Seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens has little patience for anyone threatening to flee the United States over Tuesday’s election results.
‘Who ever said ”I’m leaving America if Trump wins,”’ the 62-year-old wrote on X, ‘… don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.’
Clemens has been in a celebratory mood on social media since Donald Trump won a second term in office by defeating Kamala Harris at the ballot box on Tuesday.
A native Texan who spent six years with Trump’s favorite team, the New York Yankees, Clemens described the Republican’s victory as ‘massive for our great country.’
He also congratulated Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and billionaire backer, Elon Musk.
Roger Clemens (left) has been in a celebratory mood since Donald Trump’s election win
Seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens has little patience for anyone threatening to flee the United States over Tuesday’s election results
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Roger Clemens, 61, takes the mound for the Savannah Bananas in Houston nearly 20 years after he last pitched in a MLB game
‘Incredible job @elonmusk and @JDVance but I’m most proud of the people,’ Clemens wrote. ‘We did it! #RedWave2024.’
He also reposted something from his son, Kacy, a former minor leaguer and vocal Trump supporter: ‘
‘I can’t sleep until I see the Don speak and watch him dance,’ Kacy wrote.
Kacy is one of Clemens’ four sons, all of whom have names that begin with ‘K’ – baseball scorekeepers’ abbreviation for a strikeout. Another son, Kody, currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Clemens’ legacy in baseball is complicated to say the least.
Considered by many to be among the greatest pitchers ever, he set a Major League record with the Boston Red Sox by striking out 20 batters in a game in 1986 and did it a decade later to boot. Along the way, the former Texas Longhorns star established himself as one of the game’s premier pitchers before moving on to Toronto and New York, winning a pair of World Series titles in the Bronx.
But Clemens will forever be linked to baseball’s steroid era.
He was named in the infamous Mitchell Report, which was a 20-month investigation into steroid use in baseball.
Trump (L) and Bill O’Reilly are seen in 2012 watching one of Clemens’ old teams, the Yankees
Roger Clemens will be remembered as one of the most feared pitchers of the 80s and 90s
Clemens’ former Yankees teammates Jose Canseco, Andy Pettitte and Jason Grimsley have claimed they were aware of his steroid use during his time in the Bronx
In the report, former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee stated he injected Clemens with steroids in 1998, 2000, and 2001. Former teammates Jose Canseco, Andy Pettitte and Jason Grimsley also claimed to know that Clemens used steroids as well.
Clemens was ultimately found not guilty of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he did not take steroids.
The controversy nonetheless tarnishes his reputation as Clemens has been passed repeatedly over for the Hall of Fame, having never received the 75 percent of votes required for induction over his ten years on the ballot. However, he could theoretically be inducted down the road by the Hall’s Eras Committees.
These days, Clemens has been making a number of public appearances, including celebrity golf tournaments. He even pitched for a novelty barnstorming team, the Savannah Bananas, in Houston back in March.
Ultimately he surrendered three hits and three runs in just a third of an inning, so a MLB comeback would seem unlikely.