Trump to award Medal of Freedom to pitcher Roger Clemens
President Donald Trump announced that he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens during a rally in Texas.Clemens, a highly decorated pitcher with seven Cy Young Awards and two World series titles, was praised by Trump as a great athlete deserving of the honor, which surpasses even the Hall of Fame. Trump called Clemens back on stage after the announcement, emphasizing his admiration and stating clemens might even consider coming out of retirement. Clemens expressed his shock and gratitude, indicating that receiving the medal from Trump is more critically important than his sports career.The article notes Clemens’s denial of steroid use during his career,despite past allegations and a 2012 jury acquittal on perjury charges related to those claims. Trump also mentioned the lack of evidence against Clemens and highlighted his physical prowess. The event was part of a campaign rally,and Trump has a history of awarding the Medal of Freedom to distinguished athletes.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens.
Trump revealed the former pitcher would receive the country’s highest civilian honor during a rally for Senate nominee Ken Paxton in Texas. Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series champion raised in Houston who played on teams such as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, introduced Trump at the San Antonio rally, hailing the president as “a man that loves our country, that puts all of us first, and puts America first.”
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Trump called Clemens back onstage after saying he would award the athlete the Medal of Freedom, describing the former pitcher as someone who will “be in the Hall of Fame someday.” The announcement follows Trump’s tradition of awarding the prestigious medal to athletes, including Mariano Rivera and Babe Ruth, who were also both Yankees pitchers, along with Jerry West, Bob Cousy, Tiger Woods, Roger Staubach, Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player, and others.
“He deserves it. One of the greatest athletes and maybe the greatest pitcher of all time, and he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. But this is a big step up from the Hall of Fame. The Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump said of Clemens.
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As he stood by Trump, the pitcher said he was “stunned.”
“Twenty-four years, y’all. This supersedes anything that obviously I’ve done in my playing career, and to get it from this man, this president, that there wouldn’t be another president I’d want to get it from,” Clemens said. “That’s a winner right there. You see it, and the way he talked about all my stats, he could be my agent. I guess I could come out of retirement again.”
Clemens denied allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career. In 2012, a federal jury acquitted him on all counts after prosecutors accused him of lying to Congress about his alleged drug use.
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Trump referenced the scandal on Wednesday.
“People talk drugs. He never admitted to anything. They have no information. They didn’t find anything,” the president said. “He never admitted to anything. He’s just a physical monster, OK? He is. He’s big, strong, and he just, he was great.”
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