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A biography of the pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays who won his fourth Cy Young award in 1997. ... Read more

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Big names have always dominated baseball, and one of the biggest in recent history is Roger Clemens--the Rocket. As a baseball great, he has shown what it means to succeed, both on the field and off, in his near quarter century of major-league service.

The Rocket: Baseball Legend Roger Clemens journeys from Clemens's humble and sometimes difficult childhood through his illustrious career in Boston, Toronto, New York, and Houston. Clemens rose through the ranks, setting a new example of devoted work ethic and responsibility to team and fan alike. Through it all he remained a dedicated family man, not a trait usually associated with the free-for-all image of a major-league baseball player.

Joseph Janczak traces Clemens's career from his high school days; through his University of Texas collegiate baseball (where he was given the pre-Rocket nickname of "Goose"); and on to his minor-league and major-league career. Baseball's image when Clemens first started in the halcyon days of the mid-1980s quickly dissolved into that of a sport saddled with crises and scandals, such as gambling, steroids, strikes, and fan distrust. But Clemens rose above it all and has set an example for the fans, who he says are the reason for his hard work on the mound each game.

The Rocket includes thoughts from teammates, opponents, and Clemens himself on his legendary career. Janczak also discusses the ongoing steroid controversy and the Rocket's philanthropic endeavors to the community. Written for baseball fans of all ages and all levels of knowledge of the game, The Rocket shows why baseball is America's pastime and why some stars still deserve to be idolized. ... Read more

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Title: Q&A: Roger Clemens.(Baseball)(Interview)
Publication: The Sporting News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 25, 2005
Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Co.
Volume: 229Issue: 12Page: 50(1)

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Chapters: Roger Clemens, Pinky Higgins, Woodrow Landfair, Calvin Schiraldi, Wayne Graham, Burt Hooton, Huston Street, Ron Gardenhire, Cliff Gustafson, Spike Owen, Randy Jackson, Brad Halsey, Stephen Randolph, Ernie Koy, Keith Moreland, Tex Hughson, Greg Swindell, Mike Brumley, Brooks Kieschnick, Tom Hamilton, Mark Petkovsek, Curtis Thigpen, Chuck Hartenstein, Scott Coolbaugh, Bobby Cuellar, Larry Stephens, Phil Seibel, J. P. Howell, Shane Reynolds, Geno Espineli, Jim Acker, Grady Hatton, Omar Quintanilla, Brandon Fahey, Dennis Cook, Taylor Teagarden, Calvin Murray, Shane Halter, Max Alvis, Stephen Larkin, Ox Eckhardt, Bibb Falk, Keith Creel, Andre Robertson, Shea Morenz, Kal Segrist, Bruce Ruffin, Scott Dunn, James Street, Karl Pagel, David Maroul, Pat Ankenman, Heinie Odom, Tim Belk, Jerry Don Gleaton, Billy Bates, Howie Reed, J. D. Smart, Kirk Dressendorfer, Bart Shirley, Scott Fredrickson, Dave Chalk, Marty Hopkins, Norm Branch, Todd Haney, Murray Wall, Tony Arnold, Dick Midkiff, Rick Parker, Jose Flores, Howie Fitzgerald, Ricky Wright, Jeff Hearron, Mike Massey, José Tolentino, Jim Gideon, Charlie Gorin, Mel Deutsch, Tom F. Hughes, Gary Moore, Mike Capel, Mack Burk, Bob Kearney, Rich Wortham, Jack Conway, Tony Brizzolara. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 250. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket" (born August 4, 1962) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently inactive. Clemens has won the most Cy Young Awards with 7. He played for 13 consecutive seasons for the Boston Red Sox, more than half of his career. In 1997, he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. In each of his two seasons with the Blue Jays Clemens won the pitching triple crown (leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts) and a Cy Young Award. Clemens was tr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26074 ... Read more

