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September 15, 2007
If you thought today's pitching matchup of Josh Beckett and Chien-Ming Wang was an impressive one, wait until tomorrow night.
The Yankees' Roger Clemens will face the Sox' Curt Schilling is a battle of veteran egos. Clemens has been battling elbow soreness in his throwing arm, but New York manager Joe Torre confirmed this afternoon that the future Hall-of-Famer will be on the mound tomorrow.
When Torre was asked about Clemens' mindset from start to start, the manager compared him to former big-leaguers Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan. Plus, pitching at Fenway Park again will surely fire the Rocket up.
“Roger is so wound up every time he pitches,” said Torre. “I’m sure this ballpark adds a little something, too. He’s so remarkable and in a lot of ways he’s like Pete Rose. Pete continued to have the urgency to do well all the time. . . Every single day he tried to be on top of his game. Pitchers are a little different, but to maintain that intensity is pretty remarkable.”
While Torre spoke about tomorrow's matchup, the sometimes brazen Red Sox manager Terry Francona wouldn't touch the question.
"We're really going to try to win today," he said. "That's like our goal. We can enshrine the two starters tomorrow. That's not how we think."
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