Roger Clemens wants to wear a Red Sox hat if he’s inducted into Hall of Fame

Roger Clemens might never get into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown because of suspected use of performance enhancing drugs during the latter stages of his career, but if he does see that magical day come, he says he will go into the hall in a Boston Red Sox uniform. BOSTON, MA - JULY 30: Former Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens acknowledges the crowd while being honored as part of 'Morgan's Magic' team prior to the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners on July 30, 2013 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Clemens played for four different teams during a 24-year major league career, but it’s those early years with the Red Sox that stick with him. He won three Cy Young Awards and one American League MVP award during his 13 seasons in Boston.

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“It would obviously be a Boston hat,” Clemens said during a radio interview Thursday with 98.5 FM The Sports Hub in Boston when asked what uniform he would wear on his plaque if inducted. “That’s where I got my start and my nickname. It’s where I grew up.”

While Clemens is a no-brainer for the Hall based purely on the numbers he produced throughout his career, he hasn’t received nearly enough votes from the Baseball Writer’s Association of America to sniff a spot in the hall during his three years on the ballot. He did see a small increase in the number of votes he received last year, but at 37.5 percent, he’s still well off the 75 percent threshold needed. He has seven years left on the writer’s ballot.

Clemens has said in the past that he isn’t concerned with getting into the Hall of Fame because he has no control over it at this point. He maintains he played the game the right way and is at peace with that. He reiterated that Thursday.

“I’m not worried about it. I don’t confuse my career with my life, or refuse to let one person define what who I am as a person,” Clemens said during his radio interview. “The guys that are voting are great. It’s their opinion and they have a right to do what they want to do. I have zero control over it. I know how I did it; I did it right. I did it to the fullest and I loved it. That’s all you can do as an athlete when you go out and perform not only for your teammates but your fans and the city you play for.”

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