Clemens strikes out 16 in return to Fenway in 1997

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9 жыл бұрын

7/12/97: Roger Clemens returns to Fenway Park for the first time in a visiting uniform and strikes out 16 Red Sox en route to a win
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@SuperStrik9
@SuperStrik9 9 жыл бұрын
Clemens was a BEAST on the Jays.
@dobyblue73
@dobyblue73 8 жыл бұрын
+Richard mc dermott incorrect
@dobyblue73
@dobyblue73 8 жыл бұрын
+Richard mc dermott incorrect, and you don't understand how percentages work. Clemens was found not guilty on six counts of lying to Congress. Clemens was acquitted of all perjury charges in June 2012. Clemens NEVER failed a steroid test. There is simply no evidence to back up your claims other than the word of a known corrupt douchebag (McNamee). In Toronto the most he ever struck out was 18 (08.25.98 KC @ TOR), TWICE with the Red Sox, some 10 years apart, he struck out 20. Performance enhancing? Doesn't appear so.
@dobyblue73
@dobyblue73 8 жыл бұрын
+Richard mc dermott 1996 - 242.2 IP, 6 CG, 2 SO, 257 Ks, struck out 20 in a single game 1998 - 234.2 IP, 5 CG, 3 SO, 271 Ks, struck out 18 in a single game Wow, you're really on to something here! What a turnaround. Guess those roids only had a two year guarantee, what happened in NYY the next two years? Actual needles that he held on to for 10 years, yeah, not a crackhead at all. *rollseyes* Petite "conveniently" forgot times and places, are you wearing a tinfoil hat? Big Unit won four Cy Youngs in a row at ages 35 - 39, previously only won one at age 32, must have been on roids right.LOL
@dobyblue73
@dobyblue73 8 жыл бұрын
+Richard mc dermott Again, you have provided no evidence, nor has anyone else, to back up your claims. Until you can, you're just regurgitating a lot of hearsay. Those are the simple facts you have to deal with everytime you troll someone else's post about Clemens.
@dobyblue73
@dobyblue73 8 жыл бұрын
+Richard mc dermott I did look properly, I nullified your point by mentioning his first year with NYY where he once again declined. This is sports, everyone can have up and down years. Look at how Pedro Martinez' numbers changed, his 4th, 7th, 9th and 10th seasons were his most dominant. So according to you Clemens must have juiced in 97 and 98, then immediately stopped and of course the effects of taking and no longer taking steroids are immediate (despite no physical appearance change from 97 to 99) then took them again in 2005 when he had another great year. The woo is strong here.
@oilersbluejayscanada
@oilersbluejayscanada 10 ай бұрын
I remember being really surprised when I first found out that Clemens had been a Jay between his time in Boston and his time with the Yankees. He was incredible
@Freeloader_420
@Freeloader_420 7 жыл бұрын
This was the only time I ever rooted against the Red Sox in my life. I was cheering for Roger that day. On an unrelated note, that strike zone was fucking huge....look at SO's #13 and 14 - haha
@UnleashthePhury
@UnleashthePhury 3 жыл бұрын
Oh for the days when there wasn’t a stupid box over the dish and you could go on feel. 13 especially is a ball, but when the guy as over 10k in his return, and he’s dealing, the umpire is going to give him the calls. Swing the bat, fellas
@gabe9346
@gabe9346 3 жыл бұрын
That new vitamin regimen he learned up north really did wonders for the second half of his career!
@MeLoNHeAd00
@MeLoNHeAd00 2 жыл бұрын
Yup! We filled him full of poutine ?
@TheFecesGuy
@TheFecesGuy 2 жыл бұрын
@@MeLoNHeAd00 turinabol
@MeLoNHeAd00
@MeLoNHeAd00 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheFecesGuy that and some trenbologne sandwiches and hgh shakes .
@therealbs2000
@therealbs2000 4 ай бұрын
Poutinabol via maple syringe
@jeffowens8722
@jeffowens8722 3 жыл бұрын
Always loved watching him.
@larryconnors9833
@larryconnors9833 8 жыл бұрын
love him or hate him, you loved him playing for your team.
