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Early Years - College
Roger Clemens was born on August 4, 1962 in Dayton, OH. When he was a little kid he showed the drive to become a professional baseball player. His childhood was rough moving around a lot, he did not have a place to call "home". As a freshman in high school Clemens moved in with his oldest brother in Houston, Texas. He finished his high school years and was offered a place on the New York Mets before entering college. Clemens refused the offer, he played baseball for the University of Texas. -
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Played professional baseball
Before he was accused for using drugs, Clemens career in baseball was going great. -
Andy Pettitte testified against Roger Clemens Continued
(Photo; Roger Clemens Arrives For His Perjury Trial In Washington) -
Andy Pettitte testified against Roger Clemens
Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens were accused together for doing HGH. Pettitte owned up to his mistake. Clemens did not. Pettitte admits to the jury that they had a conversation about using HGH between the 99’-00’ baseball season. “Clemens used it (HGH) to recover from workouts” Pettitte states. He claims that Clemens is one of the hardest workers he has ever seen. Later Clemens denies ever having a conversation with Pettitte about ever starting/using HGH. -
Clemens Talks to 60 Minutes about Drug acquisition
60 Minute InterviewClemens talked about being accused for doing performance enhancing drugs. He tells Mike Wallace, that he never did the drugs. Wallace mentions that Clemens workouts are some of the hardest workouts anyone does.Clemens trainer, Brian McNamee, admits to giving him the performance enhancing steroids. -
Clemens apologizes
Clemens had many things go wrong in his life, he was accused for using HGH and having an affair with a 15 year old girl. His mistakes were great</a> but he apologizes for them. He expresses to the country that these articles are wrong, and that he is not lying. "Even though these articles contain many false accusations and mistakes, I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry." He says to news reporter Patrick Dorton. -
Richard Justice
Justice's Article Justice talks about Clemens and how amazing he was at baseball. "Clemens, arguably one of the greatest pitchers of the last half-century, won a record seven Cy Young Awards during his 24-year career."
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Clemens tweets about not being accepted to the Hall of Fame
Jesus Ortiz is a sports reporter in Texas. Clemens sent him what he was going to say on twitter, before he posted it. The quote says "After what has been written and said over the last few years I'm not overly surprised." Clemens was accused for HGH and the country has a bad view on him. He was a great pitcher who made a great mistake. The country still only sees him as a lying man, not just a great pitcher.
