President Trump’s favorite sport these days is golf, but when he was a kid, it was baseball.
The 79-year-old President of the United States says that his “best sport” as a kid was baseball. When President Trump was 12 years old, growing up in New York, he wrote a prose poem that was published in his school yearbook. MLB.com discovered the poem after President Trump first took office back in 2016.
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“I like to hear the crowd give cheers, so loud and noisy to my ears,” Donald wrote. “When the score is 5-5, I feel like I could cry. And when they get another run, I feel like I could die. Then the catcher makes an error, not a bit like Yogi Berra. The game is over and we say tomorrow is another day.”
President Trump was known as a power hitter, which isn’t surprising, given his frame. The President of the United States is listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 224 pounds, according to his official White House physical notes. President Trump has always been big.
“If he had hit the ball to right, he could’ve had a home run because no one was there,” Nicholas Kass, a schoolmate, said of President Trump’s baseball days, according to Major League Baseball. “But he always wanted to hit the ball through people. He wanted to overpower them.”
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So, it’s fair to say that President Trump has always been passionate about the game.
U.S. President Donald Trump throws a baseball on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Trump met with youth baseball players to celebrate Opening Day of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg/Getty Images
President Trump, who previously issued a Presidential Pardon to the late MLB legend Pete Rose – who was banned from the game for betting on baseball – is now calling on the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York to induct another controversial star.
The President of the United States wants Roger Clemens to get voted into Cooperstown. He issued his “demand” on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday, August 24.
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“I played Golf yesterday with the Great Roger Clemens and his son, Kacy. Roger Clemens was easily one of the few Greatest Pitchers of All Time, winning 354 Games, the Cy Young Award seven times (A Record, by a lot!), and played in six World Series, winning two! He was second to Nolan Ryan in most strike-outs, and he should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, NOW! People think he took drugs, but nothing was proven. He never tested positive, and Roger, from the very beginning, totally denies it. He was just as great before those erroneous charges were leveled at him. That rumor has gone on for years, and there has been no evidence whatsoever that he was a “druggie,'” Trump wrote.
“This is going to be like Pete Rose where, after over 4,000 Hits, they wouldn’t put him in the Hall of Fame until I spoke to the Commissioner, and he promised to do so, but it was essentially a promise not kept because he only “opened it up” when Pete died and, even then, he said that Pete Rose only got into the mix because of DEATH. We are not going to let that happen in the case of Roger Clemens. 354 Wins — Put him in NOW. He and his great family should not be forced to endure this “stupidity” any longer!”
HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 19: Former Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens throws out the first pitch before the game against the New York Yankees in game one of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on October 19, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Clemens’ numbers are undeniably Hall of Fame worthy
Clemens’ numbers as a Major League Baseball starting pitcher are undeniably Hall of Fame worthy:
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7-time MLB strikeout leader
Two different 20-strikeout games
Two-time World Series champion
Those are the numbers of one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history, not a borderline Hall of Fame candidate (or even just a good candidate). Of course, Clemens has yet to make it to Cooperstown due to steroids.
Clemens and steroid use
Clemens was mentioned 82 times in the bombshell Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball. Former Yankees trainer said that in 1998, 2000 and 2001, he injected Clemens with Winstrol, an anabolic steroid and banned substance.
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The former MLB star released a statement in 2008, denying any steroid use. He has admitted to receiving B-12 shots.
“I know that many people want to know what I have to say about the recent articles in the media,” Clemens said in the statement released in 2008. “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. I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws. I have sometimes made choices which have not been right.”
Clemens, meanwhile, had a chance to be voted into the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Unlike Pete Rose, who was banned from even being on the ballot, Clemens made 10 appearances on the BBWAA ballot from 2013-2022 after retiring. He never reached the 75% threshold for induction.
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Barring an unprecedented move by President Trump, Clemens will remain out of Cooperstown.
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 24, 2025, where it first appeared in the MLB section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.