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Pettitte Will Skip Clemens Steroid Hearing

Posted Feb 12, 08 6:37 AM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will not be called to testify before the congressional committee investigating the Mitchell Report and alleged steroids use by Roger Clemens, ESPN reports. Former Mets trainer Kirk Radomski and ex-player Chuck Knoblauch will also not testify, which leaves Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee. McNamee claims he injected the pitcher with performance enhancers more than a dozen times.

The committee leaders issued a statement saying that Pettitte had answered all the committee’s questions last week, and requested not to appear at the hearing. According to sources, Pettitte often contradicted himself while meeting with congressional lawyers. Sources also said that Pettitte’s testimony did not mesh completely with Clemens’ recollection of events.

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Former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, right, accompanied by his attorneys Lanny Breuer, center, and Rusty Hardin, left, arrives at the office of Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington,...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, right, and his wife Laura, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, where he was to be deposed before the House Oversight and Government Reform...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, left, walks with his wife Laura, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, where he was to be deposed before the House Oversight and Government Reform...   (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, is one of the photographs submitted to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by Brian McNamee, former personal trainer for pitcher...   (Associated Press)
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