Clemens is on 60 Minutes, get the hot dogs and sunflower seeds. Here goes a 108 Red Stitches train of thought. Time is in (New York) East Coast Time.
Earlier in the day, a report came out that Clemens and his former trainer had an "emotional" phone call.

Chargers game is running late, "60 Minutes" not starting on time.

7:44 - Clemens asks for an "inch of respect" in a 30 second promo before the show starts. Mike Wallace asks Clemens about taking a lie detector test, editing makes Clemens look guilty.

7:58- CBS Money Watch, sponsored by Flomax. Take my first bathroom break.

8:02- Story on the Executioner. Dude used to work in Boston, K'd a lot of people. Wait, never mind, not the Clemens story.

8:15- End of Executioner Story. Unbelievably honest. Last honest interview of the night? We'll see.

8:18- Teaser for Clemens/Wallace interview.

8:19- GAME TIME!

8:20- I'm angry that what I've done for the game of baseball....that I didn't get the benefit of the doubt. It's hogwash...How can you prove your innocence?

8:21- Hardest working man in throw business. Cute.

8:22 -Wallace quotes Mitchell report. Clemens denies everything.

8:23- Why would Brian McNamee want to betray you?

8:24- Clemens says "I should be pulling tractors with my teeth."

8:25- Clemens: I was shocked, I was angry, a lot of emotions.

8:26- Clemens: I think he's been buting and moving steroids. Uh-oh...sounds like a lawsuit could be in the works...

8:27- Clemens: I had no knowledge in what Andy (Pettite) was doing.

8:28- Lynocane and B12- Clemens admits to having McNamee inject him with something.

8:29- Clemens worried about amount of Vioxx pills given to him.

8:30- Wallace is pushing buttons. I would have punched his wrinkly ass by now.

8:31- Clemens: I don't know if I can defend myself, a lot of people have already made up their mind. Will talk to Congress, especially about Vioxx.

8:32- Clemens agrees (sort of) to a lie detector test. Challenges whether or not lie detector tests actually work.

8:33- The higher you get up on a flagpole, the more your butt shoes. Clemens, retiring, wait...probably retiring.

Whew! Interview over.

Slow week so far in the wonderful world of baseball. After a stormy December that launched the Mitchell Report and a lackluster winter meeting, the New Year rings in with a big yawn.
Sure there's allegations of rampant steroid use in the Seattle clubhouse, but it's more of a cry for attention by a no-name, talentless, woah-is-me has been that never did anything with the time allotted to him.

Baseball Around the Country:

Clemens gets his chance to clear his name during an interview with 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace,
while New York Times writer, Murray Chass, talks strategy with Clemens' lawyer.

Scott Oslter of the San Fransisco Chronicle consults a psychic in an attempt to get a jump on 2008's top sports stories.

Clark Spencer writes about Florida's life after Miguel Cabrera.

Todd Wills of the Dallas Morning News spends some time with a fresh face from the Ranger farm system.