Halfway thru sunday's game, yet another one of Roger's gems, I was thinkin... if he finishes this game out like this, he's gonna be on the cover of SI this week. low and behold... Roger Clemens to be on the cover of SI Clemens lands on cover of SI By Jim Molony / MLB.com Roger Clemens is the first Astro on the cover of SI since Randy Johnson. (Courtesy of Sports Illustrated) The Rocket has landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Roger Clemens, off to a 7-0 start for the first-place Astros, is on the publication's cover for the eighth time, and the first since he signed with Houston during the offseason. A shot of the right-hander with the headline "Bringing It Home ... The Best of Times for Roger Clemens" adorns the cover of this week's issue. According to a press release issued by the magazine, the following is from the profile of the six-time Cy Young Award winner: "Just 15 minutes from his family -- and four months removed from his brief retirement -- the ageless Roger Clemens is mowing down hitters and heating up the baseball climate in Houston," writes Tom Verducci in Home Fire. Clemens is the first member of the Astros to appear on the magazine's cover since Randy Johnson, who appeared in 1998 after being acquired from Seattle. J.R. Richard, a right-hander who pitched for Houston in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was on the cover twice (1980, 1981). Second baseman Joe Morgan and shortstop Sonny Jackson, Houston teammates during the 1960s, appeared on the cover together in 1966.
