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Red Sox Legend Reacts To Shocking Omission From Best Boston Athletes List originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Many legends have played for Boston's four major sports teams over the years, making any sort of comprehensive list or rankings difficult. After all, how does one compare Ted Williams to Bill Russell or Bobby Orr to Tom Brady?
ML Football gave it a shot on Monday, ranking the top 10 best Boston athletes of all time.
Given that the list had multiple names misspelled, it probably shouldn't be taken too seriously. However, at least one Boston sports legend did not appreciate getting left off the list.
On X, Roger Clemens replied to ML Football's post with a thinking face emoji. Of the four Boston Red Sox players on the list, he was not one of them.
Williams and Carl Yastrzemski are obvious choices, and few would argue with David Ortiz. However, Pedro Martinez being the lone Red Sox pitcher on the list over Clemens doesn't make much sense.
Martinez won a World Series with Boston, while Clemens didn't, but other than that Clemens has a pretty clear edge. After all, he pitched 13 seasons with the Red Sox, nearly twice as many as Martinez's seven.
During his Boston tenure, Clemens won three AL Cy Young awards and an AL MVP award compared to two Cy Youngs and no MVPs for Martinez in Boston. Clemens also had not one, but two 20-strikeout games in a Red Sox uniform -- still the record for a nine-inning game.
Clemens also holds numerous franchise pitching records, including most wins and strikeouts.
Martinez was sensational and arguably a bit more dominant in his prime, but Clemens was just as good and did it for longer, making him the best pitcher in team history.
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