“Don’t sweat it Roger. My dad loves to see you pitch at the Minute Maid and ask me to kindly do him a favor. So, Roger, say whatever you want on the stand to those nasty Congressmen. They are vile and vindictive. Whatever you say won’t matter. You will be pardoned.”

During the hearing, Clemens cited his friendship with Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, a baseball fan who regularly attends Houston Astros’ games. Clemens said he was on a recent hunting trip when the elder Bush called with words of support.

“When all this happened, the former president of the United States found me in a deer blind in south Texas and expressed his concerns that this was unbelievable, and stay strong and hold your head up high,” Clemens testified.

Think about it.