24岁的MLB投手罗杰·克莱门斯原以为，他只是在周三晚上于圣安东尼奥举行的共和党全国委员会（RNC）竞选集会上，为总统唐纳德·特朗普做开场介绍。
Roger Clemens, the 24-year MLB pitcher, thought he was simply introducing President Donald Trump in San Antonio at a Republican National Committee (RNC) campaign rally on Wednesday night.
然而，他等来的却是来自总统本人的巨大惊喜，这份荣誉在他看来，比七座赛扬奖和两枚世界大赛冠军戒指还要珍贵。
What he got instead was the biggest surprise from the president himself, and an honor he views more special than his seven Cy Young Awards and two World Series rings.
特朗普让克莱门斯感到意外，并告诉他，他将荣获总统自由勋章。特朗普对现场观众表示，克莱门斯“将与荣誉勋章一同获得美国最高的个人奖项”。克莱门斯走回弗里曼体育场的舞台，分享了自己当时有多么“震惊”。
Trump surprised Clemens and told him he will be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Trump told the crowd that Clemens "is being given the single highest award along with the Medal of Honor." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Clemens walked back up to the stage at the Freeman Coliseum, where he shared just how "stunned" he was.
“首先，我确实非常震惊。各位，我24年了——这显然超越了我整个职业生涯所取得的一切成就，”克莱门斯对观众说。“能从这个男人手中、从这位总统手中获得这份荣誉，我再也想不到还有哪位总统能比我更希望得到它。”
"Well, I’m stunned, No. 1. Again, 24 years y’all – this supersedes obviously anything I’ve done in my playing career," Clemens told the crowd. "To get it from this man, this president. There wouldn’t be another president I’d want to get it from.
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“在这里，在我的家乡州宣布这件事，而且又是由这位先生亲自宣布。说到真正的赢家——他才是真正的赢家。”克莱门斯甚至开玩笑说，特朗普在讲话中列举了他MLB生涯的一些出色数据，对他在投手丘上的成就如此了解，简直可以“当我的经纪人”。
"Announcing it here in my home state, and again, from this man. You talk about a winner – that’s a winner right there." Clemens even joked that Trump, who listed off some of the pitching great’s stats during his MLB career, could be "my agent" with how well he knows his resume on the mound.
“他念出那些数据后，我或许真的可以考虑重返赛场了，”克莱门斯笑着说。
"I guess I could come out of retirement again with all those stats he read off," Clemens said, smiling.
“我实在无法用言语表达我的感谢。这是一份巨大的荣誉，再次感谢各位。”在宣布克莱门斯获得总统自由勋章之前，他还为特朗普做了精彩的介绍。
"I can’t thank you enough. That is a huge honor, and again, thank y’all very much." Before Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom announcement, he gave quite the introduction to Trump.
“能为我们伟大的总统做开场介绍，是我的荣幸，”他一开始便说道。“他是一位热爱我们国家、把所有人放在首位、把美国放在首位的人。这正是我所敬佩的。他让我们变得更优秀、更强大，更重要的是，通过边境政策和一系列举措，他让我们变得更加安全。”
"What a privilege it is for me to intro our great president," he started. "A man that loves our country, that puts all of us first, and puts America first. This is what I love. He’s made us better, he’s made us stronger, and more important, because of the border and everything here, he’s made us safer.
别忘了，这一点真的非常重要——这位先生曾为我们豁出性命。永远都不要忘记这一点。在演讲中，特朗普再次呼吁将克莱门斯收入位于库珀斯敦的国家棒球名人堂。克莱门斯正是那些因被指控在棒球界的“类固醇时代”使用兴奋剂而未能入选名人堂的传奇球员之一。2007年，他的名字被列入了臭名昭著的米切尔报告。
"And don’t forget, this is really important, this man put his life on the line for us. Don’t ever forget that." During his speech, Trump once again stumped for Clemens to be put in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Clemens is among those baseball greats who remain out of the Hall of Fame due to alleged involvement with performance-enhancing drugs during the game’s Steroids Era. Clemens was named in the infamous Mitchell Report in 2007.
克莱门斯在棒球界活跃了24年，是历史上最优秀的投手之一。他的职业生涯始于波士顿红袜队，在1986年这个突破性的赛季中，他取得了24场胜利，自责分率仅为2.48，并因此被评为最有价值球员（MVP）。同年，他还赢得了自己的首个赛扬奖。
Clemens spent 24 years as one of the best arms in baseball, beginning with the Boston Red Sox, where he was named MVP during his breakout 1986 season after collecting 24 wins and a 2.48 ERA. He also won his first Cy Young Award that season.
整个职业生涯中，克莱门斯共出场709场，自责分率为3.12；而他创下的4672次三振，则位列美国职业棒球大联盟历史第三。
For his career, Clemens has a 3.12 ERA across 709 games, while his 4,672 strikeouts rank third all-time in MLB history.