@Mike-cy5jg
@Mike-cy5jg 3 жыл бұрын
@MASTER OF GETTING VIEWS! you're an idiot
@dominicktyler8775
@dominicktyler8775 3 жыл бұрын
@I RUIN YOUR DRAMATIC COMMENTS “your team” as in your favorite team. Yeah, you’re an idiot.
@mattpeacock719
@mattpeacock719 4 жыл бұрын
Nomar and Mo Vaughn must have been about 12 of those 16 strikeouts 😂
@WashedCoachWith3Chips
@WashedCoachWith3Chips 2 жыл бұрын
Nomar always struggled against Clemens! He was a sucker for those low outside off speed pitches.
@jonathanrecinos5894
@jonathanrecinos5894 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if the Red Sox would have kept Roger, and then Pedro arrived in 98 man that would have been one heck of a one two punch in their rotation.. if only.. one can only dream
@pram9543
@pram9543 5 ай бұрын
Roger never becomes the pitcher he was post Boston if the Red Sox sign him. He was getting soft and lazy and needed the anger of being snubbed by Dan Duquette to roid up and become terrifying again.
@jeasongagnon4332
@jeasongagnon4332 9 жыл бұрын
That throwback Raptors jersey in the stands though!
@UnleashthePhury
@UnleashthePhury 3 жыл бұрын
At this point, it was just a Raptors jersey
@shaliniagarwal294
@shaliniagarwal294 3 жыл бұрын
sellcyanidemethsdoifuspoidfudspo
@MapleSyrupPoet
@MapleSyrupPoet 3 жыл бұрын
Rocket Roger ...loved to win ...passionate to win
@bteasley99
@bteasley99 2 ай бұрын
I was there. Clemons came onto the field for the top of the 8th... and started with an insane fastball for a strike. The "pop" in the catcher's glove echoed around Fenway. The crowd murmured. Pitch #2, same pitch, same sound. The crowd murmured a bit louder. Pitch #3, fastball, strike three. Wow! Some in the crowd got to their feet. Batter #2 was struck out on 3 fastballs. Clemons was clearly showing what he could do. Batter 3 managed a foul tip, but that was it. The crowd, on it's feet (seen in this vid) saw 3 up 3 down, on 10 consecutive fastballs. On the way off the field, Clemons looked up at the owner's box with a menacing glare.
@richlewis1879
@richlewis1879 2 ай бұрын
The Red Sox had two of the top five pitchers of all time IMO. Clemens and Pedro
@benriffle104
@benriffle104 4 жыл бұрын
God damn, Clemens was never more roided up than with the Blue Jay's.
@greysonG10
@greysonG10 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@senyah
@senyah Жыл бұрын
he was never officially juiced to begin with. Never tested positive a single time. Even with modern technology, they still test.
@benriffle104
@benriffle104 Жыл бұрын
@@senyah he was just unofficially jucided?
@RedroomStudios
@RedroomStudios Жыл бұрын
@@benriffle104 in other words, just accusations.
@outdooraddventure
@outdooraddventure 2 жыл бұрын
As a blue jays fan I love watching the rocket man pitch even when he was a Red Sox
@greysonG10
@greysonG10 Жыл бұрын
He was a beast
@rafisperz1098
@rafisperz1098 4 жыл бұрын
I remember You brother..at serie mundial,90,s are You the best !!!
@eligiogomez2011
@eligiogomez2011 6 жыл бұрын
El mejor de todos los tiempos
@UnofficialAnti-Ignorance
@UnofficialAnti-Ignorance 4 жыл бұрын
Roger Clemens had an Infinity Arm.
@mirza5766
@mirza5766 3 жыл бұрын
As a Yankees fan I admit that the 92 and 93 Jays are the greatest teams I’ve ever seen, all of em batted over 300 and there pitching was lights out
@dzanier
@dzanier 2 жыл бұрын
The 92 and 93 Jays didn’t have lights out pitching. This is 1997.
