The Rocket will Lead the Yanks to Victory

[boneprone]

Tonight, (Live on FOX as you read this) the Yankees will win yet another Championship against a very good team.


The story book ending for a great team and a great career pitcher in Roger Clemens.

And Thats the Bottom Line cause Boneprone said so!

[boneprone]

hmm.
Schilling is throwing at 98 mphs tonight it seems.

Kinda a bit fast?

[boneprone]

anyone here really think this story will end with the Diamond Backs as champs?

I think Not.

[stangster]

Originally posted by boneprone:
anyone here really think this story will end with the Diamond Backs as champs?
I think Not.

Isn't if cool how Mark Grace doesn't use batting gloves?

Tough guy..




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[stangster]

I can't wait til Clemens comes to bat.

I don't think I've EVER seen the guy bat. Works his games around so he's always pitching at home.

bawk..bawwwk

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[stangster]

I think we're the only one's here bro..

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[boneprone]

I like Arizona's old school players.

Randy Johnson
Matt Williams
Mark Grace
Curt Schilling.

They are all great!

But shit Clemens is mowing through the lineup sitting em all down. 8 srikeouts alreay through the 5th.

[boneprone]

Here comes the Big Unit!

Lets watch him get ROCKED!

[boneprone]

Oh, its Batista! Even better!

[boneprone]

Ok.. Here he comes!

The Big Unit!

He's either gunna be the hero of hero's or just another victum of my Yankees.

[TheFLY]

Roger Clemens
Nickname(s): Rocket
Born: 1962
RHP 1984- Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees
MVP in 1986
Cy Young Award in 1986-87, 91, 97-98
Led league in W 1986, 87, 97-98
Led league in ERA 1986, 90-92, 97-98
Led league in K 1988, 91, 96-98
All-Star in 1986, 88, 90-92, 97-98

As a youngster, Clemens idolized all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan, and in less than five full major-league seasons he had emerged as Ryan's rival as baseball's most overpowering pitcher. The physically imposing, 6'4" 220-pound Clemens' confident attitude bordered on arrogance, but his impeccable mechanics, outstanding control, a good curveball, and a 95-mph fastball often left batters flailing helplessly. In his first two full seasons, Clemens became only the fourth pitcher ever to win back-to-back Cy Young Awards, pitching 18 shutouts in his first 139 starts. He also established a major-league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game -- a feat he repeated a decade later.

