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Pettitte Could Be Called to Testify in Lawsuit
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Yankees P Andy Pettitte could be called to testify in Roger Clemens's federal defamation suit against Brian McNamee as part of the trainer's attempt to dismiss the case.
Clemens contends McNamee defamed him when the trainer, who worked for both pitchers, told Pettitte in 1999 or 2000 that Clemens had used HGH and in 2003 or 2004 that Clemens had used steroids.
Among the assertions McNamee's lawyers made in a motion filed late Wednesday is that Clemens should have known long before the Mitchell report was released in December that McNamee had made the statements to Pettitte.
Because of that, McNamee's lawyers say Clemens's suit was filed after the statute of limitations had expired.
McNamee repeated many of his accusations against Clemens to baseball investigator George J. Mitchell and again this year to a congressional committee. Clemens sued McNamee in January.
· RAYS: Pennant fever is alive in the oddest of places. Ticket lines are longer, television ratings are rising and young, budget-minded Tampa Bay is in first place in the AL East, looking down on the big-spending Red Sox and Yankees.
A few numbers:
· By handing the Red Sox their fifth straight defeat, the Rays became the first team to sweep two series of three or more games from Boston in the same season since the Yankees in 2001.
· According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Tampa Bay is the first team other than New York or Boston to lead the AL East this late in a season since 2000, when Toronto led on July 6 before finishing third.
