May 30, 200620 yr color me shocked. good thing the astros offense has been sh*t lately as well. kinda like last year!
May 30, 200620 yr Nobody could offer Clemens the schedule flexibility that Houston can, so this seemed like an obvious move from the start.
May 30, 200620 yr Good! The Yanks and Sox spoiled @$$ payroll don't deserve him and my freind who is a Rangers fan would have been talking about it all day and bragging about it. Houston got real far with him and obviously Roger wants Houston to get a Ring.
May 30, 200620 yr Fine. We can now give Beckett #21, Lowell can get back his #19 and maybe the Sox will finally retire #25 for Tony C. For years we didn't issue #21 to anybody. That's why Beckett got #19..on the slim hope Clemens would come back. Clemens wants to stay tied with Cy Young for most wins in a Sox uni..let him. His loss. After Boggs left, we let Alejandro Pena wear #26.... Hell, even Dustan Mohr looked good in #18 during the brief time he was in Fenway...
May 30, 200620 yr Good! The Yanks and Sox spoiled @$$ payroll don't deserve him and my freind who is a Rangers fan would have been talking about it all day and bragging about it. Houston got real far with him and obviously Roger wants Houston to get a Ring. Current odds of that occurring? Slim and none.
May 30, 200620 yr Good! The Yanks and Sox spoiled @$$ payroll don't deserve him and my freind who is a Rangers fan would have been talking about it all day and bragging about it. Houston got real far with him and obviously Roger wants Houston to get a Ring. Current odds of that occurring? Slim and none. Houston has a funny way of sneaking in during the stretch.
May 30, 200620 yr Good! The Yanks and Sox spoiled @$$ payroll don't deserve him and my freind who is a Rangers fan would have been talking about it all day and bragging about it. Houston got real far with him and obviously Roger wants Houston to get a Ring. Current odds of that occurring? Slim and none. Houston has a funny way of sneaking in during the stretch. I dont care if the Astros revived Babe Ruth from the grave and had him hit 3rd and pitch every 5th day, the Astros are NOT winning a championship this year. There's too many really good teams (Mets, Cardinals, White Sox, Red Sox, Yankees) for a flukey run to be made this year. Its a great deal for Roger (gets to have everything his way, gets paid like a god) and for the Astros (the people there love him), but it's not like either side actually believes they are making a run at a championship this year. ------ The Astros are denying the report an agreement has been reached.
May 30, 200620 yr Good! The Yanks and Sox spoiled @$$ payroll don't deserve him and my freind who is a Rangers fan would have been talking about it all day and bragging about it. Houston got real far with him and obviously Roger wants Houston to get a Ring. Current odds of that occurring? Slim and none. Houston has a funny way of sneaking in during the stretch. I dont care if the Astros revived Babe Ruth from the grave and had him hit 3rd and pitch every 5th day, the Astros are NOT winning a championship this year. There's too many really good teams (Mets, Cardinals, White Sox, Red Sox, Yankees) for a flukey run to be made this year. Its a great deal for Roger (gets to have everything his way, gets paid like a god) and for the Astros (the people there love him), but it's not like either side actually believes they are making a run at a championship this year. ------ The Astros are denying the report an agreement has been reached. Pettite had a few rough starts, meaning the rotation was anchored by Oswalt, and then Backe. Clemens will really help. If you dont believe that than I just dont know what to think.
May 30, 200620 yr Astros: Clemens not a done dealPurpura says club waiting for Rocket to make decision A report of a Rocket re-entry in Houston on Tuesday was news to the Astros. A Newsday report claiming seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens had signed a one-year deal with the Astros was shot down by Astros general manager Tim Purpura as well as Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. Clemens was not available for comment. "Absolutely not true," Purpura said when asked to confirm the report that Clemens, 43, had signed a one-year deal with Houston. "There's nothing to it at this point. We had some discussions with his agents (Randy and Alan Hendricks) over the weekend but we're waiting for Roger to make a decision." Newsday reported the contract is believed to be worth about $3.5 million per month or approximately $10.5 million for the season, depending on when Clemens returns to action. "I can assure you a deal has not been done," McLane said. "The Hendricks have said to us all the way through that 'the first decision is Roger has to tell them, and he'll tell us if he wants to come back.' They said that as late as last week. They have not gotten back to us. We're waiting on them." In Arlington, Rangers owner Tom Hicks said he'd been told by Randy Hendricks that Clemens will not be signing with his team. "We gave it our best shot," Hicks said. "I got a call from Randy Hendricks on Friday and he'd been asked by Roger to convey his thanks but he would not be pitching for the Rangers. "I'm not sure where he's going. I was told we were not the only team that was getting that call. I was told the family played a large issue so I assume he'll be pitching for Houston." Clemens, who turns 44 in August, helped the Astros reach the World Series last fall following a season in which the right-hander led the Major Leagues with a 1.87 ERA. The Astros declined to offer him salary arbirtation last winter, forefeiting the right to re-sign him until May 1. Since then Clemens, who lives in Houston, has indicated if he does return it would be for one of four teams: the Astros, Rangers, Red Sox or Yankees. The Astros hope to lure Clemens back and are optimistic they will convince him to return for another season. Purpura said no timetable has been given but that he expects an answer soon. "He knows we'd love to have him back, and I think our chances are as good as any if he does decide to play another year," Purpura said. "I think we'll know something soon one way or another." McLane was in Temple, Texas and was also surprised at the report. "I've been confident since January," McLane said. "We waited on them and they said they would get back to us. I talked to Tim about an hour and a half ago. We're very very optimtistic, but we knew that we have to wait to hear back from them. That has not happened yet." mlb.com
May 30, 200620 yr OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!! but usually when a story comes out and people deny it, it gets confirmed like the next day... but....... OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
May 31, 200620 yr This was inevitable, Roger is getting a whole lotta money for a miminal amount of work. Brilliant! :cheers
May 31, 200620 yr If i was Clemens i would of signed with the Yanks and call it a career when season was done. Astros pen is horrendous and Yankees pen is way better, when Clemens leaves blown leads will occur. Yanks have a better chance at the title also.
May 31, 200620 yr we talked about the rocket in summer school today......everyone in the class thought he'd go to the yankees .....i was the only one that said the astros..i was right!..i knew he would be either in houston or nowhere , because of the family thing.
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