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
When Phil looked at me and said, 'Get your jersey and spikes on', he was dead serious about it,
Two split-fingers hurt my elbow like you wouldn't believe, and I've got a heartbeat in the back of my shoulder right now.
For me, it's almost like I turn into a robot, I've done it for so many years. I'm a creature of habit. I've got a great program, I love to do it, so I'm doing it.
For me, I'm noticing about the 30-hour mark is when the soreness sets in. I was able to work a lot of that out and come back today.
The offers I have received are flattering. There's nothing that says I can't pitch a full season.
Then when the conversation is over and you walk away and you get home that night or you had dinner after you had the chance to meet him and talked to him, it's something that you never forget.
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,
The ball was coming out of my hand nice. It's going to make my mind a little more at ease getting ready to head out on this trip.
It's Houston, Texas, New York and Boston. I love all those places, they have great players that I respect very much.
It's just disappointing, ... I don't like coming out of those and putting Brad in that situation. I know he loves those situations, too. But when it doesn't work out ... you hate to come out on the short end of it.
It seems like days ago when Lance and Brad went deep.
It's experience I guess, ... Sometimes, especially this time of year, you have to will yourself through some innings. I'm just real fortunate.