The “suspense thriller� that’s kept Major League Baseball on the edge of its seat all year long is finally solved…Roger Clemens is staying in Houston.
To quote Gomer Pyle; Surprise, Surprise!
No sense rehashing the scenarios again. Lynn Worthy’s post yesterday includes the Newsday story that first reported what anyone with common sense already knew. And if you want to know my take on it, just click on my Rocket Re-Entry post from early February. My opinion never changed, and it was proven correct.
What I do want to discuss is Peter Gammons' appearance on ESPN last night. Despite the obvious, Gammons still tried to insinuate there was some doubt as to where the Rocket’s re-entry would take place. He even mentioned a conversation with a couple of Red Sox “insiders� last week. When Gammons said to them that Clemens-to-Houston looked like a done deal, they said something to the effect of; “is it? We’ll see.� The clear implication; the Red Sox still believed they were going to land the Rocket and they knew something the rest of the world didn't.
Please! If they knew all along but just wanted to give Boston fans false hope, shame on Red Sox Nation for falling for it. If the Red Sox really bought the Texas Con Man’s act, shame on them! They’re not as smart as they’d like us to believe.
Perhaps next time, they can reserve all the hotel rooms in Katy, Texas!
So tell me Sox fans, you didn’t really fall for the “Clemens wants to return to Boston� act, did you?
Yeah! Who do they think they are for being optimistic and hoping for the best. Those dumb mo fo's! Shame on them for trying to land the only decent free agent pitcher in the market!
As a matter of fact, even Schilling was getting into the "act" trying to mislead Red Sox fans. Not only implying he thought the Rocketeerer was coming here but claiming the ankle was really bleeding way back when!
Please! The buck stops here! Nothing gets past us!
I don't see how the Red SOX can be criticized in any of this. I commend them for making a run at Clemens. I'm sure they were willing to pay what Houston paid for the Rocket. He just wanted to stay in Houston.
Where you can fault them is for allowing themselves to be used by that greedy whore to drive up the price for Houston. What is even worse is they were willing to let him come and go as he pleased just like the Astros do. So much for running a professional clubhouse.
I can't believe I'm going to say this but at least the Yankees had the sense to take his "go home when I want to crap" and tell him where to stick it. Don't get me wrong I love the Sox and always will but I'm starting to believe Teddy when he says all they care about is making money now that they won the world series. Maybe Tito Francona and you guys will drink the cool-aid. Tito's Terrors won't. Give us a cold beer instead.