Baseball legend Roger Clemens has been acquitted on all 6 charges in his perjury trial today. Congress had charged Clemens with 6 accounts of perjury ranging from two accounts of perjury, three accounts of making false statements, and one account of obstructing Congress. Clemens had allegedly committed these crimes during his nationally televised hearing back in 2008 where he denied the use of taking steroids and HGH during his baseball career. This is a small victory for Clemens as this would’ve completely tarnished his legacy as one of the last pitchers we may ever see win over 300 games in his career. Clemens played 24 seasons in the MLB where he won 354 games as a starting pitcher, won the Cy Young Award seven times, and is third all time in strikeouts with 4,672. Even though Clemens’ name and image can never be fully restored he may be able to find solace in this ruling. What is now the most interesting question for Clemens’ future is whether or not he will be a Hall of Famer. As other alleged steroid users have yet to make it onto the Hall of Fame, where does this ruling put Clemens? His numbers without these charges would have him in Cooperstown in a heartbeat but now all of this hangs in the balance of the voters who see his name on the ballot. Do you think he should be in the Hall of Fame?
-John McAuliffe (@John_Mac310)
