Clemens mother passes and he's still taking the ball tonight
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I hope he does well, I can't imagine the emotions trying to pitch a great game in her honor. Wonder what this will do to him returning next year? I know he said one of the reasons he really wanted to leave the game is so she good be there for his HOF induction.
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Tonight, he'll probably be breathing fire and push to win the game no matter what. He is already hurt as it is. I just hope he doesn't forget that he's still a 43 yr old man and doesn't drive himself like he was a 23 year old. I'm sure getting hurt further and being placed on the DL is not what his mother would have wanted him to do.
<< <i>Amazing performance by Clemens tonight. I can't imagine how tough it must have been for him to pitch tonight, but not only did he pitch - he pitched 6+ strong innings. This reminded me of Favre a few years back, throwing those TD's on Monday Night after his fathers passing. >>
That's what it reminded me of too, glad to see him dominate tonight, and his team-mates actually got him runs too.
It reminded me of when Paul O'Neill played in the 1999 World Series right after his father had passed away.
know others have more wins, but dang, how can you NOT put this guy in the cy young conversation?? He lost 4 games when he didn't even
give up a run in any of those games.
JS
I watched his post-game conference and to be honest, it was very moving. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'Stros used this as motivation and become overachivers again.
<< <i>The Astros have been shut out 7 games in which Clemens has pitched... PATHETIC.
I watched his post-game conference and to be honest, it was very moving. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'Stros used this as motivation and become overachivers again. >>
I saw it too - and thought the same thing. They may have a sporadic offense, but who's better than Clemens, Pettite, and Oswalt right now as a playoff rotation? I'd love to see the Astros in the WS representing the NL.
Can you imagine Clemens coming back to Fenway to pitch against the Sox in a WS game. He'd be pumped up for that, no doubt.
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP ERA *lgERA *ERA+
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+
1984 21 BOS AL 9 4 21 20 5 1 0 0 133.3 146 67 64 13 29 126 2 4 575 4.32 4.16 96
1985 22 BOS AL 7 5 15 15 3 1 0 0 98.3 83 38 36 5 37 74 3 1 407 3.29 4.27 130
1986 23 BOS AL 24 4 33 33 10 1 0 0 254.0 179 77 70 21 67 238 4 11 997 2.48 4.19 169
1987 24 BOS AL 20 9 36 36 18 7 0 0 281.7 248 100 93 19 83 256 9 4 1157 2.97 4.56 154
1988 25 BOS AL 18 12 35 35 14 8 0 0 264.0 217 93 86 17 62 291 6 4 1063 2.93 4.13 141
1989 26 BOS AL 17 11 35 35 8 3 0 0 253.3 215 101 88 20 93 230 8 7 1044 3.13 4.13 132
1990 27 BOS AL 21 6 31 31 7 4 0 0 228.3 193 59 49 7 54 209 7 8 920 1.93 4.07 211
1991 28 BOS AL 18 10 35 35 13 4 0 0 271.3 219 93 79 15 65 241 5 6 1077 2.62 4.31 164
1992 29 BOS AL 18 11 32 32 11 5 0 0 246.7 203 80 66 11 62 208 9 3 989 2.41 4.23 175
1993 30 BOS AL 11 14 29 29 2 1 0 0 191.7 175 99 95 17 67 160 11 3 808 4.46 4.68 105
1994 31 BOS AL 9 7 24 24 3 1 0 0 170.7 124 62 54 15 71 168 4 4 692 2.85 5.05 177
1995 32 BOS AL 10 5 23 23 0 0 0 0 140.0 141 70 65 15 60 132 14 9 623 4.18 4.82 115
1996 33 BOS AL 10 13 34 34 6 2 0 0 242.7 216 106 98 19 106 257 4 8 1032 3.63 5.15 142
1997 34 TOR AL 21 7 34 34 9 3 0 0 264.0 204 65 60 9 68 292 12 4 1044 2.05 4.62 226
1998 35 TOR AL 20 6 33 33 5 3 0 0 234.7 169 78 69 11 88 271 7 6 961 2.65 4.66 176
1999 36 NYY AL 14 10 30 30 1 1 0 0 187.7 185 101 96 20 90 163 9 8 822 4.60 4.48 97
2000 37 NYY AL 13 8 32 32 1 0 0 0 204.3 184 96 84 26 84 188 10 2 878 3.70 5.07 137
2001 38 NYY AL 20 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 220.3 205 94 86 19 72 213 5 14 918 3.51 4.48 128
2002 39 NYY AL 13 6 29 29 0 0 0 0 180.0 172 94 87 18 63 192 7 14 768 4.35 4.38 101
2003 40 NYY AL 17 9 33 33 1 1 0 0 211.7 199 99 92 24 58 190 5 5 878 3.91 4.39 112
2004 41 HOU NL 18 4 33 33 0 0 0 0 214.3 169 76 71 15 79 218 6 5 878 2.98 4.31 145
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+
21 Yr WL% .667 328 164 640 639 117 46 0 0 4493.0 3846 1748 1588 336 1458 4317 147 130 18531 3.18 4.47 141
Those years on Boston in which he has 10 or more losses, he still had a wicked low ERA (except 1993) for the American League. After 1988, he was on some sorry Red Sox teams. Overall, probably should have 30 or so more wins with decent run support, not including this year. This year he should have 10 more wins with just average run support!!
Still not as bad as the year Nolan Ryan had the lowest ERA in the league and finished with an 8-16 record!!
Of course, Phil Niekro would have had 80 more wins if the Braves were as good then as they are now!!!
Lifetime = great stats. It's his pitching, not his teams.
Clemens = unreal dude...last of the era...enjoy it while you can. You will NEVER see it again.
Regards.....