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
The fact of the matter is I wouldn't be here if I didn't have a chance to watch these kids,
The process was long and hard on me. When everybody was out having a good time, I'm running trying to get my body ready.
What I took out there is not going to get it done, ... I need to obviously be sharper, a lot sharper than what I took out there. Just too many walks.
What I featured tonight is not going to get it done. It doesn't matter who you're facing because it's not going to get it done.
What I featured out there is not good enough to get it done. It just seemed like I was pitching out of the stretch a lot. I tried to battle and make pitches and be as stingy as I could ... but they broke it open.
It comes with a lot of responsibility, ... I know that so many people are counting on me, and I enjoy that. I expect it, but it's the career I've led. So here we go again.
Where do you start in a game like this?
We played with heavy hearts, ... I don't know if I could've done what Paul O'Neill did.
As soon as I climbed on the mound, I was lost a little bit, ... I knew I had to gather it up pretty quick and get through that.
That's where I am right now. Obviously, it's Opening Day, and I'm about to put a golf visor on and enjoy a game.
That type of game is the best to be a part of. That's why you come back to pitch. You have to work for everything in a game like that. To watch the hitters persevere at the end was tremendous. One guy fed off the next. It ended up turning into something of a laugher, and that game was anything but.
That type of game is the best to be a part of, ... That's why you come back to pitch. You have to work for everything in a game like that. To watch the hitters persevere at the end was tremendous. One guy fed off the next. It ended up turning into something of a laugher, and that game was anything but.
You're playing late in the year and the weather is getting cooler, it is nice to be part of that,
You still attack the zone with them. I was very aggressive in the zone and let these guys swing the bat like they did.