DETROIT – Roger Clemens has spent some of his greatest baseball moments in Detroit. Not many of them had as much as Tuesday’s second two-headed game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins.
Clemens traveled to the city from Texas to see his son, Cody, make his league debut with the Tigers. He was called up by Detroit on Monday.
Third round pick in the 2018 Amateur Draft, cody clemens He was hitting .283 in Toledo with eight other players and 31 RBI players in 45 games. Drafted as the second captain, he played first, second, third and left field this season.
“I’m so happy for him, he worked so hard to get here and it finally happened to him,” the 59-year-old Clemens said. “Yesterday we put everyone in scramble mode to get here.”
Clemens went 11-8 in his 26th career start against the Tigers in Detroit, but he has some special memories.
“It’s like a second home to me,” he said, “because an aunt used to live here, and I always stayed in her basement when we were here instead of the team hotel.” “And I went for (my win) 300 here, and of course, on the road (at Tiger Stadium), I had my 20-shot match.”
Cody Clemens would wear number 21, one of the numbers his father wore. He also wore number 22 with the Yankees and Astros.
Roger Clemens made 18 minor league appearances before getting stuck in the big leagues. He plays Cody 325.
“We had very different experiences, but we discussed the same thing that we always talk about: If you’re going to be in the grand slams, you better win,” Clemens said. “Find a way to do it.”
Roger Clemens knew how to do it. The seven-time Cy Young winner has a 354-184 record with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Astros and Yankees. The 11-time All-Star was a member of two World Championships. Powerful pitcher, he hits 4,672.
Cody Clemens doesn’t have to worry about any comparisons to beating up his father. The older Clemens insists that he was a really good rabbit, but his son doesn’t hesitate to tell him that he knows nothing about spanking and politely tells him to shut up.
“The good thing is that when he got the news, he got text messages from a number of my teammates in the Major Leagues, so I was able to step back as a parent and let them pass on some wisdom to me,” Roger Clemens said. Derek Jeter advises him and Jeff Bagwell advises him.
