December 30, 2008 The Associated Press reports that a sports medicine institute at a Houston hospital has removed Roger Clemens' name from its title. The Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine at Memorial Hermann will end affiliation with the controversial hurler effective Jan. 1. “This change only affects the name of the Institute," the health care provider said. "Roger Clemens remains committed to working with us to champion youth sports and develop aspiring baseball players.”
Our View:A spokesperson from Memorial Hermann, the institute's parent company, would not specify whether the change was made in light of Clemens' alleged involvement in baseball's steroid scandal.
October 15, 2008 Roger Clemens isn't planning on a comeback next year after sitting out the entire 2008 campaign, according to MyFoxHouston.com. He said, "Right now I don't have the desire to come back. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, the number of things I'm doing around town, just enjoying that. I don't know if I will ever say no. I would have to know that I could perform at a high level and that my body would be able to hold up."
Our View:Clemens is an eleven-time All-Star and seven-time Cy Young Award winner. He has 4,672 career strikeouts and 354 wins. The sooner he calls it quits, the sooner he can be enshrined in Cooperstown.
September 23, 2008 Roger Clemens was not happy that he was not invited to the final game at Yankee Stadium or even mentioned in the video tribute, according to the New York Post.
Our View:Clemens did help New York win the World Series in 1999 and 2000, and he also won a Cy Young Award with the team. Not to mention the fact that his 300th win and 4,000th strikeout came at Yankee Stadium, but the team likely wanted the focus to be on the stadium instead of one person.
August 7, 2008 Roger Clemens wants his defamation suit against Brian McNamee to remain in Texas instead of New York, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Our View:Clemens has been awful quiet lately, but apparently he plans to go forward with this lawsuit. Surely the theatrics will resume when the thing finally makes it's way to a judge.
July 16, 2008 Former Mets clubhouse attendant and steroid distributor Kirk Radomski provided the government with shipping receipts for packages of HGH he sent to the home of Roger Clemens, according to the New York Daily News. "He found a receipt, and from what I'm told, he's turned it over to the feds. I don't think there's any question of its validity," said Richard Emery, the lawyer for former Clemens trainer Brian McNamee.
Our View:If the receipts can be used to help prove Clemens committed perjury, this is bad news for those concerned about his freedom. The only baseball he may be playing soon is for the Texas Penal League.
