Clemens fires back at Halladay: 'He was accused of using amphetamines'
Roger Clemens is throwing some serious heat at a former teammate.
Prior to the ballots being revealed for 2016 Hall of Fame voting Wednesday, Cy Young winner Roy Halladay stated that neither Clemens nor Barry Bonds belonged in the Hall of Fame due to their alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Clemens fired back shortly after this year's results were revealed.
"I was asked to comment on the subject of the Hall of Fame once again by some of my friends in the media," Clemens told Mark Berman of FOX. "I will say thank you again to those who took time to vote. I have distanced myself from the subject and have moved on.
"Having said that, what is disheartening is getting a call or text from family or friends about an ill-informed player making an asinine statement. The latest coming from a former Blue Jays pitcher.
"Just to enlighten him, he was accused of using amphetamines by the 'strength coach.' You should be very careful when putting tweets out while not having your facts on the matter at hand."
Clemens finished with 45.2 percent of the vote this year, a 7.7 percent increase from last year, but still well short of the required 75 percent needed to get into Cooperstown.
Halladay and Clemens were teammates only briefly, spending a month together with Toronto in September 1998.