Rocket returns: Roger Clemens throws out 1st pitch to son Kody at Fenway
Roger Clemens let loose a fastball from the mound at Fenway Park again. The Red Sox's career leader with 2,590 strikeouts fired his latest offering just slightly off the right side of the plate to 30-year-old Twins utility player Kody Clemens in a ceremonial first pitch before Minnesota's matchup with the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. With family members, including his grandchildren in the stands to witness it, that was just fine by the 63-year-old grandfather.
BOSTON (AP) — Roger Clemens let loose a fastball from the mound at Fenway Park again. Only this time with his son kneeling behind home plate. The Red Sox's career leader with 2,590 strikeouts fired his latest offering just slightly off the right side of the plate to 30-year-old Twins utility player Kody Clemens in a ceremonial first pitch before Minnesota's matchup with the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
With family members, including his grandchildren in the stands to witness it, that was just fine by the 63-year-old grandfather. “A little two-seamer. Didn’t slip, didn’t tear anything,” Clemens said.
“Home plate seems to get farther and farther away every year. I don’t know what that’s about. But it’s kind of like the Ted Williams seat.
I think we know no one’s going to hit one there and it keeps going up one row every year. ” Fans were also given a special edition Roger Clemens bobblehead to commemorate his latest return to Fenway. It was the latest father-son moment for the elder Clemens.