Clemens gets no respect at Sox Fantasy Camp
Feb 25th, 2008 by Bill Burt
I got an interesting tidbit from Joe Fish and Loft Restaurant owner Jimmy Dietz, a frustrated baseball player if there ever was one, who recently returned from the hugely successful Red Sox Fantasy Camp in Fort Myers, Fla.
Dietz led the all hitters — there were about 120 in all — with a .650 batting average, though he was hitless against the ex-Soxers, including Rich Gale and Jim Corsi, calling it the vacation of his life.
But the most interesting story was about Roger Clemens, who has never attended the camp.
Each night at dinner, said Dietz, there would be a live auction with proceeds going to the Jimmy Fund. Several autographed balls and bats were auctioned off each night.
Guess which item got the fewest dollars all week, according to Dietz? A Clemens’ signed baseball.
“It was weird,” said Dietz, who also was a key pitcher on his 4-4 squad. “When the announcement was made there were a few jokes and guys shouting ’steroids!’ And when the ball was up for bid there was silence. Nobody was bidding. The auctioneer talked about all Roger has meant for baseball, and so on, and eventually it got about $250. It was the lowest bid of the entire week.”
Interesting.
5 reader comments to “Clemens gets no respect at Sox Fantasy Camp”
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1Jim-red sox nation west said:
I would have bid heavily on the Roger Clemens signed syringe.
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2Dave said:
Wow. Really should have sold my autographed Clemens Bat from the World Series back when he was with the Yankees. And autographed photo and ball a few years ago. If he gets indicted I might at well give it to my dog to chew on!
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3Dave said:
This is totally unrelated, but you think Asante is gone? I heard reports but wasn’t sure. I was really hoping he would stay. I think he is a bit overrated but there is nothing out there on the market. I heard Michael Holley say today that there is litlle chance he will be back, and what Holley says I usually listen to!
