Did Roger Clemens lie?

Did the six-time Cy Young winner take performance-enhancing drugs but tell Congress he did not?

That’s for a jury to decide.

However, the charges are serious, and the outlook for the star pitcher is grim.

Or should we say former star pitcher? Clemens once was famous. He now is infamous.

What is known is that many baseball players took steroids and other performance enhancers because Major League Baseball, lacking leadership and longing for ticket sales and TV ratings, didn’t do anything to restrict drug use like other professional sports leagues were.

It was all about the home runs. Remember the league slogan, “Chicks dig the long ball”?

It’s good that Major League Baseball has clamped down on drug use. The slogan now is “I Live for This.”

But the stain of the steroid years is going to follow baseball for a generation — be it upset fans, falling stars or records with asterisks.

The trouble that Roger Clemens finds himself in is just one example.