@MapleSyrupPoet
@MapleSyrupPoet 2 жыл бұрын
He gets strikes ...on edge of zone ...cause umpire is so impressed 👏 ...who wouldn't be ...it's Roger
@roysreceptive
@roysreceptive 5 жыл бұрын
So much for home field advantage. That was a generous outside strike zone. A real shot in the arm, or buttocks, as some might say.
@ChopperRead
@ChopperRead 9 жыл бұрын
he strike zone was huge back in the day
@Nowthisispodracing4
@Nowthisispodracing4 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's correct. There were no strike calls at the knees or at the belt back then
@tonyiacomi4822
@tonyiacomi4822 5 жыл бұрын
@Joe Kidd It wasn't smaller vertically. They got the high fast ball that is called a ball today. It was the same vertically, it just shifted lower. Clemens lived off the high fast ball for years.
@tonyiacomi4822
@tonyiacomi4822 5 жыл бұрын
@Joe Kidd What are you talking about? Clemens lived off letter high fast balls. They definitely had a much higher strike zone back in the 80's. They didn't get the low calls but you could go way higher than today.
@JohnSmith-4U
@JohnSmith-4U 10 ай бұрын
As a Yankee fan, thank you Roger
@dsrevo79
@dsrevo79 2 жыл бұрын
1:23 the stare after the punch out...lmao
@WashedCoachWith3Chips
@WashedCoachWith3Chips 2 жыл бұрын
Bob Kurtz and Jerry Remy! 💗
@richardstewart7324
@richardstewart7324 3 жыл бұрын
Good ol Charlie Obrien what a great catcher .
@CrociatoAzzurro
@CrociatoAzzurro 5 жыл бұрын
Remember this one well !
@kingpin6989
@kingpin6989 2 жыл бұрын
I was at this game!
@davidlevy4291
@davidlevy4291 8 жыл бұрын
As a 9 year old Jays fan from Toronto I was in Boston that weekend. We were gonna go to that game but ended up missing it. A kid outside our hotel told us that Clemens struck out 16. We were really pissed. We caught the next game though and it was a beautiful thing that I got to see Fenway for a Jays win.
@isaacdonnelly20
@isaacdonnelly20 4 жыл бұрын
He looked nice in a jays uniform
@HueyLewisFan22
@HueyLewisFan22 4 жыл бұрын
Big untold story here (aside from Duquette saying Clemens was in the twilight of His career) was that Roger was like 20-30 pounds heavier for the Sox the previous season and had pretty much stopped conditioning himself in the offseason. His number those last 3 seasons w the Sox reflected that.
@iamhungey12345
@iamhungey12345 2 жыл бұрын
I kind of remember hearing about how he got in trouble with his weight in 1995.
@SP-ve1im
@SP-ve1im 6 жыл бұрын
Man he has some juice in his heat.
@Major-League-Edits
@Major-League-Edits 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if you guys saw it, but he strikes out hatteburg, one of the main stars of moneyball.
@jasontassinari5348
@jasontassinari5348 2 жыл бұрын
Quite a few strike 3s that were OFF the plate!
@iunstoppable1
@iunstoppable1 8 ай бұрын
Clemens on that fresh squeezed juice here
@johnathonhiner3015
@johnathonhiner3015 Жыл бұрын
Another fine example that the HoF has absolutely zero credibility.
@NYJYIK
@NYJYIK 2 ай бұрын
When striking out 16 batters meant something. Today it's ho-hum
@ericsigersmith2831
@ericsigersmith2831 2 жыл бұрын
As a red Sox fan the only reason I'm not mad for Clemens moving on is because then we wouldn't have made the peadro Martinez trade lol
@doubletroubledad1323
@doubletroubledad1323 3 жыл бұрын
Man, some of those called 3rd strikes were outrageous 😳
@win9861
@win9861 2 ай бұрын
Clemens's ball is great, but the zone is like the Pacific Ocean
@MapleSyrupPoet
@MapleSyrupPoet 10 ай бұрын
That's how you do it ⚾️⚾️⚾️👋
@justinnardine8564
@justinnardine8564 6 жыл бұрын
He was juiced for this game in more ways than one.
