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've never really been nervous at all in my playoff experiences,
I've been in a lot of wonderful playoff games, wonderful World Series games, but never anything like this. This game here was incredible.
Teams were playing us tough anyway, but maybe more so after we got back in the race. The guys persevered, and this makes that trip back home a whole lot easier.
She was my strength. She's always my will. She gave me so much, ... I'm just very thankful that she's at peace now. She worked so hard, she was really my mother and my father. She played both roles. ... I've lost a little bit of my fire. I don't want to say I lost any of my passion, because I want to pass that on to the kids.
I've had a lot of wonderful playoff games, a lot of wonderful World Series and this game here was incredible.
It's Houston, Texas, New York and Boston. I love all those places, they have great players that I respect very much.
I wanted to thank her properly at the Hall of Fame, ... But I keep playing this silly game.
It took a lot of work from a lot of guys in this clubhouse. It made it worth the wait. It made it worth my decision to come back. Playing this time of year never gets old.
We played with heavy hearts, ... I don't know if I could've done what Paul O'Neill did.
You're playing late in the year and the weather is getting cooler, it is nice to be part of that,
This is what playoff baseball is all about. That's why you get up in December to work.
Roberts said. ''This is my team. It's special. It's doubly special for me. I missed school to watch this team play. I had dreams of playing for the Padres.
I'm proud of the way he carries himself out there. But I'd be proud of the way he carries himself if he wasn't playing baseball at all.
I love this, this is why you get off the couch to play this game. I've been fortunate to have played in a lot of big games, but it's still exciting.