Even after a 24-year career in Major League Baseball, including seven Cy Young Award wins and multiple 20-strikeout games, Roger Clemens was still in new territory during his brief cameo appearance for the Savannah Bananas on Sunday.
Clemens, 61, was the latest in a long line of famous guests that the Georgia-based exhibition baseball team has called on during their annual tours. With the setting for Sunday’s matchup against the Party Animals (Savannah’s frequent rival) being Houston’s Minute Maid Park, Clemens — who is a Texas native and pitched three seasons for the Astros — drew a warm reception from the 41,000 fans in attendance.