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Chapters: Texas Longhorns Baseball Coaches, Texas Longhorns Baseball Players, Roger Clemens, Pinky Higgins, Woodrow Landfair, Calvin Schiraldi, Wayne Graham, Blair Cherry, Burt Hooton, Augie Garrido, Huston Street, Ron Gardenhire, Cliff Gustafson, Spike Owen, Randy Jackson, Brad Halsey, Stephen Randolph, Ufcu Disch-falk Field, Ernie Koy, Clark Field (Austin, Texas), Keith Moreland, Tex Hughson, Greg Swindell, Mike Brumley, Brooks Kieschnick, Tom Hamilton, Mark Petkovsek, Curtis Thigpen, Chuck Hartenstein, Scott Coolbaugh, Ralph Hutchinson, Bobby Cuellar, Larry Stephens, Phil Seibel, J. P. Howell, Shane Reynolds, Geno Espineli, Jim Acker, Grady Hatton, Omar Quintanilla, Brandon Fahey, Dennis Cook, Taylor Teagarden, Calvin Murray, Shane Halter, Max Alvis, Stephen Larkin, Ox Eckhardt, Bibb Falk, Keith Creel, Andre Robertson, Shea Morenz, Kal Segrist, Bruce Ruffin, Scott Dunn, James Street, Karl Pagel, David Maroul, Pat Ankenman, Heinie Odom, Tim Belk, Jerry Don Gleaton, Billy Bates, Howie Reed, J. D. Smart, Kirk Dressendorfer, Bart Shirley, Scott Fredrickson, Dave Chalk, Marty Hopkins, Billy Disch, Norm Branch, Todd Haney, Murray Wall, Tony Arnold, Dick Midkiff, Rick Parker, Jose Flores, Howie Fitzgerald, Ricky Wright, Jeff Hearron, Mike Massey, José Tolentino, Jim Gideon, Charlie Gorin, Mel Deutsch, Tom F. Hughes, Gary Moore, Mike Capel, Mack Burk, Maurice Gordon Clarke, Bob Kearney, Rich Wortham, Jack Conway, H. R. Schenker, Tony Brizzolara. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 260. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket" (born August 4, 1962) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently inactive. Clemens has won the most Cy Young Awards with 7. He played for 13 consecutive seasons for the Boston Red Sox, more than half of his career...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26074 ... Read more

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A fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters, Roger “the Rocket” Clemens won 354 games, an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards, and two World Series trophies over the course of twenty-four seasons. But the statistics and hoopla obscured a far darker story—one of playoff chokes, womanizing (including a long-term affair with a teenage country singer), violent explosions, steroid and human growth hormone use...and an especially dark secret that Clemens spent a lifetime trying to hide: a family tragedy involving drugs and, ultimately, death.

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Great read
Loved the book, bought it because my cousin was interviewed for it and I knew the book mentioned him catching for Roger Clemens while he was in Toronto.
Ended up not being able to put the book down.

Terrifically entertaining telling of the Clemens story
Terrifically entertaining telling of the Clemens story by [...] contributor Jeff Pearlman. On the ESPN site, Pearlman is curiously drawn to the seedy and unflattering sides of many sports stories, and deals with them candidly, fairly, and with a very subtle dash of wry humor.

No doubt, the Clemens of *now* is an arrogant fool. Pearlman does a great job of showing us the Clemens of *then*, how the broken home and misguided direction from a troubled sibling shaped his personality.

Not just a hatchet job, the author makes his subject somewhat of a pitiable creature, insanely focused on athletics above all else, yet genuinely not posessing the social skills we all take for granted.

If you already hate Clemens, it's for sure this book will make you happy, as his clueless, arrogant behavior is laid bare again and again. But even his supporters would have to consider this a generally even-handed account of his life.

The book is an easy read -- I killed it in two days. Highly recommended to baseball fans and to followers of Pearlman from [...].

