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9 unusual facts about Roger Clemens


American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime

It focuses on seven-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roger Clemens' alleged use of steroids, relationship with trainer Brian McNamee, and both their testimonies in front of Congress regarding the Mitchell Report (2007).

Broadband Sports

For example, after tossing a bat at Mike Piazza during the 2000 World Series, Roger Clemens stiffed reporters in the locker room following the game but offered a full explanation on his web site.

Johnny Holiday

He impersonated an elderly Roger Clemens in a Funny or Die video spoof, in which a 95-year-old Clemens makes his case for being on the 2057 Yankees.

Lake Conroe

A few celebrities such as Rudy Tomjanovich, Roger Clemens, Aaron Gray, Bill Ford, Colin Edwards II, Allen Bailey and Jeanette Outterson among others have residences in the Lake Conroe area.

Lightning Jack

Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens makes an uncredited cameo appearance as the eye-patched outlaw character "Dutch Spencer".

Roger Clemens Award

Roger Clemens was an extremely successful college player at the University of Texas before starting his professional career.

Texas Family

Some of the notable past covers of Texas Family have included Debbie and Roger Clemens, Joel and Victoria Osteen, Dana Vollmer, Ricardo Chavira, Laura Miller, and Whitney Ott.

Whitaker Bank Ballpark

The stadium's largest crowd to date came on June 6, 2006, when a standing-room-only crowd of over 9,300 was on hand to witness what the team dubbed "Rocket Relaunch" — Roger Clemens's first stop on his return to the Houston Astros.

Will McDonough

He regularly referred to Roger Clemens as the "Texas Con Man" during Clemens' tenure with the Boston Red Sox.


Charlie Reliford

Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees fired the sawed-off piece of the bat toward Piazza, causing both benches to empty and reigniting the controversy that had begun the previous July when Clemens had hit Piazza in the head with a pitch during an interleague game at Yankee Stadium.

Edward F. Kenney, Sr.

In his 43-year tenure with the Red Sox organization, Kenney contributed to develop a significant number of outstanding players such as Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Dwight Evans, Carlton Fisk, Bruce Hurst, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice.

Larry Whiteside

Whiteside covered many of the most notable events in Boston baseball history, ranging from Bucky Dent's home run to defeat the Boston Red Sox in the 1978 American League East playoff, to the Red Sox losing the 1986 World Series to the New York Mets, to Roger Clemens' second 20-strikeout game.

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball

Many Major Leaguers have played at Johnson Stadium, including Roger Clemens, Joe Carter, Kirk Gibson, Tony Gwynn, Keith Lockhart, Pete Incaviglia, Kevin McReynolds, Mike Moore, and Robin Ventura.


see also

American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime

American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime is a book written by Teri Thompson, Michael O'Keeffe, Nathaniel Vinton & Christian Red, four sportswriters from the New York Daily News, that was released in 2009.