Clemens Can’t Take a Hint

Posted by rich on January 30, 2008

roger clemensRoger Clemens needs to find a deep dark hole and climb inside of it to hibernate for a while. The newly-dubbed face of the steroids era is back to his old antics, stirring up the media and pretending nothing is wrong. Clemens showed up to Houston Astros’ training camp yesterday to work out with the team and repeatedly dodged the issue of steroids.

Look, Roger, we’ve had enough. It was bad enough when you kept flopping back and forth out of retirement and took magical “breaks” from baseball for time that, as we can see now, could have directly correlated with an underground suspension for steroids from the commissioners office. You juiced. You won’t retire. You’re becoming as stubborn as Barroid.

Up until a few months ago, Clemens legacy of being a prick didn’t extend much beyond his Brett Favre-esque indecisiveness about retirement. Now that he’s been indicted for steroid use, his legacy has only gotten worse. And don’t tell me he’s actually thinking about coming back for another season with the Astros. How long is this “door’s always open if you want to come back” policy in Houston going to last. Christ. I thought 2006 was the last time he’d play for the Astros. Probably not.

I’ve had just about enough of the Barry Bonds steroid saga and I’m not sure how willing I am to endure Clemens running the same show. He’ll go down as one of the greatest pitchers to ever toe the rubber, but that doesn’t mean he’s not an attention whore. Give it up, Roger.  If you want the media to leave you alone like you’ve said multiple times, then stop putting yourself under the spotlight.  Stop doing stupid things that grab everyone’s attention.  Go back to spending time with your family only, this time instead of parading around with “personal trainers”, actually do it.

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