Lexington Legends

Roger Clemens

On May 31, 2006, Roger Clemens announced that he would come out of retirement to pitch for the Houston Astros for the remainder of the 2006 season. Clemens, planning to keep himself to a strict 60-pitch limit, returned to baseball with the Legends, where his oldest son Koby played. Father and son denied reports that Koby would catch his dad for the return. "He doesn't listen to me," Roger Clemens said. "We'd be shaking each other off and arguing too much."^[6] In his first game, Clemens threw 62 pitches, allowed no walks, and only one run while striking out 6 batters in three innings of work with the Legends, who won the game 5–1.

Joe Mikulik incident

The team received national attention again in 2006 following a controversial game against the Asheville Tourists on June 25. In the fifth inning of the game, Tourists manager Joe Mikulik went on an extended tirade after being ejected from the game following an argument with an umpire. The event received coverage on various television programs, including NBC's The Tonight Show, ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and SportsCenter, and MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Roger Clemens' appearance as a Legend and Joe Mikulik's meltdown are chronicled in the 2011 documentary film Legendary: When Baseball Came to the Bluegrass.

2021 and beyond

The Lexington Legends were one of the minor league teams that lost MLB affiliation under a new plan by MLB.^[7] On February 18, 2021, the team announced that it would be joining the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent MLB Partner league, for the 2021 season.^[8]

On October 28, 2022, the team and their ballpark were sold to Nathan and Keri Lyons.^[9][10]

2023 name change

It was announced March 6, 2023, that the team was changing its name to the Lexington Counter Clocks.^[11] For that season, their ballpark was known as Counter Clocks Field.^{[citation needed]}

2024 sale and name change

It was announced January 25, 2024, that the team had been sold to Temerity Baseball along with several local investors.^[2] On February 15, 2024, it was announced the team would be renamed back to the Lexington Legends.^[12]

Notes

• ^a This column indicates overall wins and losses during the regular season and excludes any postseason play.
• ^b This column indicates overall position in the league standings.
• ^c This column indicates overall position in the divisional standings[split seasons for 2013 and 2014].
• ^d Determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two, this column indicates "games behind" the team that finished in overall first place in the division [split seasons for 2013 and 2014].
• ^e This column indicates wins and losses during the postseason.
• ^f Due to the September 11 attacks, the 2001 best-of-five League Championship Series against Asheville was cancelled. Asheville and Lexington were declared SAL Co-Champions.