Donald Trump announced that he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to baseball legend Roger Clemens during a rally on Wednesday. The 11-time All-Star, who has been a supporter of Trump’s in recent years, introduced the President during a rally in San Antonio, Texas. During his address to the Texan crowd, Trump announced that the former Houston Astros and New York Yankees star will receive the honor, calling him one of the greatest pitchers ever.’Roger Clemens is being given the single highest award,’ Trump declared. ‘We’re giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and tonight I’m announcing that Roger Clemens is being given this.’ The President continued to once again bemoan the fact that Clemens has been snubbed from being inducted into the Hall of Fame, listing his many accolades. ‘About eight months ago after I played a round of golf with Roger, and we had a great time. He’s an amazing guy, and I said, “I’m going to call the commissioner of baseball. It’s a ridiculous thing that you’re not in the Hall of Fame with that kind of a record,”‘ Trump claimed. Donald Trump announced he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Clemens The baseball legend introduced the President onstage during a rally in Texas on Wednesday’He won seven Cy Young. If you win one, you’re a superstar. If you win one, you go to the Hall of Fame for the most part. You win two, you’re guaranteed. He won seven, and they didn’t take him.’Clemens is considered one of the greatest players to take to the mound following his glittering 24-season career in the majors, including stints with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.However, the 64-year-old was named in the 2007 Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball.In the report, former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee stated he injected Clemens with steroids in 1998, 2000, and 2001. Former teammates Jose Canseco, Andy Pettitte and Jason Grimsley also claimed to know that Clemens used steroids as well.Clemens was ultimately found not guilty of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he did not take steroids.Yet, while Clemens would likely rather forget the steroid scandal, Trump felt the need to bizarrely reference the past allegations against the pitcher. ‘By the way, people talk drugs. He never admitted to anything,’ the President continued. ‘They have no information. They didn’t find anything. He never admitted to anything. He’s just a physical monster. He’s a big, strong, and he just he was great. ‘Now he did have a couple of problems. He was known for two things as a pitcher: power and accuracy. I said, then Roger, how come you hit more batters than any other pitcher in history? Which is true, he hit more batters than any. And when he hit you, it hurt.’ During his career, Clemens established himself as one of the game’s premier pitchers The President praised Clemen’s career accolades, criticizing his Hall of Fame snubTrump proceeded to invite a ‘stunned’ Clemens back on stage to address his home state crowd. ‘This supersedes anything that obviously I’ve done in my playing career,’ Clemens declared. ‘And, to get it from this and this president… there wouldn’t be another president I’d want to get from.And announcing it here in my home state, and again from this this man, you’re talking about a winner. That’s a winner right there.’ The right-hander quipped that the President could be his agent with his knowledge of Clemens’ career statistics. However, he had one minor correction. ‘I don’t think that I led Major League Baseball in hit batters, Mr. President,’ Clemens insisted. ‘I don’t think. Besides, when you let it go inside, it’s the hitter’s job to get out of the way, right?’He added: ‘I can’t thank you enough. That’s a huge honor. I am stunned. And again, thank you all very much.’Considered by many to be among the greatest pitchers ever, he set a Major League record with the Boston Red Sox by striking out 20 batters in a game in 1986 and did it a decade later to boot. Along the way, the former Texas Longhorns star established himself as one of the game’s premier pitchers before moving on to Toronto and New York, winning a pair of World Series titles in the Bronx.But Clemens will forever be linked to baseball’s steroid era. The former pitcher admitted he was ‘stunned’ by the honor as he addressed the crowd He established himself as one of the game’s premier pitchers with stints with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays The 64-year-old was named in the 2007 Mitchell Report on steroids in baseballJoin the discussionShould athletes linked to scandals be honored with prestigious national awards?What’s your view?The infamous Mitchell Report, which was a 20-month investigation into steroid use in baseball, appears to have tarnished his reputation. Clemens has been passed repeatedly over for the Hall of Fame, having never received the 75 percent of votes required for induction over his ten years on the ballot. However, he could theoretically be inducted down the road by the Hall’s Eras Committees. Yet, while Clemens is not worthy in the eyes of Hall of Fame voters, he certainly is in those of the President. Trump has previously advocated for Clemens’ induction in a fiery Truth Social rant last year.He pleaded Clemens’s case following a round of golf with the former baseball star and his son Kacy, as he likened the pitcher’s Hall of Fame exile to that of late MLB legend Pete Rose.’Roger Clemens was easily one of the few Greatest Pitchers of All Time, winning 354 Games, the Cy Young Award seven times (A Record, by a lot!), and played in six World Series, winning two!’ Trump began. ‘He was second to Nolan Ryan in most strike-outs, and he should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, NOW!’People think he took drugs, but nothing was proven. He never tested positive, and Roger, from the very beginning, totally denies it. He was just as great before those erroneous charges were leveled at him. That rumor has gone on for years, and there has been no evidence whatsoever that he was a “druggie.”’This is going to be like Pete Rose where, after over 4,000 Hits, they wouldn’t put him in the Hall of Fame until I spoke to the Commissioner, and he promised to do so, but it was essentially a promise not kept because he only “opened it up” when Pete died and, even then, he said that Pete Rose only got into the mix because of DEATH.’We are not going to let that happen in the case of Roger Clemens. 354 Wins — Put him in NOW. He and his great family should not be forced to endure this “stupidity” any longer!’