{"id":1174,"date":"2026-05-23T06:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:04:29","slug":"rocket-returns-roger-clemens-throws-out-1st-pitch-to-son-kody-at-fenway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"Rocket returns: Roger Clemens throws out 1st pitch to son Kody at Fenway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Roger Clemens let loose a fastball from the mound at Fenway Park again. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1172\">Tax filings: ACC paid average of $47.1M to full-share member schools, Big 12 paid average of $39.5M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only this time with his son kneeling behind home plate. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox\u2019s 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\u2019s matchup with the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>With family members, including his grandchildren in the stands to witness it, that was just fine by the 63-year-old grandfather. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little two-seamer. Didn\u2019t slip, didn\u2019t tear anything,\u201d Clemens said. \u201cHome plate seems to get farther and farther away every year. I don\u2019t know what that\u2019s about. But it\u2019s kind of like the Ted Williams seat. I think we know no one\u2019s going to hit one there and it keeps going up one row every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans were also given a special edition Roger Clemens bobblehead to commemorate his latest return to Fenway.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest father-son moment for the elder Clemens. He exchanged pregame lineup cards with Kody in 2025 before a spring training game between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. Roger was working with New York, and Kody was playing for Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<p>Roger also played alongside his oldest son, Koby, in the minors in 2006 when a 43-year-old Roger was making a rehab start while with the Houston Astros in what proved to be his penultimate major league season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1170\">Gerrit Cole pitches 6 shutout innings after 569-day absence as Yankees lose to Rays 4-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roger said whenever he gets together with Kody on the field, his family often reminds him of the baseball exploits he\u2019ll never have over his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re always messing with me now because they said he\u2019s done two things in professional ball that I never will: strike out (Shohei) Ohtani and hit a home run here at Fenway,\u201d Clemens said.<\/p>\n<p>There is another thing the elder Clemens doesn\u2019t yet have: a retired major league jersey. The University of Texas made their former star the first player to receive that honor in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>While he\u2019s not officially on Boston\u2019s row of honor, since Clemens left following the 1996 season no other full-time Red Sox player has worn the No. 21. <\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019s open to the idea of seeing it retired by the Red Sox, the franchise for which he played the bulk of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any control over that, but I had 13 wonderful years here. I love that number,\u201d Clemens said. \u201cI thought it was really cool when I came out at Texas that they had it hanging in my locker. So, it\u2019s been a great number for me. I went to 22 a little bit, and a lot of family members had that number, too. 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