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If we’ve learned anything about Suzyn Waldman, it’s that she’s passionate about the New York Yankees. She exalted like crazy when Roger Clemens was in GUERGAGE’S BOX. She wept when Joe Torre took his final bow. So when it comes to the latest Clemens news, you would expect her to be in Roger’s corner more so than most.

And well, she is.

“I can only judge people on what I observe and how they treat me,” she said, “and since the mid-’80s, I’ve known him and all of his family and watched the kids being born and knew his mother and know his sisters … I never saw this stuff. I don’t know if it’s true. Does it change what I think of Roger Clemens? I don’t think so.” [ … ]

“The only thing that surprises me about anything that happens is the glee with which people are dealing with this venom,” she said. “It surprised me last year when it happened to me.”

It’s easy to go after Clemens these days. But when he’s close enough to you that you know his children, know him as someone else, know him as a terrific pitcher and friend, well, it’s not so easy to turn the tide on your opinion, no matter how bad the accusations seem.

That being said: she’s in the minority. A caring and compassionate minority sure, but a minority nonetheless.

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