In his last four seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Roger Clemens won a total of 40 games and lost 39. After that fourth season, Boston believed that the Rocket Man, at age 34, was past his prime, and the team did not attempt to resign him for the ’97 campaign.
Clemens then joined the Toronto Blue Jays, and before anyone could say “Cy Young,” the pitcher regained his dominance, going 21-7. The next year, he hooked up with his new teammate Jose Canseco and learned all about the wondrous powers of steroids. After that conversation, he connected with the team’s strength coach, Brian McNamee, who years later told George Mitchell’s investigative team that in the summer of 1998, he started injecting steroids into Clemens’ buttocks in his room at the SkyDome. Clemens had another 20-win season and his second consecutive Cy Young Award.
Clemens then joined the Toronto Blue Jays, and before anyone could say “Cy Young,” the pitcher regained his dominance, going 21-7. The next year, he hooked up with his new teammate Jose Canseco and learned all about the wondrous powers of steroids. After that conversation, he connected with the team’s strength coach, Brian McNamee, who years later told George Mitchell’s investigative team that in the summer of 1998, he started injecting steroids into Clemens’ buttocks in his room at the SkyDome. Clemens had another 20-win season and his second consecutive Cy Young Award.
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