Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is a retired American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseballfor four teams. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average, and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, the most of any pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 August 1962
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I had the problem in the second inning and fought my way through that inning,
I had a problem in the second inning, and fought my way through that inning, ... I came up here as quick as I could to take my sleeve off and have them check it. ... The fluid already started to build up in my leg.
I'm very thankful for the opportunity to participate in this event. It made all the work I did the last six weeks worthwhile. . . . For me, right now, it's goodbye.
I'm trying to continue to keep that fire in my belly. It's games like this that can just rekindle that.
I needed a couple of weeks to see where my body was going to be and get my mind right for this.
I need to be in a game. I've rested too long. The side work that I'm doing is not intense enough. I need to get out in a game and at least get some active innings under my belt before we get underway.
I listen to my sisters who are living in Georgetown with her. They said this is different. So I've been traveling back and forth and I thought at one point she would be able to battle back a little bit, but this one wasn't looking good. I went back up there (Tuesday), spent the evening with her and most of this morning. I feel very blessed that she's at peace now because the last 10 years was hard on her and the last two to three days were grueling. But she was very tough to the end.
It was my fault, because once he made the play, I thought it was going to be somewhat of an easier play. Then we made eye contact.
I've had a lot of wonderful playoff games, a lot of wonderful World Series and this game here was incredible.
I've got guys getting the laundry bag out of my closet to go down and keep filling it with ice,
I want to go watch it again, just to look at the details of everything that happened,
I wanted to thank her properly at the Hall of Fame, ... But I keep playing this silly game.
I try to stay as young as I can around these guys. But when you're sitting on ice bags, both hamstrings, you're getting close (to the end).
It's damage control. You want to stay away from a big inning, ... I've been in this game long enough to know that you're going to get tested. Throughout the ballgame, at least twice, you're going to have to get out of trouble.