Roger Clemens seems to be accusing Senator George Mitchell of bribery to include him on the 2007 Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball pitching legend Roger Clemens has been dealing with the fallout of finding his name on the now infamous Mitchel Report, which revealed some of the biggest names in the sport had their careers tied to performance enhancing drugs, ever since hanging up his glove and spikes nearly 10 years ago.
By now, the seven-time time Cy Young Award winner is going after his high-profile accusers with some serious accusations of his own.
“It’s shameful, what [Senator George] Mitchell did,” said Clemens during a recent appearance on Undeniable with Joe Buck. “I passed every test, I opened up my life to them. I told him, ‘come check whatever you want.’ They spent a lot of our taxpayer dollars. We did it the right way, we wanted to deal with facts and we dealt with facts and we find out by spending just a little money just who these people are and who these accusers are that came into our lives.”
Clemens, who called it a career after his final season with the New York Yankees in 2007, was alleged by the Mitchell Report to have used anabolic steroids during his career, mainly based on testimony given by his former trainer Brian McNamee, a name Clemens won’t even say out loud.
Since then, Clemens has continued to deny these allegations to anyone and everyone who will listen, including under oath before the United States Congress. In 2010, a federal grand jury at the U.S. District Court indicted Clemens on six felony counts involving perjury, false statements and Contempt of Congress. Clemens would almost immediately plead not guilt to all six.
Clemens was eventually found not guilty on all six counts.
But now, 10 years after his name was first tied to PEDs, Clemens is accusing Senator Mitchell of bribery.
“I should’ve set my wallet on the table because it was all about money,” said Clemens. “I’d like to find out if [House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry] Waxman had a referral fee from Mitchell. I think Mitchell got paid – before my name got put in there – I think he got paid close to $40 million. It was nothing short of a Jerry Springer show.”
With 24 seasons under his belt, Clemens emerged as one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball history while pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros.
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Clemens ended his two-decade career with 354 wins, a 3.12 ERA and 4,672 strikeouts (the third-most all time). He is also a one time American League MVP, 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner. His seven Cy Young Awards are also the most in MLB history.