@classic-kool
@classic-kool 5 жыл бұрын
Clemens had an identical game in '98 against the Yankees... In '99, he becomes a Yankee..
@rogerclemens4872
@rogerclemens4872 9 жыл бұрын
I am the greatest
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah you are......but a bunch of hysterical holier than thou types who didnt like you think you shouldn't be in the HOF.
@despacitolentamente8378
@despacitolentamente8378 4 жыл бұрын
Greatest cheater
@Kourumeme
@Kourumeme 4 жыл бұрын
Bonds: im going to end this man’s career
@MM-zj8be
@MM-zj8be 3 жыл бұрын
He looked up at dan duquettes suite
@RedroomStudios
@RedroomStudios Жыл бұрын
wow, I totally forgot that he played for Toronto!
@jamesmilligan4592
@jamesmilligan4592 4 жыл бұрын
Was at his half way cycle here
@richevans609
@richevans609 5 жыл бұрын
I was there!
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 4 жыл бұрын
Very classy that they cheered such a great performance after he left. It would have been much easier to remain bitter.
@sergeantmasson3669
@sergeantmasson3669 2 жыл бұрын
JUICER.
@geekUSA101
@geekUSA101 Жыл бұрын
Clemens is a WINstrol
@rl9817
@rl9817 Жыл бұрын
“Twilight of his career.”
@mkz2017
@mkz2017 3 жыл бұрын
Scotty H!! Pickin machine!!!
@nicandknacksandseans
@nicandknacksandseans 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy to hear fans cheering for an opposing pitcher striking out a home batter.
@leakyjeep5.9
@leakyjeep5.9 6 жыл бұрын
Only 6 of these Ks are in the strike zone.
@ToddieBender
@ToddieBender 5 жыл бұрын
He liked to overpower you w high heat throwing in splitters similar to Clemens.
@UnleashthePhury
@UnleashthePhury 3 жыл бұрын
Roger Clemens was the Kawhi of 90s Blue Jays baseball
@SmoothCriminal12
@SmoothCriminal12 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately Clemens couldn't carry them to a playoff spot in his short time there. Maybe have more starters aside from him and Pat Hentgen and you might make it.
@tappyoklahoma
@tappyoklahoma Жыл бұрын
sick pitching.. also getting six inches off the plate from blue
@tappyoklahoma
@tappyoklahoma 9 ай бұрын
the ump is giving him 6 inches extra on either side of the plate @breadandcircuses8127
@leafyutube
@leafyutube 9 жыл бұрын
And this was 16 strikeouts in 8 innings!!!
@garrison6863
@garrison6863 6 жыл бұрын
I agree that is a really big strike zone, but when you do that it encourages batters to swing at balls.
@benriffle104
@benriffle104 4 жыл бұрын
Wide zone, yes, but it looked consistent, at least from the short video I saw. If that's the strike zone for that game and you know close pitches on the corners will be called a strike, then swing the bat and stop taking them.
@UltraPlusRD
@UltraPlusRD 9 жыл бұрын
The Rocket!
@lethrneck4
@lethrneck4 9 жыл бұрын
red sox fans have pretty much erased the roger clemens red sox years from their memory.too bad he was thier best pitcher ever
@whazup4751
@whazup4751 9 жыл бұрын
Nah, that was Pedro. Although I will give Clemens credit for his longevity.
@THEBEASTORANGE
@THEBEASTORANGE 9 жыл бұрын
Whazup47 nah pedro is a punk
@lethrneck4
@lethrneck4 9 жыл бұрын
***** only new red sox fans can say clemens wasnt the best, his prime was longer than pedro, pedro had a great run just shorter than clemens..and clemens was a strikeout machine and as a red sox was just incredible
@lethrneck4
@lethrneck4 9 жыл бұрын
***** i have no problem believing clemens was on roids going back to his red sox days as well..he never really became terrible in boston they just wanted to move on...but i do agree clemens becoming a yankee and winning a title with them, degrades him to a lot of sox fans, like boggs...
