Douchebag
Hal McCoy:
It was in the 1980s after Clemens, pitching for Boston, struck out 20 Seattle Mariners. My paper sent me to Boston to do a piece on Clemens, who, after all, was born in Dayton ... He told me to meet him in the dugout before he did his daily run around the park. The interview lasted 12 minutes and was conducted while he laced on his shoes.
And the only thing to come out of the interview worth anything was Clemens’ quote about his hometown: “The best thing about Dayton was seeing it in the rear-view mirror.”
It was in the 1980s after Clemens, pitching for Boston, struck out 20 Seattle Mariners. My paper sent me to Boston to do a piece on Clemens, who, after all, was born in Dayton ... He told me to meet him in the dugout before he did his daily run around the park. The interview lasted 12 minutes and was conducted while he laced on his shoes.
And the only thing to come out of the interview worth anything was Clemens’ quote about his hometown: “The best thing about Dayton was seeing it in the rear-view mirror.”
posted by Josh at
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
4 Comments:
I agree that Clemens is a jerk. But I don't consider this article good evidence of that, considering that it was obviously written by a guy with an axe to grind.
Clemens' "joke" about Dayton may not have been very funny to Daytonites, but we're all entitled to put down and joke about our measley podunk hometowns. I don't think that makes him a bad person.
Nor do I, actually, think it makes him a bad person that he blew off members of the press when he was 23 years old. Why would anyone talk to the press, unless they have some sort of agenda? His only agenda was playing baseball.
Not talking to Hal McCoy doesn't make him a douchebag, unless you're Hal McCoy.
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Anonymous, at 9:46 AM
It took him 12 minutes to lace up his shoes.
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dl004d, at 10:47 AM
I think the entire piece speaks for itself. And at least he's upfront about how his personal experiences with Clemens are perhaps interfering with how he views the more current events.
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Josh, at 3:09 PM
I mean, maybe he had some sort of foot condition at the time that required extra care while lacing up his shoes. But even so. 12 minutes?!
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dl004d, at 5:38 PM
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