Clemens Threatened to ‘Get’ Cooney, Union Official Says
Roger Clemens threatened to “get” umpire Terry Cooney after Cooney ejected the Red Sox pitcher from the American League playoff game, the head of the umpires’ union said.
Thursday, one day after Clemens became the first active player tossed from a playoff game for arguing, Richie Phillips said Clemens threatened Cooney “three times as they were taking him off the field. He said he would find out where Cooney lives and would get him.”
Phillips, executive director of the Major League Umpires Assn., said he would ask AL President Bobby Brown to look into the matter.
“The umpires in the crew told me,” Phillips said of what Clemens yelled at Cooney after the ejection in the second inning. “It’s bizarre.”
The star pitcher was ejected for shouting obscenities at Cooney.
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