Clemens asked to leave after arguing call

[Blitz]

Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens was asked to leave a youth baseball game over the weekend for arguing a close call that went against his son's team.

Clemens was at the game Saturday watching his son, Kacy, compete in a 10-and-under game organized by Triple Crown Sports when Clemens contested a call at second base that went against the Katy Cowboys.
He spit sunflower seeds at an umpire's leg and was asked to leave, said Jim Carpenter, a field supervisor with Triple Crown.

"I supported the umpire's decision and he (Clemens) respectfully left," Carpenter told the Craig Daily Press.

Katy lost the game to the Bakersfield Curve, 11-5.

Triple Crown Sports features a franchise system aimed at pitting top teams from across the country against each other.

Clemens' agent, Randall Hendricks, did not immediately return a call Monday. Clemens has racked up 322 wins and 4,240 strikeouts in his 21-year major league career.

 

[KotysDad]

I never thought of Clemens as a classy guy anyway, so this is no surprise. Do parents not realize how much of a fvcking jackass they look like when they argue with officials at their children's games?

 

[RexBudler]

I never thought of Clemens as a classy guy anyway, so this is no surprise. Do parents not realize how much of a fvcking jackass they look like when they argue with officials at their children's games?

:iagree:

 

[shamrock]

blitz if you have always lived in New Hampshire this shouldn't surprise you at all. Clemens is about as high strung a individual as their is, in great part this is what has enabled him to excel to the level he has over a incredible 21 year career. Parents acting out at children games is inexcusable, I'm sure Roger recognized his mistake and will do what ever he can to make amends. It says he left respectfully, I'm sure he felt terrible.

I can tell you nobody in Boston did more for kids while he was here then him, without media knowledge or wanting people to know. I was in a Boston Hospital for over a year and saw him 3 or 4 times come in giving baseballs hats & tickets away. He is a good guy. I in no way condone that behavior, but we are all human & have flaws, Roger s is he is extremely high strung, I'm sure he more than apologized & feels bad. Its not the worst thing ever.

 

[ryson]

Did not see this in the local Houston news this morning ;-)

 

[Mjolnir]

high strung is the same as immature.

 

[shamrock]

hence all immature people win 300 + with 4000 + strikeouts. Cobb Ruth & Rose and everyone else aren't perfect, doubt you are either mjolnir.

 

[Pujo21]

CLEMENS is a headcase and a dickwad more-so.

 

[Mjolnir]

far from perfect. but we should know how to act, i was merely stating that high strung can be used as an excuse for people that lack self-control.

 

[shamrock]

Clemens is a head case? Name 1 teammate who has ever said 1 negative thing about him pujo! Boston Toronto New York Houston, find 1 guy then talk your nonsense.

 

[Pujo21]

Does all star teammates count? :142lmao:

 

[Blitz]

blitz if you have always lived in New Hampshire this shouldn't surprise you at all.QUOTE]

Actually lived in Taxachusetts, all my life until 5 years ago...

I was asked to leave cause I was too conservative... :banghead:

 

[ELVIS]

did we even get the whole story here ? the kid who "tagged his kid out" admitted to missing the tag and i here clemens signed a ball for him. who has the whole story ? curious.

 

[bjfinste]

Did not see this in the local Houston news this morning ;-)

It was front page of the Dallas Morning News sports section today (Tuesday).

 

[dr. freeze]

how do you know the ump wasnt some 20 year old ump that got a kick out of being able to throw Clemens out of the game?

 

[shamrock]

freeze, your completely on target, I read both the coach & the kid s father who missed the tag said Clemens didn't even do this, he would have had to spit a sunflower seed 25 feet. And I'm telling you guys, I've seen Clemens spend many many hours with sick & terminally ill kids, he isn't a bad guy, and nobody is perfect.

 

[loophole]

the account i read said clemens never got out of his chair and never said a word to the guy, just got up and left when the guy thumbed him. supervisor of officials later apologized to him.

 

[Blitz]

Since I posted the original, I thought I should post this!

Since I posted the original, I thought I should post this!

Clemens given apology for Little League spat
Ben Walker / Associated Press


Roger Clemens was given an emphatic apology Thursday for "unjustly" being ejected from his 10-year-old son's baseball game last weekend in Colorado.

David King, president of tournament organizer Triple Crown Sports, said "Mr. Clemens was a non-aggressor and a victim of mistaken identity and confusion" by an upset umpire.
Clemens was asked to leave son Kacy's game Saturday in Craig, Colo., when a 22-year-old ump said the Houston Astros pitcher spit a sunflower seed at him. Moments earlier, Kacy was called out on a stolen base attempt - the fielder later admitted he missed the tag - and the Rocket watched the rest of the contest from a parking lot.

"Mr. Clemens never raised his voice, never physically confronted our official, nor was he ever on the field of play," King said in a written statement, underlining those words.

"Mr. Clemens was unjustly asked to leave the field of play," King said. "For all of this, we apologize to Mr. Clemens."

King spoke to the future Hall of Famer by telephone to apologize personally.

"I'm pleased with their statement," Clemens said through agent Alan Hendricks before Houston played Atlanta.

Earlier this week, Clemens became upset when discussing the episode, saying, "This is a shame and it's not even an issue."

Clemens was away from the Astros, as his deal with the team allows when he's not pitching, to watch his son play for the Katy (Texas) Cowboys in a 10-and-under tournament.

Clemens was sitting on a bucket, behind a fence near the first base dugout, when Kacy was called out at second base in the middle innings of a game the Bakersfield (Calif.) Curve won 11-5.

The Katy coaches and fans complained about the call, but witnesses said Clemens never said a word. The umpire came over to quiet the ruckus, and said he was hit in the pants cuff by a sunflower seed spit by Clemens.

Clemens left without an argument and said "he didn't want to be distraction and to let the boys play ball," Katy manager Doug Hanson said.

King said the Katy coaches were contesting the call and "our official was upset and angered and approached the area to remove someone. In our official's judgment, a seed had come from the area during the coaches' arguments.

"After reviewing the situation, including the location of the official, it is impossible to believe that a seed was spit at our official by Roger Clemens or anyone."

King also praised Clemens for talking to the young players, parents and coaches and signing lots of autographs.

"I have nothing but good things to say about Roger Clemens," King said later.

King did not identify the young umpire, but said he was a schoolteacher and in his seventh year of calling games.

"With all the complaining the Katy coaches were doing, one of them probably deserved to be gone," King said. "But the vision and the reality, it took it in a direction that didn't happen."

 

[ripken8]

It's funny sometimes how a situation can occur and irregardless of who the person is or what their character is, people can just run with it and blow it so far out of proportion that in the end it really doesn't matter whether it was true or not, the damage has been done. I wonder if that was the case here? just one man's thought.

ripken8

 

[KotysDad]

It's amazing how the original and latest accounts are so far off. The Rocket gets my apology for thinking the worse of him.