The Roger Clemens story continues, as the former New York Yankees pitcher carries on with his attempts to clear his name after it appeared on the performance-enhancing drug users list. His agent Randy Hendricks and his two associates from Hendricks Sport Management released a 45-page report on Clemens’ statistics during his career, as to prove that his longevity as a sportsman was due to his own efforts, not to drug abuse.

The report says: “Clemens’s longevity was due to his ability to adjust his style of pitching as he got older, incorporating his very effective split-finger fastball to offset the decrease in the speed of his regular fastball caused by aging,” adding that “Clemens was far from being in the ‘twilight of his career’ or ‘washed up’ in 1996, as some have speculated.”

After his name appeared in the Mitchell report, the scandal between Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee intensified, as accusations of using steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001 were made public. Clemens denied the allegations and has been trying to clear his name ever since, including suing McNamee for defamation.

Just last month, Clemens released a video on YouTube claiming the accusations to be false, and this month it was his agent’s turn to work on rehabilitating his image. The Hendricks report includes 38 charts, showing that Clemens was lower than average in 21 of the 23 major league seasons and comparing his career with those of Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling.

Clemens, together with his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, his former New York Yankees teammates Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, and the former clubhouse worker Kirk Radomski, are scheduled to testify before a House committee on February 13, as everyone eagerly waits for their depositions.