@lethrneck4
@lethrneck4 8 жыл бұрын
pedro was not better than clemens as a red sox..period
@66lilkim
@66lilkim 3 жыл бұрын
This cut out the forgotten awesome shot of The Rocket intensely looking up at the owners box after his final K at the end...
@pennyfoley2434
@pennyfoley2434 3 жыл бұрын
He was staring at Dan Duquette, one of the worst gm's ever
@66lilkim
@66lilkim 3 жыл бұрын
@@pennyfoley2434 Exactly. And Duquette was personally in the owners box that day to my knowledge. I don't know how it could have been shown via camera over 20 years later, but the Clemens reaction to all journalist up top was notable at the time. Respond for links
@SwagMaster824
@SwagMaster824 7 жыл бұрын
this shit is fucking crazy
@greysonG10
@greysonG10 Жыл бұрын
Damn, imagine if he struck out 21 and broke his record.
@MapleSyrupPoet
@MapleSyrupPoet 3 жыл бұрын
Roger: "I will dominate ...just watch me"
@um52
@um52 8 жыл бұрын
Top 5 Pitchers of the 90's 1. Rocket 2. Pedro 3. Maddux 4. Big Unit 5. Glavine
@jermaineserrano6552
@jermaineserrano6552 7 жыл бұрын
um52 Maddux number one
@felipearce3855
@felipearce3855 6 жыл бұрын
Maddux is the only certain bet for number 1. His stretch from 1992 to 1998 its only matched (or surpased) by Pedro 1997-2003 and Johnson 1997-2002...but since this is from 1990 to 1999...
@liberalweirdo7886
@liberalweirdo7886 5 жыл бұрын
um52 Glavine on paper maybe but in a big game there’s a lot of people I’d want out there before Glavine
@simplygu
@simplygu 5 жыл бұрын
@@liberalweirdo7886 A lot of people? How many exactly? How about game 6 of the 1995 World Series... 8 IP 1 hit 0 runs allowed! Glavine's career ERA in WSeries- 2.16 in 58 1/3 IP. Career ERA in NLCS- 3.22 in 103.1 IP. Glavine won 20 games in a season 4x in the '90's and was (164-87) for the decade. For you to say you would want "a lot" of people out there before him in the '90's is absolutely ABSURD and a STUPID comment. And no... I'm not a Braves fan.
@liberalweirdo7886
@liberalweirdo7886 5 жыл бұрын
simplygu in the playoffs or a big game Glavine many times would pull himself out of games sometimes before even reaching 100 pitches. Give me Smoltz or Schilling when it counted easy. Give me guys like David Cone as well and there’s others I could name too. Glavine put up excellent numbers but he never was who you wanted in a big game compared to Maddux and especially Smoltz regardless of what numbers say sometimes there’s the intangibles that are tough to put into words
@zenmar2415
@zenmar2415 6 жыл бұрын
Roger was in great shape in tbis game wonder what diet program he used at that time.
@RS-tz2zn
@RS-tz2zn 6 жыл бұрын
I think it was the steroid diet
@kylet.1317
@kylet.1317 6 жыл бұрын
zenmar Eat Clen, Tren hard, Anavar give up.
@markperry2827
@markperry2827 4 жыл бұрын
It was his hamstring that caused the ups and down in his weight. When sore no running. Clemens and any human loses surface fat via jogging for 1.5 hours a day. I remember at fenway after a game he pitched..straight to running steps. He was a beast mentally and physically. Look at him now. Still a big man with a big arm pitching 87 mph at alumni games.
@MeneTekelUpharsin
@MeneTekelUpharsin 9 жыл бұрын
Red Sox: "Damn! We should have kept him and given him the juice."
@jpowers55
@jpowers55 9 жыл бұрын
+Joe Kidd imagine if they had him and pedro
@TPMikeJ
@TPMikeJ Жыл бұрын
Should have been a first ballot HOFer
@bondsgoat25
@bondsgoat25 Жыл бұрын
@breadandcircuses81273 Cy Young’s, a league MVP, 4 ERA titles, on pace for 250+ Wins and 3000 Ks, a World series appearance. All before age 30 and all with the Sox before roids!
