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<\/p>\nWORCESTER, Mass. \u2014 The Worcester Red Sox lost their season opener at Polar Park to the Syracuse Mets 3-1 on Friday evening. Before the game, Red Sox legendary pitcher Roger Clemens threw out the first pitch. <\/p>\n
Clemens was cheered as he took the field in Worcester. He stood on the mound and delivered a pitch just down in the zone. Not bad for the Red Sox Hall of Famer who turns 64 years old in August. <\/p>\n
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Red Sox legend Roger Clemens throws out first pitch for Woo Sox <\/p>\n
Next month marks 40 years since his iconic 20-strikeout game at Fenway Park in 1986 against Seattle. Clemens threw another 20-strikeout game in 1996 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. <\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t walk a guy. I\u2019m most proud of that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u2018The rocket\u2019 was known as a power-pitcher for two decades in Major League Baseball. Clemens is ninth all-time with 354 wins as a pitcher. He played 24 seasons and had 4,672 career strikeouts. He has not been voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame as he allegedly used performance-enhancing drugs during his playing career. <\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Clemens made some noise on social media. His \u2018X\u2019 account retweeted a list from an account that listed the top 10 Boston athletes of all-time. Clemens was not included in this list. <\/p>\n
Boston 25 News Reporter Michael Raimondi asked him if he should be on the list. <\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, I don\u2019t do all that my son does all that for me,\u201d Clemens said. \u201cHe calls and tells me said dad this is what\u2019s going on so he put that in there. I thought perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou believe you should be on that list?,\u201d Raimondi asked again.<\/p>\n
\u201c100 percent. I mean that\u2019s not even a question,\u201d Clemens replied. ” I don\u2019t look at it or anything like that, but they\u2019ll bring it to my attention.”<\/p>\n
Clemens went on to hint at something happening this summer in Ohio that will showcase just how good his career was. He claims the event has something to do with Cy Young, but didn\u2019t share details. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you are mentioned with guys like Cy Young or Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, guys like that. You\u2019re in pretty good company. That\u2019s good enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raimondi followed up, asking who he\u2019d take off the list to put himself onto it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t even see the list, to be honest with you,\u201d Clemens replied. <\/p>\n
The list went as follows:<\/p>\n
Tom BradyBobby OrrLarry BirdTed WilliamsBill RussellDavid OrtizRob GronkowskiCarl YastrzemskiPedro MartinezPaul Pierce\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clemens said he\u2019s been working with young guys around the minors since he retired. He hasn\u2019t seen much of the Red Sox so far this spring, but plans to watch them in person when they travel to Houston next week.<\/p>\n
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