Team USA Won’t Consider Clemens

Don’t look for Roger Clemens on the US Olympic baseball team this summer. Team USA GM, Bob Watson said today that he won’t consider the 45-year-old former Yankee pitcher and seven-time Cy Young Award winner. Said Watson to the Associated Press, “”From my standpoint, we don’t need that type of distraction.”
One of Watson’s duties as GM is to help select the 24-man team with manager, Davey Johnson. Any player not on a MLB 25-man roster is eligible for the Olympic team. The final Olympic roster is expected to be finalized by mid-July.
Clemens, who last played for the Yankees in 2007, …read more