Originally drafted by the Mets out of high school (which would have put him on the same staff as Dwight Gooden) Clemens opted to pitch in college instead of signing. He compiled a 25-7 record in two All-American seasons at the University of Texas and won the 1983 College World Series championship game. In doing so, Clemens became the first Texas alumnus to have his baseball uniform number retired, on a staff that included future major leaguers Greg Swindell, Calvin Schiraldi, and Bruce Ruffin.
Drafted in the first round (19th player overall) by the Red Sox that June, Clemens tore through Boston's minor-league system, fanning 36 batters in 29 innings at Class-A Winter Haven and striking out 59 more in 52 innings at Double-A New Britain before winning the Eastern League championship game with a three-hit shutout. In 1984, he began the season at Triple-A Pawtucket, struck out 50 in 39 innings, and was promoted to the majors in early May. On August 21, he fanned 15 Royals and walked none. He finished the 1995 season 9-4, but shoulder troubles limited him to a disappointing 15 starts and he was forced to undergo surgery on August 30.
Clemens's shoulder was still a question mark at the start of the 1996 season, but the 24-year-old responded with one of the finest pitching seasons in major-league history. He won his first three starts and, on April 29, leaped into the national spotlight with 20 strikeouts in a 3-1 win over Seattle, breaking the record of 19 shared by Ryan, Steve Carlton, and Tom Seaver. In that game, Clemens tied an AL record with eight consecutive strikeouts and didn't walk a single batter. Red Sox manager John McNamara said afterwards, "I watched perfect games by Catfish Hunter and Mike Witt, but this was the most awesome pitching performance I've ever seen."
Clemens ran his record to 14-0 before losing to Toronto on July 2, pitched three perfect innings to win the All-Star Game MVP award (and the game), and finished the season 24-4 with a 2.48 ERA. It was the first of seven seasons in which Clemens would strike out at least 200 batters, tying the major league mark. Not only did he win the AL Cy Young Award, but he was also honored as the AL's Most Valuable Player.
After the season, Hank Aaron angered the star hurler by taking the opportunity to opine that pitcher should not be eligible for the MVP. "I wish he were still playing," said Clemens. "I'd probably crack his head open to show him how valuable I was."
Despite his regular-season dominance Clemens won only one of his four post-season starts in 1986 while achieving a number of dubious LCS records. He set the mark for most hits allowed (22) in a series, and tied the records for most runs allowed in one game (8), most earned runs allowed in one game (7), and most earned runs allowed in one series (11). (He did tie one positive standard with four consecutive strikeouts.) Clemens pitched more adequately in the World Series, but won neither of his starts. The Red Sox lost to the Mets in seven games, and it was reported that Clemens asked to be taken out of the infamous World Series Game 6 and leave it to Calvin Schiraldi to hold a 3-2 lead.
Clemens skipped spring training in 1987 in a contract squabble and was only 4-6 on June 12 that year, but he went 16-3 the rest of the way to finish 20-9 with a league-leading seven shutouts, winning his second consecutive Cy Young Award. In 1988, Clemens's 291 strikeouts set a Red Sox season mark, and he finished 18-12 with an AL-best eight shutouts. On September 10 he pitched a 6-0 one-hitter against Cleveland. In 1989, he had a spectacular start and finish, but in his middle 19 starts he was a human 7-8 with a 4.00 ERA. He ended the year 17-11 with a 3.13 ERA.
He bounced back in 1990 with a career-best and ML-leading 1.93 ERA and a 21-6 record in a season where he was limited to 31 starts by more shoulder problems. Clemens didn't surrender a home run after July 8, and none all season to righthanded batters. He went 6-0 with a 0.73 ERA in August, and during the season became the all-time Red Sox strikeout leader, passing Cy Young. But he lost the Cy Young to Oakland's 27-game winner Bob Welch.
Although his numbers were down from 1990, Clemens won his third Cy Young in 1991, leading the AL in shutouts (4) and ERA (2.62). He also led the majors in innings pitched and tied for strikeouts (241), notching 30 consecutive scoreless innings from April 9 through April 23. His 2.41 ERA in 1992 once again led the league, as did his five shutouts, but although he became the second pitcher to lead the league in ERA and shutouts three years in a row he finished third in Cy Young balloting.
For various reasons, Clemens became merely mortal over the next four seasons. He spent two stints on the DL in 1993 and finished with a losing record for the first time, with a bloated 4.46 ERA. He bounced back somewhat in the strike-shortened 1994 season, ranking second in the league in ERA and strikeouts with five 10-strikeout performances during the season, but the Sox were fading as a power and Clemens failed to get adequate run support. The downward career trend continued in 1995 when he started the season on the DL. He managed to win 10 games, but once again saw his ERA balloon to 4.18.
It seemed on the surface that Clemens' career was ending when he went only 10-13 in 1996. But he was distracted all season by ongoing debates with the front office about whether he would re-sign with the Red Sox and suffered from an appalling lack of run support. In fact, over the second half of the season, Clemens was as dominant as he was at the turn of the decade. He was 6-2, 2.09 in his last 10 starts, and after the All-Star break struck out 123 men in 111 1/3 innings. He also became the first AL pitcher since 1993 to get a regular-season base hit on May 23 in a pinch-hitting appearance against Seattle's Norm Charlton.
Then, on September 18, 1996, in a final rebuke to Red Sox management (particularly GM Dan Duquette) he tied his own major-league record 10 years after setting it by striking out 20 Tigers. His 257 strikeouts were tops in the AL -- less than two months later, he with the Blue Jays. He left Boston owning the team career records for games started (382), bases on balls (856), and strikeouts (2,590), and tied with Cy Young with 192 victories.
When Clemens signed a four-year, $40 million free agent deal with Toronto at the end of the season, most observers figured that the once-fearsome hurler had simply found a comfy place to spend his declining years. But the Rocket's righteous anger toward his former employers brought back the fire of his youth. He won his first 11 starts, threw nine complete games and three shutouts -- both tied for the AL lead with teammate Pat Hentgen, the 1996 Cy Young winner.
