comes to mind when you ask the question, evan, is i wanted to make it to the mor leagues to face reggie jackson. reggie was the guy kinda i watched with the yankees. and when i got to fenway park, reggie was coming to the plate now batting number 44 for the california angels reggie j, and i caught myself, my shoes weren't untied but i was retying and untying, and retying my shoes as he was going to the batter's box. i'm like, oh my gosh. i'm in the big leagues, i'm fixin' to face reggie jackson. so, and tohis half-shield helmet and those glasses on and, so that's who i wanted to face. my toughest hitters were the contact guys. the big power guys like i would tell, like albert pujols, that albert knew that each at bat he was probably was gonna get one very good pitch to hit. and if hed it or fouled it off, i gotcha. [smith] yeah. [clemens] the contact guys. [smith] but he would get you sometimes also. [clemens] solutely, absolut. a long way he would hit it sometimes. you pitch rs, i've given up some yardage and homers. [smith] right. [clemens] but, the contact guys because of the proximity ofhe