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Davidoff: Don't expect bulldog Clemens to back down

Quick Read"Support him, be there for him," Jorge Posada said. "[We] still are very good friends, so hopefully everything will be all right.''

Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens,

Photo credit: AP | Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, listens to the testimony of his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Feb. 13, 2008)

Ken Davidoff

Newsday columnist Ken Davidoff. Ken Davidoff

Davidoff joined Newsday in 2001, covering the Yankees for

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Roger Clemens made his final major-league appearance on Oct. 7, 2007. He lasted only 21/3 innings before hobbling off the mound. Phil Hughes relieved him and wound up picking up the win.

Hughes picked up Clemens that day, and now he tries to carry on the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's legacy.

"Not too much physical stuff. More mentality," Hughes said, recalling Clemens' advice to...

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