Clemens Cues Up the Violins

Roger Clemens was apparently "heartbroken" about being left out of the festivities for the final home game at Yankee Stadium, according to a relative. Not only did the Rocket's invite get lost in the mail, he was left out of the video montage of the organization's greatest pitchers.

See kids, the lesson here is this: Don't use drugs, or you'll be left out of video montages.

The report, posted on SI.com, also includes this passage: "Clemens was sitting at home in hurricane-ravaged Texas, in front of a battery-operated television on his living room couch, when the team delivered a final crushing blow to its former star. Clutching wife Debbie's hand on one side and mother-in-law Jan Wild's on the other, Clemens tuned in to his final team's last home game hoping for some recognition for helping win two World Series titles, Wild said."

Kind of odd how on one hand it sounds like he's squatting in a shanty watching the proceedings. I didn't know battery-operated TV to tune could get cable though, since the game and pre-game ceremonies were on ESPN and ESPN2. Sounds like a pretty nifty setup.