Hitting that guy with the Pitch the other night. just heard on Sportscenter at 6pm

5 Games for a beanball? :eek: There must be more to it than that??

5 Games for a beanball? :eek: There must be more to it than that??


It was because the HIT was not a accident, he did it on purpose

hehe from what I know of Clemens, thats not unusual :lol:
Well, Im sure he deserves it......besides, its not like he needs the money :rolleyes:

NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens was suspended for five games Thursday and New York Yankees manager Joe Torre for one, the fallout from the Rocket hitting Toronto's Alex Rios with a pitch this week.

During a testy three-game series, the Blue Jays' Jesse Litsch threw behind Alex Rodriguez's legs in Monday's opener and Josh Towers hit A-Rod on his calf with a pitch in the third inning Tuesday.

The benches and bullpens emptied twice, but no punches were thrown. Clemens then hit Rios in the middle of his back in the seventh inning. Clemens and Torre immediately were ejected.

Clemens, Rodriguez and Torre were fined along with Yankees coaches Larry Bowa and Tony Pena, Toronto's Matt Stairs and Towers, and Blue Jays coach Brian Butterfield.

Toronto's anger seemed to stem from the May 30 game, when Rodriguez yelled to distract third baseman Howie Clark during a late-inning popup.

Torre was suspended for one game in May after reliever Scott Proctor, then with the Yankees, threw an inside pitch to Seattle's Yuniesky Betancourt.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press



Not that I'm defending Clemens, but Towers should have been tossed when he hit A-Rod.

Two jays pitchers did throw at A-Rod two days in a row.

LOL..Gotta love the Rocket!

Roger has always been one to throw the chin music, hell he damn near plunked his own kid in training camp