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| | Gelf Mag -Roger Clemens, Come Home (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | It was a joyride for Clemens, the Sox, and their fansuntil early in the morning of October 26, 1986, when all sorts of things went wrong that are still too painful for me to discuss. |
 | | Even though Clemens was his normal brilliant self during the second half of the '87 season, pitching well enough to earn his second Cy Young award, the breach was irreparableClemens' relationship with Boston's sports fans would always be contentious. |
 | | If he's still mulling retirement, Clemens might want to consider the decades-old words of a great athlete: "I see retired or injured players come back, and they miss the spotlight, no matter what they claim." That wise athlete was Roger Clemens, quoted days after his 20-strikeout game in 1986. |
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