ROGER OVER AND OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME
JEFF PERLMAN DOES A REAL NICE JOB WITH THIS BOOK. I DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT CLEMENS PERSONALLY BEFORE I READ THIS. NOW I KNOW I WOULD NOT WANT TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. BEING AN INDIANS FAN FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, I HAVE SEEN HIM PITCH MANY TIMES AND DEFEATED THE TRIBE MOST TIMES. I NEVER DID LIKE HIS HEAD HUNTING TACTICS BUT I DID RESPECT HIS ENORMOUS TALENT. THE ROCKET WAS ONE OF THE BEST POWER PITCHERS OF THE 80'S AND 90'S. HE WAS AROGANT, SELF CENTERED AND FULL OF MANY THINGS MOSTLY HIMSELF. JEFF PERLMAN GIVES THE READER SOME OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE ROCKET BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. CLEMENS HAD A GREAT WORK ETHIC BUT TOOK ON THE ARROGANT PERSONALITY HIS BIG AND TROUBLED BROTHER ADVISED HIM TO. CLEMENS STARTED TO SLIP TOWARDS THE LATE 90'S AND HIS SUPER SIZED EGO WHICH CRAVED ATTENTION WAS FED WITH STEROIDS AND GROWTH HORMONES. THIS REJUVENATED HIS CAREER TO THE POINT THAT IDIOTS LIKE STEINBRENNER PAID RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR HIS SERVICES. AFTER READING THIS BOOK I WOULD THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE REALLY LOATHE CLEMENS. HE IS OUTRAGEIOUSLY GREEDY, A CHEATER IN SPORTS, A CHEATER ON HIS WIFE AND JUST A PLAIN FAT A__ LIAR. NOW HIS INSISTENCE THAT HE DIDN'T USE ROIDS HAS OPENED UP MANY DOORS IN HIS PAST LIFE AND THE TRUTH IS VERY UGLY. I HOPE HE IS FOUND GUILTY AND SERVES PRISON TIME. HE HAS BEEN SO PAMPERED AND RECEIVED SO MUCH ATTENTION THAT IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO GET HIS.

Sad Character
I don't feel sympathy for Clemens in this book or life itself.He is portrayed as he is - an arrogant, driven person who did whatever it took to make his dream come true.The book is enlightening and for those who want to know more about Clemens or baseball in this time period, then it is a very good read.

Admit it Rah-jah!You juiced!!!
Ok, I will admit that right off the cuff I love to read biography tabloid books.The title on this one and watching all of the steroid scandal and media coverage on Roger Clemens (as he perjured himself) has kept me glued to the topic.Regardless, the man lied and he should just be forthright and come clean.

The book really tells the true character of Roger Clemens -- his arrogance.I am not saying he was not a good person and did not go charitable giving ... but I think he did it for his own purposes.The fact that he cannot tell the truth about his steroid use just shows what kind of person you are dealing with.The book really brings about some of the color in his character.I have always been intrigued by the Clemens intimidation factor on the mound.His intimidation and precision on the mound was fueled by steroids.

The book goes into the story of a chubby boy born in Ohio to a broken home who remakes himself into a "Texan" with more stability.Most people think of Clemens as a Texan ... not so. Just another facade that "The Rocket" puts on.Roger dreamt of going to the majors and was able to fulfill that dream (that is admirable).However, at what cost?This book delves into the life of a baseball star "The Rocket" who indeed is very human.

How much more admirable would he be if he came forward and told the truth.I don't think he has the truth in him or believes the truth.Read the book, it's a fast read and entertaining.A great baseball tabloid book up there with Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big.Incidentally, Conseco held Roger's hand through the beginning of the juicing process.

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Not quite what I expected but still a good read
From reading the description, I expected this book to be focused heavily on insight from the hitters' perspectives regarding what it's like to step into the batter's box to face Roger Clemens.While there certainly was some of that, it seemed to focus much more on the opposing hitter and what sort of results he was able to achieve (or could not achieve) against Roger Clemens.Buy a cheaper used copy of this book and it will be worth your money.

Baseball pitcher - Roger Clemens
Baseball just isn't the same without a
great book to read concerning baseball's
all-time greats. Roger Clemens is cetainly
one of baseball's greatest pitchers no
matter which baseball ERA you speak about.

Mayo hits one out of the Park
Jonathan Mayo's analysis of Clemens would be a remarkable achievement in its own right, generously offering up honest analysis and insights into some the most intriguing personalities in Baseball.On its own right, Mayo's interviews reveal a side of these stars that most sports journalists either gloss over or miss altogether. All of this is true in its own right, but when you consider that Mayo wrote this book months before the whole story on Clemens broke out, then one can really see that this book is destined for history. Going forward, any other author will forever be tainted by the "scandal" side of Clemens and all the spurious conjecture and speculation. Lost forever is the opportunity to objectively view Clemens through the untainted lense that he will forever be viewed by history, whether he is proven innocent or not.

As such, baseball fans and in particular, Yankees fans, owe a debt of gratitude to Mayo for serving up what future baseball historians will no doubt recall as the last authoritative look at Roger Clemens the athlete, both for physical prowess, as much as if not more so for the terrific mental focus and awareness that he was able to bring to his game.

Mayo's intimate portrayal of Clemens is a masterful display of writing for his ability to draw us sympathetically towards the story without cheapening the experience by trying to convert that moment into sympathy for Clemens himself which has been so frequently done by lesser authors.

