Yes, this moment could be the very apex of Boston sports in modern history.

This is the biggest sporting event to occur in my lifetime (23 yrs) to date. (Okay, maybe since US beat USSR hockey.) I was explaining to people why that was and it wasn't until reason #8 that I mentioned that Roger Clemens played a few games for the Red Sox once upon a time.

35 minutes before the 1st pitch and the thread is up over 100 posts.

Yep, this game is a big as it gets.

The first time I really paid attention to Clemons is when he struck out 19 or 20 batters. I was on my way home from teaching Real Estate Law at Chaffey College when I heard the report. I heard the Twilight Zone music in my head because that night on the show MOONLIGHTING, one of the characters was named Roger Clemons.

Episode Guide

Season 2

Episode 22- Funeral for a Doornail

The Case

Roger Clemons hires Blue Moon to stop a hit, his own. Distraught over his wife's recent death, he decided life was not worth living and arranged for a hitman to kill him. Later he changes his mind when he thinks he sees her. Afraid that she might be alive, he asks Dave and Maddie to try to "unarrange" the hit and find his wife. They succesfully stop the hit, but he dies when his car explodes anyway. Maddie insists on looking foir Celia Clemons despite David's objections. Celia Clemons shows up at Blue Moon and explains why she faked her death. This leads Dave and Maddie to the person who killed Roger Clemons.

What's Really Going on Chris?

Maddie has to go to her cousin's wedding in Chicago. Her escort, an NSM (Nice Safe Man,) bowed out at the last minute and she doesn't want to go alone. So she asks David to go with her. He says yes, that he would be "delighted." Maddie is extremely uncomfortable that David is "delighted" to take her, she'd rather he "be OK with it." In Maddie's opinion, David is neither "nice" nor "safe" and she worries about their sleeping arrangements. Maddie would feel better if this were a business deal and David agrees to be paid. He demands $1200.00 to be a NSM for the weekend. Maddie is appalled. After Mr Clemons dies and Maddie vows to spend the weekend looking for his wife Celia, David realizes the opportunity is slipping away and offers to go for free. But it's too late, they're working this weekend and not going to Chicago. David is upset that they missed an opportunity for an "anything can happen weekend in the Windy City." He later tells Maddie that he hopes that she'll ask again, and that he's smart enough to say yes, and that they're smart enough to go.

Chris's Obsessive Analysis

Oh what could've been! Maddie was afraid and David was hoping that "something" would happen in Chicago. Alas, we'll never know. We, the fans, will have to settle with the satisfaction of knowing that Maddie asked David out- to a family event no less! It's interesting to wonder if their relationship would have progressed in a more healthy way if "something" had started in Chicago, rather than as a result of Sam.

Memorable Moments

Maddie asking David out
"No she's not- yes she is" scene
Maddie dragging David through the office with the chair

April 29, 1986 --- he fanned 20. (Clemens, not Clemons)