Roger Clemens flaunting his money, one minor league ballpark stop at a time

June 7th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

Roger Clemens began his trip back to the Astros last night, giving up one run in three innings of work for the single A Lexington Legends.

As many of you know, his son Koby plays third base for the Legends and seeing father and son play together last night was oh so cute.

Clemens also threw down some scrilla to spruce up the Legends clubhouse.

Until Sunday afternoon, the home clubhouse at Applebee’s Park wasn’t much of a place to hang out. There was only one small television and an old, musty couch in the center. By Sunday evening, Roger Clemens had furnished the clubhouse with four new black leather couches, two love seats, a 42-inch plasma television, a 20-inch television, a microwave, DVD and a VCR. As an added measure, Clemens hired a cleaning crew to have all the showers and counters scrubbed. When the Lexington Legends arrived from their trip at 3:30 a.m. Monday, they were stunned to see their new digs.…

Out of respect for Clemens, Lucas wouldn’t divulge how much Clemens spent. But the television is advertised for $2,069, and it’s clear the total bill ran close to $7,000.

Really, this is a nice gesture by the cagey veteran to this group of youngsters, so I’m trying to refrain from making some sarcastic remark about the man’s wealth. However, I just used the calculator on my laptop and discovered that $7,000 is well under one percent of the reported $13 million Clemens is going to make this season, so he barley spent any money on these guys.

What a cheap ass.