Keith Olbermann isn’t a fan of The Rocket.
Here is the nasty truth. After Saturday night, Roger Clemens has now made 33 post-season starts in the last two decades (an admittedly remarkable achievement). His team has lost 17 of them.
In the post-season, he is a sub-.500 starter.
To be fair, Saturday’s loss only brought his team’s record with him pitching down to .500 (4-4).
But behind the simple numbers, he has an unfortunate resume of either coughing up leads his mates have given him (eight different games so far – in one of which in 2002 he blew three separate leads), or getting out of the game prematurely or controversially, or all of the above. If the Astros live to a Game Five and Clemens is healthy, they should just say “no, thanks.”
Olbermann has the gory details.