Roger Clemens: American Icon?

Do you think that Clemens will ever make the Hall of Fame?

I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote. But I think that a lot of things can change in five years. Time will tell; he officially hasn’t retired yet, so he won’t be eligible until five years after he does that.

What happens if he gets indicted on perjury charges? What happens if he’s convicted? What happens if he goes to trial, and gets acquitted? I don’t know.

You worked with three other writers on this book. How was that experience?

It was great. The people that were on our Daily News I-Team are all very talented, and I feel privileged to work with three really good reporters. We’ve been working together for a long time, so it wasn’t very difficult.

There were times it was easier because we had four people working together, but sometimes it was harder because things weren’t always coordinated.

Final question: What is the primary reason that people should go out and buy this book?

It gives you a real detailed look at how the greatest pitcher of our time, maybe the greatest pitcher ever, responded to the allegations in the Mitchell Report. It tells a story about Clemens’ fall from grace in a level of detail that people haven’t seen before.

We talk about a specific player, but I think his reaction to the Mitchell Report, and the things that we learned from his reactions, told us a lot about the culture of steroids in baseball. So it tells a lot about an individual player, but there is also a greater social story being told here.

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