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The important result, however, was that Juet and Francis Clemens, the deposed boatswain, became Hudson's sworn enemies.
Anthony ( Dresden, 27 December 1755 – Dresden, 6 June 1836 ), also known by his German name Anton ( full name: Anton Clemens Theodor Maria Joseph Johann Evangelista Johann Nepomuk Franz Xavier Aloys Januar ), was a King of Saxony ( 1827 – 1836 ) from the House of Wettin.
It was strongly felt in San Francisco, causing major damage, and experienced by Samuel Clemens ( Mark Twain ).
Titus Flavius Clemens ( c. 150 – c. 215 ), known as Clement of Alexandria, was a Christian theologian who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria.
Strict control was also maintained over the young Caesar's entourage, promoting away Flavian generals such as Arrius Varus and Antonius Primus and replacing them by more reliable men such as Arrecinus Clemens.
When pitcher Roger Clemens arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from Logan Airport and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at the park.
" Only when the driver told Clemens to look up and he saw the light towers did he realize he was in the right place.
Frederick Augustus II ( full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix ) ( Dresden, 18 May 1797 – Brennbüchel, Karrösten, Tyrol, 9 August 1854 ) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.
Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham point out, in " Introduction to Manuscript Studies ", that “ the quire was the scribe ’ s basic writing unit throughout the Middle Ages ”.
Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski wrote, " There has never been a pitcher in baseball history — not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens — who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro.
Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3. 12 earned run average ( ERA ), and 4, 672 strikeouts, the third-most all time.
Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and for his hard-throwing pitching style that he used to intimidate batters.
Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his only two World Series titles.
Clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he never took performance-enhancing drugs.
Booher died when Clemens was only nine years old, and Clemens has said that the only time he ever felt envious of other players is when he saw them in the clubhouse with their fathers.
In 2004, the Rotary Smith Award, given to America's best college baseball player, was changed to the Roger Clemens Award, honoring the best pitcher.
Clemens was drafted 19th overall by the Boston Red Sox in 1983 and quickly rose through the minor league system, making his major league debut on May 15,.
" Clemens was the only starting pitcher since Vida Blue in to win a league MVP award until Justin Verlander won the award in.
Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees before the season for David Wells, Homer Bush, and Graeme Lloyd.
Since his longtime uniform number # 21 was in use by teammate Paul O ' Neill, Clemens initially wore # 12, before switching mid-season to # 22.
A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).
( This spectacle was repeated when the Yankees ended up playing the Red Sox in the 2003 ALCS and Clemens got a second " final start " in his original stadium.
) As part of a tradition of manager Joe Torre, Clemens was chosen to manage the Yankees ' last game of the regular season.

Clemens and alleged
A notable contemporary example of this tactic was the claim by the defense in the Roger Clemens perjury trial to have the charges against Clemens dismissed due to " prosecutorial misconduct ", i. e. that the prosecution intentionally introduced video evidence which Judge Reggie Walton had ruled inadmissible, for the purposes of getting, in the words of the defense, " a second bite at the apple ", due to the prosecution's alleged poor performance.
Justice further stated in the interviews that all claims in the Mitchell Report concerning his alleged purchase and use of any performance drugs were false and encouraged all players whose names appear in the report, especially Roger Clemens, to publicly deny any claims made by the Mitchell Report if they are untrue.
Daly's third ex-wife, Paulette Dean Daly, has now been linked to baseball star Roger Clemens in an alleged affair during Clemens ' marriage.

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Samuel Clemens ( Mark Twain ) is also known to have spread the story while lecturing, personalizing it by adding " I have a higher and greater standard of principle.
In 1978, Gaylord Perry ( age 40 ) became the oldest pitcher to receive the award, only to have the record broken in 2004 by Roger Clemens ( age 42 ).
Cy Young is tied with Roger Clemens for the most career wins by a Boston Red Sox pitcher.
The electrical telegraph, or more commonly just ' telegraph ', superseded optical semaphore telegraph systems, such as those designed by Claude Chappe for the French military, and Friedrich Clemens Gerke for the Prussian military, thus becoming the first form of electrical telecommunications.
Austria played a major role in the final defeat of France — in recognition of this, Francis, represented by Clemens von Metternich, presided over the Congress of Vienna, helping to form the Concert of Europe and the Holy Alliance, ushering in an era of conservatism in Europe.
The Astros had also developed an excellent pitching staff, anchored by Roy Oswalt ( 20 – 12, 2. 94 ), Andy Pettitte ( 17 – 9, 2. 39 ), and Roger Clemens ( 13 – 8 with a league-low ERA of only 1. 87 ).
* 1998 – Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens.
In each of his two seasons with Toronto, Clemens won a Cy Young Award, as well as the pitching triple crown by leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts.
Clemens pled not guilty, but proceedings were complicated by prosecutorial misconduct, leading to a mistrial .< ref >< http :// articles. cnn. com / 2012-04-16 / justice / justice_baseball-clemens_1_michael-attanasio-laura-pettitte-jury-selection? _s = PM: JUSTICE ></ ref > The verdict from his second trial came in on June 18, 2012.
The Red Sox did not re-sign Clemens following the 1996 season, despite offering him " by far the most money ever offered to a player in the history of the Red Sox franchise.
The deal gave Clemens the highest yearly salary earned by a pitcher in MLB history.
The Astros lost five Clemens starts by scores of 1 – 0.
The Astros, Rangers, Red Sox, and Yankees expressed an interest in signing him, but Clemens implied that he was finally retiring after his Team USA was eliminated by Mexico in the second round from the 2006 World Baseball Classic on March 16, 2006.
Clemens ' 2005 postseason was marked by highs and lows.
" His beaning earlier that year of Mike Piazza, followed by the notorious broken-bat incident in the 2000 World Series, cemented Clemens ' surly, unapologetic image in the minds of many detractors.
Clemens would also find himself the point of minor controversy when it was revealed in the book The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci that Clemens ' bizarre pre-game ritual included soaking in extremely hot water then having the hottest possible muscle liniment applied to his genitals during his rub-down.

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