Word: clemenses
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2. Toronto--Signed the Katy Rocket, Roger Clemens. He won a national championship in 1983 for the University of Texas (I had to slip in a Longhorns reference sometime; it's in my job description). He is an addition to an already great starting rotation. Offense, other than Joe Carter...
Clearly the disloyalty, perceived or real, of a beloved public figure who had returned New England sporting respectability with a trip to the Super Bowl had something to do with it. (A similar public outcry occurred when Roger Clemens skipped town earlier this winter to go to the Toronto Blue...
"This is the official position of the State Department. Roger Clemens is not a great American .... Roger Clemens is a traitor."
--State Department spokesperson and Red Sox fan Nicholas Burns in a media briefing yesterday, issuing a tongue-in-cheek denouncement of Clemens' recent signing with the Toronto Blue Jays. Clemens' new three-year, $24.75 million contract makes him the highest paid pitcher in history.
Like a duel between Roger Clemens and Mo Vaughan, the Weld/Kerry race matches two of the most accomplished, visible and popular figures in Massachusetts head to head.