I would have liked to see some photos of Clemens particularly with his son as that story was the one that really stood out from the others. I can't recall another interview where Clemens revealed as much about this intimate side of his family.

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When it comes to dominance, few pitchers in baseball history compare to New York Yankees' fireballer Roger Clemens. After experiencing a career resurgence in Toronto, the four-time Cy Young Award winner brings his game to New York, and hopes to finally win that elusive world championship. Kevin Kernan offers this look at Clemens, and how all of his individual achievements would have so much more meaning with a World Series ring. ... Read more

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Recent questions raised
As of February 13, 2008, there have been some questions raised, on the record in a hearing in Congress, as to Roger Clemens' character, and whether or not he should be a role model, or "idolized".

This book was published in 1999 -- perhaps it should be updated. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2006. The length of the article is 3331 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The heater: pitchers who thrive on the fastball carry a little extra swagger in their demeanor.(Roger Clemens)
Author: Thompson. Wright
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 65Issue: 6Page: 44(6)

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Front cover: Roger Clemens. There are 9 Negro League promo cards inside this issue. ... Read more

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Chapters: Roger Clemens, Willie Mays, Ichiro Suzuki, Pedro Martínez, Frank Robinson, Ken Griffey, Jr., Kirby Puckett, Carl Yastrzemski, Cal Ripken, Jr., Derek Jeter, Alfonso Soriano, Bo Jackson, Tim Raines, Mike Piazza, Gary Carter, Juan Marichal, Miguel Tejada, Brooks Robinson, Julio Franco, Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, Joe Morgan, Roberto Alomar, J. D. Drew, Dave Parker, Carl Crawford, Willie Mccovey, Fred Mcgriff, Tony Pérez, Bobby Bonds, Maury Wills, Jeff Conine, Steve Garvey, Fred Lynn, Garret Anderson, Don Sutton, Bill Madlock, George Foster, Sandy Alomar, Jr., Johnny Callison, Michael Young, Dave Concepción, Ken Griffey, Sr., Leon Wagner, Lamarr Hoyt, Jon Matlack, Terry Steinbach. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 385. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Derek Sanderson Jeter (pronounced ; born June 26, 1974) is an American professional baseball player. He is a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop who has played his entire career for the New York Yankees. He has served as the Yankees' team captain since 2003. Jeter's presence in the Yankees' lineup, highlighted by his hitting prowess, played an instrumental role in the team's late 1990s dynasty. Jeter debuted in the Major Leagues in 1995, and the following year he won the Rookie of the Year Award and helped the Yankees win the 1996 World Series. Jeter was also a member of championship-winning teams in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009. In 2000, Jeter became the only player to win both the All-Star Game MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award in the same year. He has been selected as an All-Star ten times, and he has won the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards on four occasions. He is regarded as a consummate professional, by teammates and opponents alike, and has a reputation as a reliable contribu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=218947 ... Read more

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Chapters: Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey, Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Michael Barrett, Matt Holliday, Joe Nathan, Jason Varitek, Chipper Jones, Chase Utley, Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira, Jake Peavy, Al Leiter, Jeff Francoeur, Derrek Lee, Dontrelle Willis, Vernon Wells, Tim Hudson, Michael Young, Brian Fuentes, Brian Schneider, Todd Jones, Scot Shields, Huston Street, Randy Winn, Chad Cordero, Mike Timlin, Dan Wheeler, Gary Majewski. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 258. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975) is an American professional baseball player of Dominican parentage. Nicknamed "A-Rod", he currently plays third base for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez is considered one of the best all-around baseball players of all time. He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs, breaking the record Jimmie Foxx set in 1939. In December 2007, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed to a 10-year, $275 million contract. This contract was the richest contract in baseball history (breaking his previous record of $252 million). In February 2009, after previously denying use of performance-enhancing drugs, including during a 2007 interview with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids, saying he used them from 2001 to 2003 due to what he called "an enormous amount of pressure" to perform. Rodriguez was born in the Washington Heights section of New York City to a Dominican family. When he was four, Rodriguez and his parents moved to the Dominican Republic, then to Miami, Florida. Rodriguez's favorite baseball players when he was growing up were Keith Hernandez, Dale Murphy, and Cal Ripken, and his favorite team was the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=212472 ... Read more

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11" x 8"; pictures and discussions of 300 collectible baseball cards issued in 1988. ... Read more

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