Roger Clemens: Dominance, Defianc...
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Roger Clemens: Dominance, Defiance and a Contested Legacy
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On June 13, 2003, Roger Clemens recorded his 300th career win and 4,000th career strikeout in the same game, the only player ever to reach both milestones on the same day. This episode treats his career as a case study in what happens when someone's identity is tied to being physically invincible, and what they will do when that invincibility is challenged.

We trace his origins and early loss, his 20-strikeout games, his revenge-fueled reinvention in Toronto with the split-finger fastball, and his dominant late-career prime that invited suspicion. The story follows the Mitchell Report allegations, his defiant congressional testimony, a not-guilty verdict, and his ongoing exile from the Hall of Fame.

  • Why an early torn labrum nearly ended his career before it began
  • The contested story of his exit from the 1986 World Series ... 
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