Clay tosses a soft ball at Clemens
When Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire appeared before a Congressional panel investigating steroid use in baseball, U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay’s pointed questioning provoked the signature moment of the session - and perhaps the reason the former first baseman is not in the Hall of Fame.
“I’m not here to talk about the past,” McGwire said in 2005.
But in today’s hearing featuring superstar hurler Roger Clemens, Clay threw out a much easier pitch.
After Clemens recalled his tough path to baseball greatness - “You can tell your boys I did it the right way,” he told Clay - Clay passed on a question from colleague Michael Capuano, whose district includes Boston, where Clemens began his career.
“What uniform are you going to wear to the Hall of Fame?” Clay asked.
Clemens avoided making a response — glibly suggesting that he did not hear the question – and, in doing so, ducked one of few the softballs he’s seen all morning.
I knew we could on Lazy Clay to do something. The bar is so low we are just greatful he shows up sometimes.