Roger Clemens Fallout: Legacy? What Legacy?

In light of the steroid allegations in the past few months, Roger Clemens may never recover from his now tarnished reputation. Long before the Mitchell Report came out implicating Clemens for involvement with steroids, the Rocket was looked upon as a sure-fire Hall of Famer and the greatest living pitcher in baseball history. Long before the denials and the congressional hearings, Clemens was applauded every time he won a game to move up on baseball's all-time wins list—where he currently sits eighth with 354 wins. He is remembered for his great accomplishments, many of which came after he left the Boston Red Sox in 1996. Sure, Rocket Roger shocked the baseball world with a pair of 20-strikeout games in a Boston uniform 10 years apart, no less, but what followed was more impressive. The Rocket followed that up with two Cy Young Awards in his only two seasons in Toronto, when most thought that he was washed up. But that wasn't all. Clemens then won a couple of World Series rings in ... (link)