Posted by:
Anonymous on
May 30, 2007 at
3:35PM EST
So Roger Clemens will not pitch in any of the three games at Fenway this weekend? I've tried to look at this from every possible angle and none of it makes sense to me. The guy is being paid a prorated sum of roughly 28 million dollars and you don't schedule him to pitch against the team that is light years ahead of you in the standings. Joe Torre claimed that he didn't need to add to the circus atmosphere by having Clemens pitch here. Excuse me? This guy is a hall of famer who has pitched in countless pressure cookers in his career and a circus atmosphere might bother him? The Yankees could leave Boston Sunday night close to 20 games out of first place. Now is not the time to save spare someone the spotlight. Roger is being paid 28 million because he is supposed to win, handle pressure and help get the Yankees back in the playoff hunt, not to mention that each day you hold him back it could mean one or two less important starts in September. Maybe the Yankees have waived the white hankie and have given up the AL East race and are playing for the wildcard. By the way, I wonder what The Boss, George Steinbrenner, thinks about all of this?
