Clemens to return in 1 week

[schillingouttheks]

Fact of the matter is that the Yankees don't run things to appease a few select players' date=' but by doing whats in the best interest of the team.[/quote']

 

You're right. It's not like they just let Clemens go home or excuse himself from the team whenever he wants... It's in the best interest of the team

 

Bottom line is that they signed Clemens to save their season. This is, to this point, the biggest series of the season for the Yankees. Their "ace" should be demanding the ball this series and craving to make an immediate impact, and the Yankees should expect nothing short of that out of him. At some point Wang and the rest of the rotation are going to be moved back a start because of Roger's insertion into the rotation. If he's your new ace, as I would expect him to be after that ridiculous contract, he should be pitching in front of Wang, and should have pitched at some point during this series.

[MDF3530]

Well, the Yankees have wussed out and decided that they'd rather have Roger make his season debut at Yankee Stadium, blaming a "groin issue".

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Well' date=' the Yankees have wussed out and decided that they'd rather have Roger make his season debut at Yankee Stadium, blaming a "groin issue".[/quote']

As disappointed as I am that he's been scratched, it'll be awesome if he does pitch on Saturday. A friend and I got tickets expecting to see his second start of the season, and first home start; but it looks like we'll get to see his first start of the 2007 season. Looking forward to it.

 

More importantly though, hopefully he gets back to full strength and has recovered from his pulled groin and can be effective Saturday.

 

Bottom line is that they signed Clemens to save their season. This is, to this point, the biggest series of the season for the Yankees. Their "ace" should be demanding the ball this series and craving to make an immediate impact, and the Yankees should expect nothing short of that out of him. At some point Wang and the rest of the rotation are going to be moved back a start because of Roger's insertion into the rotation. If he's your new ace, as I would expect him to be after that ridiculous contract, he should be pitching in front of Wang, and should have pitched at some point during this series.

He can't be the ace at this point in the season. Let him get in competitive game shape and get a start or two under his belt before we hold him to these high expectations. He's Roger Clemens, not Superman. He, like every other player, needs time to get into game shape. This is Spring Training for him, and setbacks do occur. Come the series in August, or god willing October, I can guarantee that Roger will be chomping at the bit to get on that mound and mow down some Red Sox.

[jacksonianmarch]

Roger will undoubtedly help. Anyone who thinks otherwise is thinking out of their hatred for Roger and not in reality. Lets put things into perspective.

 

Mussina has an ERA north of 6 and he is averaging barely over 5IP per start

Pettitte has been stellar all season, but vs the sox he has a .315BAA

Wang is finally coming into his own. But still can be hit by the sox.

 

If we are going to have any prayer of catching you guys, we need a pitcher who could potentially beat you guys without our offense throwing up 9 runs. Clemens may offer that, who knows. But he will also be able to beat the lesser teams (ie EVERYONE ELSE IN THE BIGS), that I am pretty certain of. He'll win his share and help us in his rotation slot. So long as the rest of the slots do what they are supposed to do, we should be alright. Alright meaning we wont give away games before they start like we are using DeSalvo or Igawa tonight.

[riverside sluggers]

Roger like in the NL Central last year can only give 5 or 6 innings (maybe occasional 7) while pitching in the AL East. Christ, he hasnt pitched for the Yankees yet and he's hurt. Instead of giving it 2 weeks he's going to push those tired legs to just a 5 day return.

[jacksonianmarch]

Roger like in the NL Central last year can only give 5 or 6 innings (maybe occasional 7) while pitching in the AL East. Christ' date=' he hasnt pitched for the Yankees yet and he's hurt. Instead of giving it 2 weeks he's going to push those tired legs to just a 5 day return.[/quote']

 

I would assume he can average 6 innings. Maybe it is me being a homer. Or maybe it is me seeing how many pitcher per inning he had last season and thinking that 6 innings and a PC around 108-110 per night is possible. At the same time, I'll take a quality 6 innings any day of the week. We'll see if he can give that.

[Mr Crunchy]

what a f***ing ****

fatigued groin??

 

sure

the famous fatigued groin that knocked him out of the 1st inning in the world series

2 years ago

the one that got him knocked out of the aldc series with oakland....7 years ago

christ

they havent even tee'd off on him and hes doing ""the raja""

 

isnt there someone who can save this man from his chronic groin trouble??

what a f***ing **** this guy is

 

raja should be break dancin with dewayne and re run

[rician blast]

hey, hey, hey, Sean.

 

Rerun? Nice.

 

Betcha Shirley Hemphill has a bigger set of balls than this self-indulgent prick.

[riverside sluggers]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnSJVGi1THnhZYKnFvmPbPg8R9MF?slug=styankeesclemens&prov=st&type=lgns

 

Au Contraire (spelling?), it is not yet determined Roger will return on Saturday against the Pirates. He is having an MRI done today, from there they will announce when his next start might be

[schillingouttheks]

Wooooo he's returning against the PIRATES!!!

 

Wonderful. He gets the chance to mow down the NL lineups to look like God, and when he "comes back to earth" (aka pitching to his ability in the AL) he'll be given a break after his "tremendous" outings against the NL.

[riverside sluggers]

Its also at Yankee Stadium God get ready for those curtain calls for the $28 million man, pitching good against those pesky Pirates

 

per roto

An MRI showed that Roger Clemens had disrupted scar tissue in his sore right groin.

 

They're calling it disrupted because it sounds better than torn scar tissue. Either way, it's not a big setback for Clemens, who played catch today and will throw in the bullpen Wednesday. If that goes well, he'll likely start Saturday.

[jacksonianmarch]

torn scar tissue is nothing. All systems go for launch on Saturday.

[riverside sluggers]

torn scar tissue is nothing to a 45 year old who has had leg/groin problems in the recent past?

[BSN07]

A Fatigued groin? Ive heard it all now....

[MDF3530]

A Fatigued groin? Ive heard it all now....

The only groin issue is he doesn't have the testicular fortitude to make his first start outside of Yankee Stadium.

[rician blast]

Clemens is a mercenary and self-indulgent/self-important **********. He's the Carlos Santana of baseball.

 

Carlos: "What? Rob Thomas is hot right now? I'll get him to sing on a song where I play my same boring solos as usual. Wait, Michelle Branch? Yeah, I'll record with her. I'll break out the licks from the Zebop album and re-use them. Did someone say Chad Kroeger? Huh, Shakira? s*** this is easy...play the same stale crap and ride the coattails of others yet come out looking like a f***ing genius!"

 

Sorry, XMRadio just had Mr. Carlos "It's time to f***ing unite as a planet" Santana on two stations back to back and I couldn't take it.

[ARod2212]

Wooooo he's returning against the PIRATES!!!

 

Wonderful. He gets the chance to mow down the NL lineups to look like God

 

I read today that his first three starts will probably line up against National League teams. I don't care who he beats, as long as we get wins. He's an upgrade over DeSalvo or Chase Wright.

[yankees228]

I think the whole Clemens thing is pretty basic, he's not nearly worth the money they're paying him, but he's definitely an upgrade over others that have started games for the 2007 New York Yankees.