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Post by T R W on May 7, 2007 13:22:38 GMT -5
He did it for The Rock.
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Post by Lennon on May 7, 2007 13:42:56 GMT -5
....he did it for da people
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Post by GP™ on May 7, 2007 13:55:19 GMT -5
*Teddy Long enters.* "Naw, he did it fo' dem dolla dolla bills, y'all." *Teddy Long exits.*
Seriously, it's good to see the Rocket back in the Bronx.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on May 7, 2007 14:05:08 GMT -5
What in the blue Christ did you just say?
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Post by michaelrichards on May 7, 2007 14:10:51 GMT -5
haha
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Post by GP™ on May 7, 2007 14:17:10 GMT -5
What in the blue Christ did you just say? Teddy Long. He(Clemens) obviously did it for the money. Teddy Long says dolla dolla bills. The End. THAT'S what I said.Understand now!?
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 7, 2007 14:36:15 GMT -5
....he did it for da people *Blank stare*
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Post by Kliff and the Brewers on May 7, 2007 14:48:03 GMT -5
He actually dosnt get the full 28 Mil,
I think his pro rated take home is around 18.6 million
Say he pitches 120 Innings,
Thats $155,000 AN INNING
Not to nock Roger at all, Im no Yankee fan but Id love to see him do well and end his career on a great note. But the price for big name players has gotten way out of controll
On a side note I talked to Jeff Suppan again today at work.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on May 7, 2007 15:15:39 GMT -5
Whats a nock?
He is the highest paid player in the game, so what if its prorated.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 7, 2007 15:29:35 GMT -5
I don't understand why all of a sudden there's all this talk over the money the Yankees spent on Clemens. If it was Houston shelling out $30 million, it'd be no big deal. But because it's the Yankees, I've already heard all these analysts talking about how "it won't matter since they aren't going to make the playoffs" or how Boston still has the better rotation.
This was the best move for the Yankees to make. You're getting the best pitcher in the history of the game 2 months into the season without giving up anything except money. And the Yankees have tons of that. The Yankees needed rotation help and if they tried to make a trade for any starting pitcher on the market, teams would have tried to rape them for Phil Hughes.
The bottom line is that Clemens came to the team that offered him the most money and a chance to win. He gets all the privelages he would have gotten in Houston, but now he gets the chance to go out on top with another World Championship until we go through this same crap next year again.
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Post by comebackkid on May 7, 2007 15:30:25 GMT -5
Im glad all the Yankee fans think all the troubles are over as i posted last month, guess clemens is also hitting and pitching relief at times they are in trouble aswell...
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Post by comebackkid on May 7, 2007 15:32:29 GMT -5
I don't understand why all of a sudden there's all this talk over the money the Yankees spent on Clemens. If it was Houston shelling out $30 million, it'd be no big deal. But because it's the Yankees, I've already heard all these analysts talking about how "it won't matter since they aren't going to make the playoffs" or how Boston still has the better rotation. This was the best move for the Yankees to make. You're getting the best pitcher in the history of the game 2 months into the season without giving up anything except money. And the Yankees have tons of that. The Yankees needed rotation help and if they tried to make a trade for any starting pitcher on the market, teams would have tried to rape them for Phil Hughes. The bottom line is that Clemens came to the team that offered him the most money and a chance to win. He gets all the privelages he would have gotten in Houston, but now he gets the chance to go out on top with another World Championship until we go through this same crap next year again. Maybe because he lived in Houston already so it wasn't that big of a deal to get privledges. Anyway its no big deal as now the Astros can use that money on a new pitcher or hitter come trade time,while he would have been awesome to have back they really don't NEED him adn every has pitches good enough,its the Runners LOB that lose us games...
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 7, 2007 15:37:39 GMT -5
Im glad all the Yankee fans think all the troubles are over as i posted last month, guess clemens is also hitting and pitching relief at times they are in trouble aswell... How can you even begin to say the the Yankees' problems are hitting? If anything, their bats are the only sure thing on the team right now. The talk of the bullpen being "in trouble" now is also bogus to me. The Yankees have relatively the exact same bullpen this year as they did last year, yet somehow it's worse? Now that the rotation is getting healthy again, you aren't going to be seeing 5 relievers in one game anymore when guys like Chase Wright or Kei Igawa can't make it out of the 4th inning. In no way does Clemens solve all the Yankees' problems, but I'll tell you what - he sure as hell helps. Sorry, Asia, but the talk of how you're saying that Houston doesn't need Clemens is just absurd to me. What team doesn't need a guy like Clemens in their rotation? It's not like he's going to possibly hurt the Yankees' chances, nor will he be any worse than some of the bums they've thrown on the mound already this year. And as far as giving Clemens the same privelages he had in Houston goes, I don't see how it's any worse for the Yankees to offer him that luxury. You yourself have said before that since he's Roger Clemens, he deserves it.
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Post by comebackkid on May 7, 2007 15:39:35 GMT -5
It would be nice to have him but if the rotation is pitching good already then why is he needed?
I meant this in Regards to Houston not the Yankees who obviously need pitching even though Pettite,Wang and Mussina would be good enough rotation for any normal team.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on May 7, 2007 15:45:41 GMT -5
The Yankees went back on their word a few years ago about not giving into Clemens, and its fine, I dont blame the Yankees at all for this, they were desperate and they did what needed to be done. My beef is people saying Clemens did this for the love of NY, or best chance to win etc. He did it cuz the Yankees BLEW the Red Sox out of the water
It's who he is, he is a mercenary and a douche.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 7, 2007 15:50:34 GMT -5
Well, yeah...he obviously did it for the money. But everyone knew that Clemens was all about the money, so I don't understand why it was such a shock that he went to the team who offered him the most millions.
You had to see this coming, though, just from the several ways the Yankees accomodated Clemens before the season even started by trading Johnson, freeing up his number, etc. Supposedly, Cashman spoke to Clemens in Spring Training and offered him $26 million then to pitch for the whole season but he declined.
The Red Sox couldn't have expected to seriously sign Clemens for $18 million, though, when he got $20+ million last year and the year before that. It seems to me that they were hoping Clemens would give them a discount, and that they were trying to show their fans that they at least made an attempt to sign him. If Red Sox fans found out that Clemens went back to the Yankees without Boston even trying to bring him back, they would have never heard the end of it.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on May 7, 2007 15:55:00 GMT -5
Well according to John Henry the Sox were gonna go up more, but the 28$ million was just insane and the Sox didnt even get a chance to counter.
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Post by Mike Dell on May 7, 2007 16:01:16 GMT -5
OMG did you guys hear, Roger Clemens signed with the Yankees!!!
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on May 7, 2007 16:13:10 GMT -5
Did you hear!? I like masturbating!
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Post by taker1 on May 7, 2007 16:34:00 GMT -5
Kei Igawa to Triple-A.
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