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Roger Clemens returns to baseball with Sugar Land Skeeters

Originally published: August 20, 2012 2:41 PM
Updated: August 20, 2012 9:02 PM
By JIM BAUMBACH  jim.baumbach@newsday.com

Roger Clemens pitches during a workout with minor

Photo credit: AP | Roger Clemens pitches during a workout with minor leaguers at the Houston Astros spring training facility in Kissimmee, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2008)

Roger Clemens is relaunching The Rocket.

The 50-year-old former Yankees pitcher, who last appeared in the major leagues in 2007, will be on the mound Saturday night for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League. Sugar Land is just outside of Houston and near Clemens' home in Katy, Texas.

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