@onthe1481
@onthe1481 4 жыл бұрын
Roger was a Bad Dude
@eviola11
@eviola11 7 жыл бұрын
A generous outside corner
@mattcox3373
@mattcox3373 3 жыл бұрын
The Rocket is a Hall Of Famer.
@cagedtigersteve
@cagedtigersteve 7 жыл бұрын
It's so weird to see Clemens not in a Yankee uniform.
@iamhungey12345
@iamhungey12345 4 жыл бұрын
Lol, I know right?
@markperry2827
@markperry2827 4 жыл бұрын
To be honest I was a huge Sox fan until that particular idiot slammed Clemens and traded away 5 Cy Young awards. It is still hard for me to see Clemens in pinstripes but so proud he got his rings. When I see him in a Blue Jay uniform...wow..just trips me out. Go Rocket!
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 5 жыл бұрын
Look at the footage of the second 20K game in Detroit about 6 months before....he lost about 10,12 pounds , or the Toronto uniform is too loose
@b.lane0309
@b.lane0309 Жыл бұрын
God bless Jose Canseco
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 4 жыл бұрын
The best pitcher in baseball history. At the very least ....the best pitching career.
@mikewebb1586
@mikewebb1586 3 жыл бұрын
best, NO, he never had NO hitter....Ryan had 7 no hitters
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikewebb1586 how many Cy Youngs did Ryan have?
@mikewebb1586
@mikewebb1586 2 жыл бұрын
@@dukedematteo1995 5,6
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikewebb1586 Ryan had zero. Zero in 26 yrs. Clemens had 7, and should have 10 tbh.
@7Logik
@7Logik 11 ай бұрын
Greg Maddux
@mattreynolds981
@mattreynolds981 Жыл бұрын
Lol some of these pitches didn't touch the plate
@Thebigtipper101
@Thebigtipper101 2 жыл бұрын
When the batters use hgh also who has the edge the pitcher or the batters?
@ladistar
@ladistar 3 жыл бұрын
That splitter was just disgusting
@Revbone450
@Revbone450 5 жыл бұрын
Clemens sure looked good in a Yankees uniform didn't he.
@robashlicarrafa4876
@robashlicarrafa4876 6 жыл бұрын
I see Mo and Nomar in the BoSox lineup. Oh, wait, John Valentin was in there, too, dropping his bat. Who the hell were the rest of those bums?! I always admired Boston's blue collar teams back in the 90's but they never had a serious chance of competeing with New York until they opened up the checkbook and started spending big money on free agents. Anyway - has there ever been a better season of redemption, two seasons actually, than Clemens time in Toronto? Boston didn't want him back. I'm not sure if the accusations of Roger being "washed up" were legitimate reasons given by team officials or if it was hearsay circulated by the press or his detractors but he had a pretty damn good season in 1996. He got a lot of decesions, logged a ton of innings and struck a lot of batters out. If he pitched for the Yankees that year he could have easily won 22-24 games. His 1997 and 98 seasons in Toronto were phenomenal. I don't think I've seen anything like it. The only thing even close would be a guy in a contract year (Adrian Beltre 2004 anyone?) Clemens wasn't out to get a big contract, he probably would have pitched for free. If he wouldn't have gotten mixed up with the steroid mess a few years later his resume would have been impeccable. Just like Randy Johnson's. Rocket could have been mentioned as the best RHP of the modern era. Sure, Boston replaced Clemens in their rotation with Pedro and he had some legendary seasons in Beantown but he was breaking down by 2000-01 and wasn't much of a factor in their Championship season of 2004.
@notoriouseagle1074
@notoriouseagle1074 4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't much of a factor? He still won 16 games and was nominated for Cy Young.
@markperry2827
@markperry2827 4 жыл бұрын
Dan Duquette was the one who pushed Clemens was washed up. He was the mouth Lou Gorman listened to. It is zero secret to strong Sox fans of that time. Clemens was a huge crowd favorite. They could not trade him and not get backlash so they made Roger the bad washed up jock in media. You see the reaction in the first. Then when rocket hit his pace the fans remembered what they loved and saw he was nt washed up. Roger spent the next 15 years shoving it in the RedSox front office. Dan Duquette. Biggest idiot ever.
