When you hear the words "Mister Rogers Neighborhood", you are overcome with fond memories of a sweet old man on PBS entertaining children. However, the neighborhood of Mr. Roger Clemens may have been a little less pleasant for the underage population. The New York Daily News broke news this weekend that Roger Clemens had a 10 year affair with country music singer Mindy McCready, the problem is Mindy was only 15 years old when they first started hanging out.
Roger's camp denied he did anything unlawful, but Mindy pretty much confirmed what the Daily News suggested when she said “I cannot refute anything in the story”. This takes the phrase "if theres grass on the field.... then play ball" to a whole new level, sleeping with a 15 year old girl qualifies as unlawful Mr. Clemens. The funny thing about this entire ordeal is, if Roger had simply said "I did steroids and I'm sorry" five months ago, none of this would have ever came to light. Sometimes it's just easier to tell the truth and take your lumps and move on with your life.
I'm dying to know what the Global Grind camp thinks of this story! Do you think any less of Roger now that you know he likes picking flowers before they bloom? Do you think he'll ever play baseball again, would you care if he did? Speak on it.... -Sportaphile