One year ago today Roger Clemens made his famous appearance in the Steinbrenner's box. Like a dream come true to all Yankee fans. Whether he liked it or not, On that day Clemens tagged himself as the savior of a team who's future at the time was looking bleak.
I myself was ecstatic and thrilled from this news.
Even though Roger didn't necessarily put up the numbers that we all expected him to , I think we could all agree that he gave the Yanks the spark that was lacking and played an integral part in the Yankee playoff push.
Exactly one year later, Clemens is amongst the laughing stock in America. All of his Hall Of Fame credentials mean absolutely nothing.
Now the face of steroids is suddenly the face of the Rocket and no longer Ba"roid" Bonds.
You cant even go two minutes without hearing about another women saying they enjoyed the Rockets company in more ways than you could imagine.
Roger Clemens has done the unimaginable. In just one year he has made a transformation from American Icon to American Idiot.
I will always remember that Clemens played a vital part in the 99-00 championship teams, but its still hard to look at the guy with half the respect that his presence once commanded.
One thing will never change though, I will always see him as the guy who tried to literally kill Piazza on more than one occasion. If you ask me, no matter what a guy does after that , he always will be a true Yankee icon.
All kidding aside. In just one year. Roger Clemens has gone from "HERO TO ZERO".
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u stole that headline from yahoo i saw it a couple days ago
Sam last year clemens was a good pitcher. Last year on that day he was in the stienbrener box and that annoying susan waldman voice screaming as if Mashioch came was all hype. his regular season numbers were nothing and most important his playoff start was a terrible one. I remember you calling me and officially calling clemens a dog. ( that was when hughes actually looked great in relief)
bottom line is clemens is a loser.
Can we please get off this clemens stuff.
Lets talk about some of the great things that are going on in baseball today such as Rick Ankiel and his transition to one of the best centerfielders in the game!!
Who saw him rocket two throws to nail a couple of base runners last night?
One was from deep center gunning out a runner tagging from 2nd to 3rd. The other was from the warning track in Left/Center gunning out a runner going 1st to 3rd. Both throws were on a fly with plenty of juice left.
Where did this come from? Can he attribute his great arm to once being a pitcher?
Any thoughts?
mike the only thing i can think of after reading your blog is how would roger clemens do if he took center field. i dont think he would be as good as rick Ankiel
Sambo,
Where is the JOBA "Hero to ZERO story!!!. I am sure you could have found something to write about last nites game. I remember u loved the clemens signing maybe more than your new wife, STOP listening to SUZN WALDMAN - She is a disaster!! (I also wonder how she got her job (wink, wink).
Judah,
Do you still go to Lev Aharon? How is it? thinking of sending my son there
of all the dramatic things I have ever seen...............sammy sutton has stolen a headlines from yahoo
i turned the radio on that day in the middle of the suzyn waldman rant and i thought the yankees won on a walk-off 5-R HR or something...she is really a disgraceful commentator
analogy time: roger clemens is to country singer as john sterling is to suzyn waldman
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