@mhedrick2323
@mhedrick2323 3 жыл бұрын
All the nasty remarks , the guy was a great pitcher
@Joseph-lz5er
@Joseph-lz5er 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he used roids in Toronto. He doesn't look all that big here nor was he just striking everyone out using his fastball, as he was pitching with location here. I think he probably started using it around the 99 season with the Yankees. In 2000 he looked buffed and looked way bigger than he did here.
@iamhungey12345
@iamhungey12345 2 жыл бұрын
1998 would be the year he first started but was briefly off the stuff in 1999 before getting back in 2000. Just look up on the guy that got Clemens on the stuff and note the patterns in 1998 and 2000 if you go by the first half and second half split. As far as I know his 1997 season was clean though he did tail off toward the end. 1999 was probably the last season he was pitching without it though I'm not sure if that was why his ERA that season was 4.60 since he was injured early on.
@holyshitmostoriginal
@holyshitmostoriginal 3 жыл бұрын
How is this guy not a HOFer? Barry Bonds too... They played on an even playing field as a BUNCH of other players were on the juice, this is BUD SELIGS fault.. not theirs
@NatTurnerswitBurnerz
@NatTurnerswitBurnerz 3 жыл бұрын
If Selig can get in the HOF, Clemens and Bonds should too. Along with a bunch of other guys.
@RELubber
@RELubber 6 ай бұрын
Strike 4! No HoF !!
@Kane-ib5sn
@Kane-ib5sn 6 жыл бұрын
fans realized the truth: the players don't play for them.
@dukedematteo1995
@dukedematteo1995 5 жыл бұрын
Twilight of his career......
@JammastaJ23
@JammastaJ23 4 жыл бұрын
Can we please acknowledge how generous the strike zone was in the 90s? If you watch Kerry Wood's 20k game a lot of the called Ks are like 4 inches off the plate. 1:38, 1:46 are not a strike today.
@peteryamerstien2903
@peteryamerstien2903 9 жыл бұрын
Save Dodgerfilms
@dsrevo79
@dsrevo79 2 жыл бұрын
no.1 when it comes to adjustments...lol
@nicholasmedovich6729
@nicholasmedovich6729 4 жыл бұрын
Strikeouts 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, and 16 swing and a miss Strikeouts 5, 6, 7, 13, and 14 caught looking
@douglasgovan6640
@douglasgovan6640 5 жыл бұрын
Horrible umpiring. 1990s Atlanta Braves strike zones
@jongriggs9831
@jongriggs9831 9 жыл бұрын
#savedogerfilms
@FoF1212
@FoF1212 9 жыл бұрын
None of the called strike 3's were actually strikes.
@tubenachos
@tubenachos 7 жыл бұрын
Clemens looking bulky and jacked up.
@bryankautz826
@bryankautz826 5 жыл бұрын
LOL speaking as a typical hyopcital sports fan, hated him on a team we had rivalry with, but loved him once he was on our team!!! 😂😂
@pinkeye00
@pinkeye00 3 жыл бұрын
Roids me to victory!
@elmaster091
@elmaster091 4 жыл бұрын
As a bottom Red Sox fan I can tell that Red Sox was very bad making business, they never sign Clemens....and they regretted later because Pedro and Clements waooo I can't imagine what would be
@johncorbett59
@johncorbett59 9 жыл бұрын
#savedodgerfilms
@biffalobull2335
@biffalobull2335 3 жыл бұрын
No roids he still would’ve had double digits
@bearsredzone845
@bearsredzone845 3 жыл бұрын
Still took steroids.
@biffalobull2335
@biffalobull2335 3 жыл бұрын
@@bearsredzone845 I think we all understood that
@bearsredzone845
@bearsredzone845 3 жыл бұрын
@@biffalobull2335 he was good but he had to cheat.
@biffalobull2335
@biffalobull2335 3 жыл бұрын
@@bearsredzone845 I think we all understood that
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