President Donald Trump said he would award former baseball pitcher Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom and reiterated a call to induct him into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
“He’ll be in the Hall of Fame someday, but he deserves it,” the president said at a rally in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday.
Clemens, known as “The Rocket” during his 24-year career, was attending the event, and the president called him to the stage.
Trump questioned why Clemens was denied the baseball honor and said he would compensate by offering him the medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor….