Clemens to the Yanks? Are they creating a canasta team?
(Let me start by saying that I'm on record as never wanting the Sox to go after Clemens. It was a lose-lose situation for them. Had they bought him, they would have looked desperate and unconfident of the team they have. The only rational reason to pay way too much money for an old guy who can't break 80 would be to keep him from the Yanks, because any arm is better than what they have and they are desperate. Also, as the title of this post suggests, he's really old. Just wanted to get that right out of the way.)
$4.5 million a month for Clemens, eh? What a deal (and don't throw the $100 million Dice-K number at me. Dice-K is 26 and will probably pitch another couple of years.). I don't want to rain too badly on the Yanks parade (I'll wait for him to fail or hit the DL before I joyfully do that) but paying too much for a guy who may not make it through the year may have been what got you into this problem in the first place. Also, didn't they sign an overrated old guy a couple of years ago and ask him to stay healthy and pitch in the A.L. after a stay in the N.L.? Can someone remind me how that story ended? This time will be different, right? Again, I don't think it's a horrible signing. Instead, I think it just underscores how horrible the Yanks front office is at signing starting pitchers. If anything went wrong with the aging guys in their staff, they didn't have a backup plan. They HAD TO make this move. If Schilling got hurt, Dice-K didn't work out and Tavarez blew up, the Sox have 3 guys that can start today (Lester, Snyder, Hansack, or even Pineiro and Paps). To me, this move just looks desperate and pathetic (though I do think it has the small chance of making a Huge difference in the AL landscape, but an even greater chance of becoming a HUGE flop). Oh, and one more thing.... are we just supposed to forget about this?
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go watch Fever Pitch again douchbag.
Bernard, you give Dung too much credit. His favorite film is Broke Back Mountain. I also think there is an "e" in douche bag. If you're going to bust on the Dung, do it right baby. For example, I have seen Dung pleasure himself in the urinal at work. Clemens is the shizel-fo-sho!
Hey "lickdeez," next time you feel like giving me spelling lessons, LICK THESE nuts. or you can just blow me, either one, its up to you. Nevertheless, I give Roger 4 starts before he pulls his hammy and goes on the D.L.
As a Yankees fan I like the move just because it helps a sucky pitching staff...
But there is NO FUCKIN WAY I would pay a 44 year old pitcher $4.5 MILLION A MONTH!!!....NO WAY!!
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