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Ehhh, well, ive had some issues with my fantasy pithing this year but hold the rights to Clemens. Hopefully this will be the solution I need. Other than the fantasy thing though, zzzzzzzzzzz

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28 million bucks? Yeah. That's wise spending right there.

Yawn.

This guy was barely a six-inning pitcher in the National League last year. You think he's gonna come into the toughest division in baseball and be the dominant force the Yankees need to win the World Series again? I don't think so.

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And Mr. "It's Not About The Money" shows his true colors once again. Looks like all that "I want to pitch for the team that gives me the best chance at a ring" BS was just that - BS.

I can't wait for Clemens to go out in his first start and get lit up.

 

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None of you Sawx fans would be saying this :censored: if he signed with Boston.

Sour grapes make for excellent wine though, right?

On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said:

Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech.

 

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None of you Sawx fans would be saying this :censored: if he signed with Boston.

Sour grapes make for excellent wine though, right?

Right! Wrong! Wright!!! :lol:

Now seriously, I'm a Red Sox fan and my first reaction if Clemens had signed with Boston will be a smacking surprise. And the second reaction will be surely a repulse.

Sure, Clemens had a good career with Boston but he played for the Yanks in "Wade Boggs-style": get a World Series ring. Never tried the big challenge of beating the Boston's dark history of the World Series.

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Sure, Clemens had a good career with Boston but he played for the Yanks in "Wade Boggs-style": get a World Series ring. Never tried the big challenge of beating the Boston's dark history of the World Series.

The Yankees were far from a World Series-contending team when Boggs joined them for the 1993 season. Boston chose to not resign him when he batted around .260 in 1992, expecting him to go into a decline in production... Whoops.

IIRC, the Dodgers actually offered him more money, but he chose the Yankees because they offered an extra season on his contract--which was what he wanted in the first place.

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I have no doubt Clemens is a Juicer

Nor do I. How else do you explain a guy throwing a broken bat at someone for hitting a :censored:ing ground ball? Sure looked like roid rage to me. And for those asking how he'll avoid testing, it's simple, MLB doesn't test for human growth hormone.

Look at Rocket when he was in Boston and compare it to how he looks today. Like Bonds, the guy has turned into a physical specimen as he's gotten older. Oddly enough, Willie Mays didn't improve with age and he was a pretty fair ballplayer. Come to think of it, neither did Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, or for that matter Ken Griffey Jr. How the hell did Bonds and Clemens and the rest manage to cheat old age when none of the all time greats before the 90's managed to do it? I'm just saying...

 

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None of you Sawx fans would be saying this :censored: if he signed with Boston.

Sour grapes make for excellent wine though, right?

Personally, I've been against Clemens returning to Boston since rumors started flying a few years ago. If he came here, pitched well, good for him. Was I rooting for a Clemens ride into the sunset with a Sox cap on? Hell no. You could run threw the list of reasons why I dislike this man, not just as a ball player, but as a human being. Oh, and by the way it's spelled Sox. Thanks.

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There's actually a good amount of Red Sox fans that didn't want Roger Clemens. Don't get me wrong, I'd take him... but I wasn't praying he'd be a Red Sox, and certainly not for $4.5 million per month. He'd look an awful lot better in the Sox rotation than Julian Tavarez. But Jon Lester, when he's deemed healthy to pitch, looks better in that spot since getting younger is always better since we don't need Clemens' arm. Yankees desperately wanted him -- Red Sox wanted him to, more or less, keep him off of the Yankees. Again, which team does that suggest is in better shape?

Great pickup for the Yankees. They needed him badly and he'll help for sure. Doesn't make them the best in the East from what we've seen.

Wouldn't mind saving the money to possibly have Andruw Jones or Ichiro patrollin' CF next year.

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Clemens is a self-centered douchebag. I wonder how all the Astro fans are taking this...their hometown boy dissed them over money, exposure and personal glory. Sad.

You're confusing Roger Clemens with Roger Clemente :D

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well on to another subject, what could you see as a possible timetable for minor-league starts for Clemens, like what he did with Lexington, Corpus Christi, and Round Rock last year with the Astros.

The path I see for Clemens is to start down here in Tampa with the Tampa Yankees Hi-A Florida State League team (since Georgie Boy does own the team). Between now and the end of May, the Tampa Yanks are home

May 7 - May 8 (Daytona Cubs)

May 9 - May 12 (St. Lucie Mets)

May 17 - May 19 (Ft. Myers Miracle)

May 29 - May 30 (Lakeland Flying Tigers)

Based on infor from last year, Clemens signed with the Astros on May 31 and played his 1st game in Lexington a week later on June 6. Not sure if the Yankees will start Clemens sooner, but we'll see.

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