Roger Clemens was reportedly “heartbroken” when he was not featured in the video montage of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history prior to Sunday’s home finale. Clemens watched the event from home on a battery-powered television (no power from hurricane), with his wife and mother-in-law as he watched himself get ignored.

Also not in the videos was former manager Joe Torre.

With Clemens, you have to assume that it’s the whole steroids-Congress thing that the Yankees don’t want to be associated with. Then how do you explain Jason Giambi starting at first base and Andy Pettitte being the final Yankee pitcher to take the mound? I can understand not allowing Clemens to pitch for you this season, but to ignore what he accomplished for the Yankees is pretty low.

Oh yeah, and Chuck Knoblauch (also of Mitchell Report fame) was in the video montage.

As for Torre, you can only assume that they now realize that they screwed up with him and are trying to pretend it never happened. They fired Torre because he didn’t do well enough with what they gave him, and proceed to miss the playoffs, while the Dodgers are likely going to coast right on into the post-season.

I can only assume that it was good ‘ol Hank Steinbrenner making these decisions, because really — who else would screw this all up this badly. Well done, Hank. Another part of the Yankee’s organization that you are incapable of running — remembering.

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