I just found out that the reporter, who asked Clemens the question that set him off, is related to an old friend of mine, and is working for a paper about 90 minutes west of Scranton.

The local paper printed both the question and the response. The question was kind of silly and basically was, With the negative reaction from some concerning your recent signing and the nature of your contract, how nice is it to receive the response you did from the crowd today?

The question was one of those self-serving attempts to get a big time star to say something complimentary about the local fans. Clemens' answer was really non-responsive to the question, which was by no means negative. No big deal though.

the reporter is quoted in today's paper as saying that he didn't ask a follow up question because he didn't further want to piss the guy off. He's certainly not part of the New York media.