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Clemens's next win will be the 300th of his career, a milestone that only 20 other men have reached. ... Clemens's greatest accomplishment, however, is that he is leaving the game exactly as he entered it 19 seasons ago. More than 4,000 innings after his first throw, he remains the consummate power pitcher. He is Dick Clark with a nasty heater. "It's not fair," Mike Borzello, the Yankees' bullpen catcher, tells Clemens.

"What?" Clemens says.

"When you leave, you should be able to give your stuff to somebody else."

--From "It's All About the Power" by Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, June 2, 2003