Roger Clemens doesn’t have dramatically enhanced muscles that could be serve as evidence of steroid use

Each baseball fan knows that Roger Clemens is accused in obstruction of justice. It is believed that he has lied before Congress about intake of steroids and HGH.
Rusty Hardin, the attorney that was hired by Roger Clemens to defend him, noted that there was no any difference in physical appearance of Roger Clemens before, during and after his trainings with the coach Brian McNamee. The attorney confirmed that this aspect was a proof that Roger Clemens hadn’t applied steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
Increase of muscle mass is normally utilized by federal prosecutors as proof that a sportsperson takes steroids or/and other related medications. But this tendency was not used during the governmental case against Roger Clemens. No one could claim that Roger Clemens’ muscles manifested that he had administered steroids and HGH. It is one of differences between the case against Roger Clemens and that against Barry Bonds.
As for the governmental case against Barry Bonds, federal prosecutors called numerous persons in the trial who could testify that anabolic steroids led to great changes in physical appearance of this athlete. They considered that application of steroids led to increase of muscle size, increased size of the head and testicular atrophy in Barry Bonds.
Thus, Rusty Hardin presented 4 photos of Roger Clemens. The pictures displayed physique of Roger Clemens, including the period of time when Clemens was working with Brian McNamee. The attorney noticed that the pictures showed that there was no difference in physical changes that could manifest that he applied steroids and HGH.
The defense attorney for Roger Clemens confirmed that the photos manifested only the process of ageing. The masseur Cheryl Redfern also claimed that she didn’t observe any changes in physical appearance of Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens experienced neither back acne, nor abnormal development of breast tissue, nor dramatically increased muscles.
Phil Garner, a former baseball player, also affirmed that there were not any essential changes in physical appearance and performance of Roger Clemens during working with Brian McNamee.
The Assistant US Attorney Steve Durham tried to discredit the argument about lack of physical changes in Roger Clemens during the cross-examination of Phil Garner. He noted that while some steroids enhanced muscle mass, others didn’t induce getting muscles. Thus, he confirmed that the pictures could say nothing about steroid use.
Federal prosecutors desire to take advantages in both cases: in the case against Roger Clemens and in that against Barry Bonds. While they affirm that changes in physical appearance of Barry Bonds manifest that he has utilized steroids, lack of changes in physical appearance of Roger Clemens doesn’t prove that he hasn’t applied steroids.