worth remembering?

It might be a trivia question at some ballpark somewhere someday. Who was the first batter Roger Clemens faced in his curious “comeback” in the independent Atlantic League at age 50? The answer: Hattiesburg native and ex-big leaguer Joey Gathright. Gathright, leading off for Bridgeport tonight, had a seven-pitch at-bat, striking out on a breaking ball out of the zone. The sullied Clemens, who last appeared in a major league game in 2007, pitched 3 1/3 innings for Sugar Land, leaving — perhaps forever — with a 1-0 lead. Despite what a blubbering Curt Schilling was saying during ESPN Classic’s broadcast, Clemens did not appear particularly sharp. His fastball looked very average and he bounced numerous breaking balls.