Roger Clemens wants to address his steroid issue but he can’t seem to find time. He offered to field questions from the viewers of Houstonist two weeks ago, after the release of the “American Icon, the Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America,” but the website’s editor and the former Yankee still have not hashed out the logistics of the Q&A session. Jason Bargas, the editor, said that when he talked to Clemens this week about something, the Rocket told him that he was really busy but still committed to the Q&A round. The steroid-tainted star also suggested the editor to send him questions which he would answer during minutes of downtime in his schedule. Clemens has just returned from a Scotland vacation and told Bargas that he will now be working with minor league players in the next weeks.

Bargas claims that he wants a sit-down with Clemens and he also wants to be there when Clemens reads and answers the questions. Also, Bargas wants to ask follow-up questions of his own and hopes to schedule something with Clemens soon to get things started. Clemens became the target of the federal jury investigation after he denied the accusations of steroid and human growth hormone use during the 2008 congressional hearing. Because of his denial, he was widely criticized for his response to the release of the American Icon book. The book, which was authored by the Daily News sports investigative team, is gathered from interviews from different sources including the people coming from the camp of Clemens. The seven-time Cy Young awardee is also aware of much of the materials found in the book and is already prepared on his response.

Clemens has been mum about the steroid use allegations 15 months after the hearing. According to the Houstonist, Clemens contacted the website and in an email, he said that he knows “a lot of baseball fans read the Houstonist and they have asked questions about the false allegations against me. I welcome the chance to answer the question of your readers.” Jen Chung, the co-founder of the Gothamist LLC, Houstonist’s New York-based company, said her staff first thought that it was just a prank. But they were able to confirm that the former pitcher of the Yankees was the one who sent an email through a call to the Roger Clemens Foundation. Chung also said that Clemens must be trying to influence the opinion of its readers and the public by leapfrogging over the mainstream media and reaching out to fans. Gene Grabowski, a crisis management expert who advises Clemens, told The News that it was Clemen’s idea to reach out to fans through Houstonist. “Roger is doing that himself,” said Grabowski who also appeared on ESPN Radio to defend the Rocket.

The Houstonist audience however does not seem too eager to throw the Rocket baseball questions. “Wouldn’t it be better for everyone if you just apologized and moved on?” wrote one Houstonist poster. “There isn’t any real way you can prove a negative, and virtually everyone who cares has already formed their opinion. You aren’t going to change it. “You’re only digging yourself in deeper every time you speak about it. Swallow your pride, issue a vague apology and let’s all move on.”

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