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Roger Clemens

  • Where It Begins

    On May 20th, 1984, 26,731 baseball fans under the teflon sky of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome got to witness history: the first of 354 career victories by the greatest pitcher of all time.5-4. Over his Hall-of-Fame worthy career, Clemens had a ..649 Winning Percentage (24-13) against the Minnesota Twins, my local nine. The only Read more

  • The Rocket

    On April 29th, 1986,  Roger “The Rocket” Clemens set a major league record by striking out 20 as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 3-1. How great was Roger Clemens? Clemens even won the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 1986 (an award generally considered for everyday players NOT pitchers!). And yet, like Read more

  • Roger Clemens

    On September 18th, 1996, Roger Clemens tied his own record for strikeouts in a game when he struck out 20 Detroit Tiger batters in a nine-inning game. Going the distance at Tiger Stadium in the Red Sox’s 4-0 victory, he gave up no walks and just 4 hits. Travis Fryman struck out 4 times and Read more

  • Greatest Living Player

    With the death of Willie Mays, the discussion of “who is the greatest living player” has begun. While Willie was with us, there was (of course) no debate. Here are the names I have heard mentioned so far: The last name on the list, Pujols, doesn’t really belong on the list. Sure, Pujols was a Read more