By leading the AL in wins (21-7), ERA (2.05), and strikeouts (292), Clemens won the pitcher's Triple Crown for the first time in the AL since Hal Newhouser did it with the Tigers in 1945 and became just the third four-time Cy Young winner after Carlton and Greg Maddux. And as if his dominating debut with the Blue Jays wasn't enough, Clemens turned in an unprecedented fifth Cy Young season in 1998. After a slow start, Clemens won his last 15 decisions; his 2.65 ERA, 20 wins, and 271 strikeouts made him only the fourth pitcher (after Grover Cleveland Alexander, Lefty Grove, and Sandy Koufax) to win the pitcher's Triple Crown in consecutive seasons.
That season, Clemens became just the eleventh pitcher in major-league history to rack up more than 3,000 strikeouts. He already had four special Ks at home -- his four sons, named Koby, Kory, Kacy, and Kody. When he won his fourth Cy Young in 1997, he had commented, ''I got one for Koby and Kory. I got one for Kasy, and I needed one for Kody,'' he said. ''It kind of takes the pressure off Dad a little bit.''
Trade rumors swirled around Clemens in 1998 and intensified when he exercised a little-known out in his contract that enabled him to demand a trade after two seasons with the Blue Jays. Even though Clemens eventually withdrew his trade demand, he was dealt anyway to the New York Yankees for pitchers David Wells and Graeme Lloyd and second baseman Homer Bush. Despite some rocky outings and a short stint on the DL, Clemens won his first five decisions in a Yankee uniform. His unbeaten streak stood at 20, an AL record, before ending at the hands of the New York Mets.
Clemens finished the season with a 14-10 record and a 4.60 ERA, hardly what the Yankees had hoped for. However, after suffering a humiliating loss to new Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez in Game Three of the ALCS (the only post-season contest the Yankee juggernaut would drop that year) Clemens redeemed himself in the Fall Classic. Given a chance to secure his first World Series ring, Roger closed out the Braves with 6 2/3 strong innings to pick up the clinching win in New York's sweep of Atlanta. (SCL/SW/JGR/HC)
FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
» June 7th, 1884: Charlie Sweeney of Providence (NL) strikes out 19
Boston Red Stockings to establish a ML record for
a 9-inning game. It will be tied one month later but
not broken until Roger Clemens fans 20 on April 29, 1986. Providence's 2-1 win moves it into first
place, but Boston will take the next 4 from the Grays
to regain the lead.
» June 6th, 1983: The Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher with the first pick in the annual June free-agent draft, but Belcher will reject their $125,000 signing bonus offer and pitch for Team USA in the Pan American Games instead. He is the only first-rounder who doesn't sign. Belcher will be the first selected in the January 1984 draft. The Reds take Kurt Stillwell with the
2nd pick. Roger Clemens is taken with the 19th pick. » May 20th, 1984: Boston's Roger Clemens strikes out seven batters in 7 innings en route to his first ML victory 5-4
over the Twins.
» August 21st, 1984: Red Sox rookie Roger Clemens strikes out 15 and walks none as Boston whips Kansas City 11-1.
» April 29th, 1986: Twenty-three-year-old Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in a 3-1 win over Seattle,
breaking the ML record of 19 shared by Nolan Ryan,
Steve Carlton, and Tom Seaver. Clemens doesn't walk
a batter, allows just 3 hits, and ties the AL record
with 8 consecutive strikeouts in the middle innings. » May 14th, 1986: Reggie Jackson of the Angels homers off Roger Clemens to move past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list with 537, but Boston scores 3 runs in the top of the 9th
to win 8-5.
» May 25th, 1986:
Roger Clemens no-hits the Rangers for 72?3 innings before Oddibe McDowell singles and Clemens settles for a 2-hit 7-1 victory that improves his record to 8-0.
» July 2nd, 1986: After 14 wins, Roger Clemens suffer his first loss as Toronto scores three times in the eighth inning to down Boston 4-2. Clemens was one game short of the AL record for consecutive wins at the start of a season.
» July 15th, 1986: At the Houston Astrodome, the AL wins the All-Star Game 3-2 for its second triumph in the last 15 years. AL starter Roger Clemens pitches three perfect innings to win the game's MVP Award.
» August 4th, 1986: White Sox pitcher Jose DeLeon (2-0) beats Boston's Roger Clemens (17-4) for the second time in five days 1-0 at Fenway Park. DeLeon and the White Sox also won 7-2 on July 30th.
» August 30th, 1986: Roger Clemens becomes the major leagues' first 20-game winner this season, striking out 11 Indians
in a 7-3 victory to raise his record to 20-4. » October 7th, 1986: In the ALCS opener, California behind Mike Witt
downs Boston's 20-game winner Roger Clemens 8-1.
» October 11th, 1986: Trailing 3-0 entering the bottom of the 9th
inning, California rallies for 3 runs off Roger Clemens
and Calvin Schiraldi, and goes on to defeat the Red
Sox 4-3 in 11 innings to take a 3-1 lead in the
ALCS. » November 12th, 1986: Roger Clemens wins the AL Cy Young Award unanimously,
joining Denny McLain (1968) as the only pitchers to
do so.
» November 18th, 1986: Roger Clemens becomes the first starting pitcher to win the AL MVP Award since Vida Blue in 1971, receiving
19 of a possible 28 first-place votes to defeat
runner-up Don Mattingly.
» June 26th, 1987: Wade Boggs has his hitting streak snapped at 25 consecutive games and Roger Clemens fails to hold a 9-0, second-inning lead as Boston loses to New York 12-11 in 10 innings.
» October 4th, 1987:
Roger Clemens closes out his season with a 2-hit, 12-strikeout, 4-0 win over the Brewers, improving
his record to 20-9.
» November 11th, 1987: Roger Clemens becomes the first pitcher since
Jim Palmer in 1975-76 to win consecutive Cy Young
Awards, collecting 21 of 28 first-place votes
to easily beat runner-up Jimmy Key. » May 10th, 1988: Mark Langston strikes out a 16 batters in a 4-2 win over Toronto, equaling the 1988 major-league high set yesterday by Boston's Roger Clemens in a 2-0 three-hitter over the Royals.
» July 15th, 1988: Roger Clemens strikes out 16 Royals for the second time this season, sparking the Red Sox to a doubleheader sweep in Joe Morgan's managerial debut.
» August 14th, 1988: Detroit pounds Boston 18-6 at Fenway Park to end the Red Sox' AL-record home winning streak at 24 games, 2 shy of the ML record held by the 1916
Giants. Roger Clemens gives up eight runs in 11?3 innings.
» May 19th, 1990: The Red Sox roll over the Twins at Fenway, winning 13-1, behind Roger Clemens. Tom Brunansky paces the 20 hit attack, going 5-for-5.
» August 30th, 1990: Boston?s Roger Clemens reaches 20 wins for the third time in five years by beating Cleveland, 9-2.
» October 6th, 1990: Boston?s Roger Clemens pitches 6 shutout innings, but Oakland rallies for one run in the 7th, one in the 8th, and 7 in the 9th to win game 1 of the ALCS 9-1. The A?s 7-run 9th ties the ALCS record for runs in an inning.
» October 10th, 1990: After Red Sox starter Roger Clemens is ejected in the 2nd inning for cursing at home plate umpire Terry Cooney, Oakland beats Boston 3-1 to complete a 4-game sweep of the ALCS and earn its 3rd-straight trip to the World Series.
» November 20th, 1990:

Red Sox ace Roger Clemens is suspended for the first 5 games of the 1991 season and fined $10,000 for his outburst in game 4 of the ALCS.
» January 20th, 1991: Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens is arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer during a disturbance at a Houston nightclub. Clemens? brother Gary is also arrested.
» February 8th, 1991: Boston pitcher Roger Clemens signs a 4-year $21,521,000 contract extension, making him baseball?s highest paid player. The contract calls for Clemens to receive $4.4 million in 1992, $4.5 million in 1993, $5 million in 1994, $5.5 million in 1995, and an option worth $5,830,250 for 1996.
» April 23rd, 1991:

In the top of the 6th at Fenway, the Jays John Olerud is at bat when Sox pitcher Roger Clemens catches Joe Carter napping and picks off the baserunner unassisted at 1B. Carter was caught by pitcher John Ceruti the same way in 1986.
» April 26th, 1991: Roger Clemens? appeal of the 5-game suspension and $10,000 fine levied against him for his confrontation with umpire Jim Evans and threat to ?get? umpire Terry Cooney during the 1990 AL playoffs is denied by commissioner Fay Vincent.
» April 12th, 1992: Red Sox P Matt Young does not give up a hit in hurling an 8-inning, complete game against the Indians. He loses, however, by a score of 2-1, in the 1st game of a DH. In the 2nd contest, Boston?s Roger Clemens hurls a 2-hit shutout over Cleveland, winning by a score of 3-0. The Indians? 2 hits in the twinbill sets a major league record, breaking the old mark of 3 held by 4 teams.
» July 26th, 1993:

PH Tom Brunansky of the Brewers ends the Red Sox 10 game win streak with a 2-run, 2-out HR in the bottom of the ninth for a 3-2 win. The dinger comes off Jeff Russell in relief of Roger Clemens.
» May 1st, 1996:

Roger Clemens strikes out 13 Tigers, including Cecil Fielder three times, for his first win of the year. The 5-1 victory for the Sox sends Detroit to its 12th loss in 13 games.
» May 23rd, 1996: In the Red Sox 11-4 sinking of the Mariners, Roger Clemens tosses a complete game win and bounces his first major league hit, and the first by a Sox pitcher since 1972. Clemens (3-4) gets to bat when DH Jose Canseco moves to LF in the eighth inning.
» July 1st, 1996: At Yankee Stadium, the Key outguns the Rocket, as Jimmy Key beats Roger Clemens, 2-0. Mike Aldrete's solo HR in the seventh is the first score.
» July 26th, 1996:

In a battle of aces, the Twins Brad Radke tops Roger Clemens, 5-1. The Red Sox ace is now 4-10.
» August 17th, 1996: Boston's Roger Clemens (6-11) stops the Angels, 6-0, collecting his first shutout since April 20, 1994. It is the Rocket's 37th shutout, leaving him one behind Cy Young. for the most in Sox history.
» August 27th, 1996:

Roger Clemens (8-11) wins his fourth in a row, beating the Angels, 2-1. Sox reliever Heath Slocumb gives up the one run in the ninth.
» September 18th, 1996: Boston?s Roger Clemens fans 20 Detroit Tigers, without walking a single batter, to tie his record for most strikeouts in a 9-inning game. The Rocket holds the Tigers to 4 hits en route to a 4-0 shutout.
» September 28th, 1996:

The Yankees Andy Pettitte and 4 relievers clip the Red Sox, 4-2, pinning the loss on Roger Clemens (10-13) in his last appearance in a Boston uniform. Clemens strikes out 10 and allows homers to Mike Aldrete and Bernie Williams. The Sox are reluctant to grant the Rocket's request for a 4-year contract.
» December 13th, 1996:

The Blue Jays sign free agent P Roger Clemens (10-13) to a 3-year contract worth $24.75 million. The Red Sox' last minute offer falls short and The Rockets flirtation with the Yankees comes to naught. The Sox are successful in retaining Tim Naehring, who was minutes away from signing with Cleveland.
» April 25th, 1997:

The Mariners defeat the Blue Jays, 13-8, behind OF Ken Griffey's 3 HRs. The round-trippers give Griffey a major league-leading 13 on the year. The first two dingers come off Roger Clemens and the 3rd, off Mike Timlin is the 250th of Griffey's career. Griffey had a 3 homer game in May of last year.
» April 30th, 1997:

Toronto's Roger Clemens allows 3 hits in winning his 4th, 1-0 over Kansas City. Carlos Delgado hits a 4th inning HR for the only score.
» May 21st, 1997: Roger Clemens fires Toronto past the Yankees, 4-1, for his 8th win of the year against no losses. The Rocket wins his 200th, the 94th pitcher to reach 200 wins.
» May 26th, 1997:

In Toronto, Roger Clemens allows one run and four hits in seven innings and strikes out seven to beat the Rangers, 8-1. The Rocket is now 9-0, his best start since beginning 1986 at 14-0.
» May 31st, 1997:

Unbeaten Roger Clemens is the first 10-game winner in the majors, as the Toronto Blue Jays romp, 13-3, over the Oakland Athletics. Clemens gives up eight hits, K's four. Dave Telgheder (1-3) is the losing pitcher.
» June 6th, 1997: Roger Clemens runs his win streak to 11-0, by firing eight scoreless innings to beat Oakland 4-1. Clemens, leading the AL with a 1.69 ERA, strikes out 8 and gives up five hits.
» June 11th, 1997: The Mariners' Jeff Fassero stops Roger Clemens and the Blue Jays, 5-1, handing the Rocket his first loss after 11 victories. Fassero allows five hits and one run, and strikes out seven. Clemens gives up all five runs, four earned, in seven plus innings.
» July 6th, 1997:

Roger Clemens becomes the American League's first 13-game winner, pitching a four-hitter as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees, 2-0. Clemens has 10 strikeouts and one walk in his first shutout of the year. Ramiro Mendoza takes the loss.
» July 12th, 1997:

The Blue Jays defeat the Red Sox, 3-1, as Roger Clemens fans 16 of his former teammates in eight innings of work. Boston pitchers K 13 Seattle batters as the total of 29 strike outs falls one short of the major league mark for two teams in a single game.
» September 23rd, 1997:

The Orioles score 3 runs in the first 2 innings of Roger Clemens (21-7), then hold on to beat the Blue Jays, 3-2.
» November 10th, 1997: Roger Clemens is named American League Cy Young Award winner.
» April 22nd, 1998:

The Yankees, in first by a half game, pound Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte shuts down the Blue Jays, as the Yankees prevail, 9-1. Scott Brosius has 3 hits and 5 RBI. Pettitte pitches a complete game and allows 1 run (unearned) on 6 hits and 1 walk, with 6 strike outs. Clemens takes the loss allowing 9 runs (6 earned), the 3rd time in Clemens' great career that he allowed 9 runs in a game and the 2nd time against the Yankees. Clemens K's out 6 and reaches 2900.
» May 2nd, 1998: Roger Clemens (7 innings) and Paul Quantrill (2 innings) combine to 1-hit the Athletics, 7-0. Oakland?s only hit is a single by rookie Ben Grieve.
» May 6th, 1998: In one of the finest pitching efforts ever, Chicago Cub rookie righthander Kerry Wood fans 20 Houston Astros in a 2-0, one-hit victory to tie the major league mark for strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Making only his fifth big league start, the 20-year-old ties the record held by Roger Clemens, who performed the feat twice. Wood does not walk a batter in his masterpiece, allowing only an infield single to Ricky Gutierrez in the third inning, that likely would have been an error had it occurred late in the game. The 20-year-old Wood became the second pitcher in baseball history whose strikeout total matched his age (Bob Feller struck out 17 when he was 17-years-old). Wood struck out the first five batters of the game and struck out seven in a row between the seventh and ninth innings, a streak that ties Jamie Moyer's Cubs record.
» July 5th, 1998:

Toronto defeats Tampa Bay, 2-1, with the help of seven 1/3 strong innings by Roger Clemens. In the game, Clemens fanned Devil Ray LF Randy Winn for his 3,000th career K. Only 10 other pitchers have reached that mark in major league annals.
» August 15th, 1998:

Toronto's Roger Clemens strikes out 15 but gets no decision, as the Anaheim Angels win, 6-3.
» August 25th, 1998: Toronto?s Roger Clemens strikes out 18 Royals in a 3-0 victory over KC. He becomes the first P ever to record three games of 18 or more strikeouts. Clemens allows only three hits and does not walk a batter.
» February 18th, 1999:

The Yankees end the trade rumors by acquiring Cy Young winner Roger Clemens from the Blue Jays in exchange for pitchers David Wells and Graeme Lloyd, and IF Homer Bush.
» April 21st, 1999:

The Yankees defeat the Rangers, 4-2, as Roger Clemens ties an AL record with his 17th consecutive win over 2 seasons. Johnny Allen (1936-37) and Dave McNally (1968-69) previously accomplished the feat for the Indians and Orioles, respectively.
» May 22nd, 1999:

The Yankees defeat the White Sox, 10-2, in the first game of a DH. Roger Clemens gets the win for NY, giving him an AL record 18 consecutive victories over the course of two seasons. The White Sox come back to take the second game by a score of 2-1.
» June 1st, 1999: At Yankee Stadium, Roger Clemens and New York overpower the Indians, 11-5. Derek Jeter has 2 hits, 3 runs, and has now reached base in all 50 Yankee games (a record going back to 1961). Reliever Steve Reed plunks Jeter in the 8th, then Paul O'Neill hits 2-run HR.
» June 6th, 1999:

The Mets defeat the Yankees, 7-2 to end Roger Clemens? 20-game winning streak. The Mets also end SS Derek Jeter?s streak of reaching base in 53 consecutive games as they snap an 8-game losing streak of their own.
» June 17th, 1999: Calling it "a bad biorhythm day," Chili Davis lines into a triple play and a double play as the Yanks go down to the Rangers, 4-2. New York wastes a 12-strikeout performance by Roger Clemens.
» September 21st, 1999: The Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays, 3-0, as Pedro Martinez fans 12 for his 22nd win. He joins Randy Johnson as the only pitchers to strike out at least 300 in both leagues, and breaks Roger Clemens club mark of 291 strikeouts.
» October 9th, 1999:

The Yankees defeat the Rangers, 3-0, to sweep their league division series. Roger Clemens hurls 7 shutout innings for the win, as Darryl Strawberry?s 3-run homer in the 1st provides all the runs in the game.
» October 27th, 1999: The Yankees defeat the Braves, 4-1, to win their 25th world championship. Roger Clemens gets the win, hurling 4-hit ball before leaving the game in the 8th inning. Mariano Rivera gets the save, his 2nd of the Series. Jim Leyritz hits a solo HR in the 8th inning to finish the NY scoring. Rivera wins the Series MVP award.
» May 6th, 2000: The Yankees defeat the Orioles, 3-1, as Roger Clemens records his 250th career victory. He is the 39th pitcher to reach the mark.
» June 3rd, 2000: Brian Jordan has 4 RBIs to lead the Braves to a 11-7 win over the Yankees. Greg Maddux (5 2/3 IP, 13 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO) allows hits to the first 4 batters he faces for the first time in his career. Roger Clemens (5 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 7 SO) is equally ineffective and neither get a decision. Derek Jeter has 4 hits and 2 walks, just the 6th player to get 4 hits in a game off Maddux. » July 8th, 2000: The Yankees whip the Mets by identical 4-2 scores in both ends of an unusual day-night doubleheader. With the first game played at Shea Stadium and the nightcap at Yankee Stadium, it is the first time since 1903 that two teams played two games in different stadiums on the same day. Dwight Gooden wins the first game with a six inning effort in his first start since returning to the Yankees. Roger Clemens wins the night cap and precipitate a near brawl when he drills Mike Piazza in the helmet with an inside fastball. Piazza suffers a concussion.
» September 8th, 2000: The Yankees defeat the Red Sox, 4-0, behind Roger Clemens. A scary moment occurs in the 9th inning when Boston P Bryce Florie is hit in the face with a line drive off the bat of Ryan Thompson. The Red Sox hurler never loses consciousness and leaves the field with blood streaming down his face. Florie suffers a fractured cheekbone and a fracture of the orbital socket, the bone that surrounds the eye, and retinal damage. He will undergo surgery. » October 3rd, 2000: The A?s defeat the Yankees, 5-3, in the first game of their AL division series. C Ramon Hernandez hits a double off Roger Clemens in the sixth inning to give Oakland the lead.
» October 7th, 2000:

The A?s defeat the Yankees, 11-1, behind Barry Zito to tie their division series at two games apiece. Olmedo Saenz hits a 3-run homer off Roger Clemens for Oakland.
» October 14th, 2000:

The Yankees whitewash the Mariners, 5-0, behind Roger Clemens? 1-hit shutout. Clemens fans 15 Mariners as New York moves out to a 3-games-to-1 lead over Seattle. The Yankees score their runs on a 3-run homer by Derek Jeter and a 2-run blast by David Justice. Al Martin?s double off the glove of Tino Martinez in the seventh inning is the Mariners? only hit. The two team?s total of six hits ties an ALCS record for fewest safeties in a game.
» October 20th, 2000: The Toronto Blue Jays sign Carlos Delgado to a 4-year, $68 million contract, making him the highest-paid player in the game. The $17 million per year surpasses Roger Clemens? salary of $15.45 million.
» October 22nd, 2000: The Yankees defeat the Mets, 6-5 behind Roger Clemens, to take a 2-games-to-none lead in the WS. The Mets score five runs in the ninth inning on HRs by Mike Piazza and Jay Payton to throw a scare into the Bombers. In a bizarre incident, Clemens throws a piece of a shattered bat at Piazza in the first inning, with both benches clearing. It is the first meeting between the two players since Clemens beaned Piazza during the regular season. On Tuesday, Clemens will be fined $50,000 for his actions.



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