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 More Astros NewsRoger Clemens, who met with Astros general manager Tim Purpura in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, heard that Phil Garner made disparaging remarks about him on ESPN Radio. "Again, the only comments that get out of a line a little bit (were from) my former manager down there, Phil," Clemens said. "I expect I'll wait. I don't even want to make a phone call to him. I want to see him face-to-face because he's made a comment publicly that the personal services (freedom clause) thing, going to see the kids, was (a problem). ... Again, evidently, he thought I was obviously not working when I was away from the ballpark. I was doing even more. "Just like Tim said, it was more meaningful being here with these kids and working with these kids ? and the one-on-one that I actually had in April with one of our kids down here that forgot how to throw his curveball and was thinking of walking away from the game. Just talking to kids like that about their careers and keeping them on the right page and on their path to trying to make it to the next level ? I enjoy that. "Phil makes the comment that they turn the TV on and I'm in Hollywood golfing. There's not one time that I was away from my ballclub, my team, that during the game I was out on the damn golf course. Then you make a comment like that publicly, and then it just takes a life of its own. ... That's the situation I'm talking about. It's embarrassing for me to sit here to defend that when somebody makes a comment like that. I don't appreciate that." |
