James rocks Roger

Roger Clemens made his independent baseball debut tonight, pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the Sugar Land Skeeters against the Bridgeport Bluefish in the Atlantic League.

Clemens gave up one hit, a single to (guess who?) James Simmons. You might recall that Simmons began this year as an outfielder for the Wild Things. He was released after only five games and going 3-for-17. Simmons signed with Bridgeport in the Atlantic League, which is the top independent league and has many former major leaguers and Class AAA players.

Simmons is batting .279 with 11 home runs for the Bluefish.