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President Donald Trump is going to bat for Roger Clemens \u2014 announcing that the pitching legend, still shut out of Cooperstown, will receive the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at a campaign rally in San Antonio on Wednesday night, Trump said he plans to award Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also renewed his push for the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce that we are taking it into our own hands. Forget about the Hall of Fame; he\u2019ll get there someday. I mean, I don\u2019t know how they can keep him out,\u201d Trump said, according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president described the Medal of Freedom as a \u201cbig step up\u201d from the baseball honor that has repeatedly eluded Clemens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Presidential Salute To \u201cThe Rocket\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clemens had introduced Trump at the Freeman Coliseum rally, where the president was campaigning for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton ahead of November\u2019s election. Trump praised the retired pitcher as \u201cone of the greatest athletes and maybe the greatest pitcher of all time,\u201d UPI reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Texas-raised baseball star returned to the stage after the announcement, thanked Trump and called the recognition a \u201chuge honor,\u201d according to The Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere wouldn\u2019t be another president I\u2019d want to get it from,\u201d Clemens said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Clemens had praised Trump as a \u201cman that loves our country\u201d and urged the crowd to remember that \u201che put his life on the line for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known as \u201cThe Rocket,\u201d Clemens compiled numbers that place him among baseball\u2019s most accomplished pitchers. He finished his major league career with 354 victories, 4,672 strikeouts and a 3.12 earned run average. His seven Cy Young Awards remain a record, according to the Hall of Fame\u2019s own career profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Career Overshadowed By Allegations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Those achievements have yet to secure Clemens a place in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allegations involving performance-enhancing drugs have dogged his Hall of Fame candidacy for years. Clemens has denied using them, and a federal jury acquitted him in June 2012 of all six charges stemming from his testimony to Congress. The charges involved obstruction of Congress, perjury and false statements \u2014 rather than a prosecution for drug use itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Houston Chronicle reported that Clemens failed to win election during his years on the baseball writers\u2019 ballot and was passed over again in the most recent era committee vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump had publicly pressed for Clemens\u2019 induction in December, arguing that allegations should not outweigh his career achievements and pointing to his acquittal. In a Truth Social post quoted by The Hill, the president called Clemens\u2019 exclusion a \u201ctotal travesty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday\u2019s announcement gives that support a new dimension: a pledge to recognize Clemens with an honor Trump can bestow himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If presented, the medal would put Clemens alongside other sports figures Trump has honored, including Tiger Woods, Mariano Rivera, Roger Staubach and Lou Holtz, the Houston Chronicle reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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