over the years about pitching, the best thing you could learn from him is honesty. Otherwise, the more you deny you have used steroids and HGH, the more you're going to look and sound like Barry Bonds. Lucky for you, you never appeared in front of a grand jury otherwise this could get really ugly.

Tainted Dynasty?

Why are people writing that the Yankees championships from 1998-2000 are tainted? According to the Mitchell Report, the only prominent player during that run to be found taking steroids/HGH was Roger Clemens, everyone else named was accused to be doing so in the years following in which they never won. Plus, the reason why so many Yankees and Mets were named was because Brian McNamee and Kirk Radomski worked for the respective teams and were forced to talk. If other teams had employees who were forced to talk, trust me, there would have been several players from those other teams as well.