If you believe
Newsday,
"Roger Clemens will take the mound once again, and he's not straying far from home."
Newsday has learned that Clemens, 43, has agreed to terms with the
Astros, the team for which he pitched the last two seasons. The
seven-time Cy Young Award winner could be pitching in the major leagues
by the end of June. He will earn from $3.5 million to $4 million per
month, netting him roughly $12 million for about a half-season's work.
An announcement will likely come this week.
This despite Steve Phillips's prediction today that the Rocket would be
in Boston by the end of next week, and another rumor to the same effect
floating around cyberspace.
Whatever. I'm fairly sick of this whole silly drama by now, no matter how
much he might help a team whose fourth and fifth starters are a
gigantic question mark and total disaster, respectively. (And, as I type
this, Josh Beckett has just given up his fourth home run.)
It might just be time to throw Lester and Hansen into the fire and have them learn on the job. Better now than in September.
All the same, this should be taken with a huge grain of salt.
This deal ain't done, say the Astros and the Hendricks brothers both.
And also, it's Newsday. Remember this, from October '04?