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On Friday’s “Wake up America,” Former MLB pitcher and 7-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens reacts to President Trump’s surprise Medal of Freedom announcement.
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President Trump surprised Roger Clemens at a Texas rally by naming him for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling the honor a step above a Hall of Fame that has kept him out. At a San Antonio rally on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump announced that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens will receive […] The post Trump honors Roger Clemens with Presidential Medal of Freedom at San Antonio rally appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump surprised Roger Clemens at a Texas rally by naming him for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling the honor a step above a Hall of Fame that has kept him out. At a San Antonio rally on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump announced that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Clemens had just introduced the president when Trump made the call from the stage. The longtime star was left stunned. Trump framed the award as recognition the baseball establishment has refused to give. Just The News reported that Trump told the crowd he was done waiting on Cooperstown and would act himself. "So tonight we're going to take it into…Open
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Clemens, who played in the sport for over 20 years for teams that include the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, introduced Trump at the San Antonio rally.
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MLB legend Roger Clemens joined “National Report” to look back at one of the most memorable moments following 9/11: President George W. Bush’s ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Clemens recalls watching from the bullpen as Bush, wearing an FDNY jacket over a bulletproof vest, took the mound amid chants of “U-S-A” and delivered a strike. He also reflects on where he was when the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded and how baseball helped bring New York and the nation together in the weeks that followed.
Roger Clemens says President George W. Bush’s iconic first pitch at Yankee Stadium after 9/11 was about more than baseball: “It was in front of the world and it meant so much.”