to corroborate some of the things he said, a close personal friend, former teammate of rogers, andy pettitte who really seemingly had to reason to lie about rogers use of drugs said that roger admitted to him that he had used human growth hormone. so some people who are really close to roger are going into great detail about his drug use and of course rogers's adamantly denying it. >> brown: so what is his reputation now on an off the mound. how big a fall from grace is this for what is, after all, at least in baseball terms, one of the all time great pitchers. so where does that stand now? >> it's huge. on the field you're talking about a guy who is the best pitcher of his generation. now we've got the best hitter of his generation, barry bonds and the best pitcher of his generation, roger clemens, both under indictment for lying to investigators. or perjury, anyway. and it's a huge fall from grace. we have been absolutely a first ballot hall of famer, along with barry bonds. they're both up for voting for the first time in 2013. and off the field while he was seen as an intense guy, off th

a federal grand jury ultimately believing former yankees' teammate andy pettitte who testified clemens told him he had used h.g.h. clemens' former trainer who charged he injected clemens with illegal performance- boosting drugs at least three dozen times between 1998 and 2001. >> i injected those drugs into the body of roger clemens at his direction. >> reporter: a trial is now set for april of next year. if convicted clemens likely faces between 15 and 21 months in prison. a prospect the pitcher appeared to be tuning out as he headed for a golf tournament in south carolina. armen keteyian, cbs news, new york. >> smith: an update now on that recall of more than a half billion eggs, possibly tainted with salmonella. today the fda said its inspectors found rodents, manure and magets and maneur the two iowa farms at the center of the recall. more than 1,400 salmonella cases may be linked to tainted eggs. coming up next on the "cbs evening news": what's behind a large increase in concussions among young athletes. and later, steve hartman with a man who may just have the biggest lats in lat

andy pettitte is a good guy -- i can take you back to your word. andy pettitte is a good guy. the committee gave him time after time to clear up his testimony and consistently said the same thing. not only that, his wife -- he goes and tells his wife everything. suddenly, he misunderstood you. all i am saying thais that it is hard to believe. you're one of my heroes, but it is hard to believe. >> thank you for beginning these hearings i felt that the initiation of these hearings were spectacular in the sense that we finally got major league baseball to wake up and the other sports as well. they originally refused to come in in 2005 and they said we have there are rules and requirements, but they're not in writing. we found out they were in writing. then they said it was only a draft. we found out it was not a draft. they said the standards were tough. we look at it and either you were suspended or fined and it was 10 strikes and you work out. major improvements have happened since then. i think the value of the mitchell report was that it said things were pervasive. but this w