The purpose of my statement wasnt to say that Pedro is a bad pitcer because he gets beat up by Enrique.
Honestly, the Enrique/Pedro thing was irrelevent, my post was made without thinking.
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I dont think Clemens quits on teams persay. All of your points are VERY good ones, but Clemens is a competitor. I think it is unfair to say that he would rather lose 2-1 so that it is not his fault and he gets praise as well as pity. Im sure opposed to losing 8-2 that is true, but opposed to winning 8-7 that is false. Im sure he would much rather get a win while not pitching so hot rather then get a loss pitching great.
Not good in the clutch? While no doubt he has had some bad playoff/postseason games, he has also had some very good ones. Game 6, 1986, Game 1, 2000 vs Seattle, Game 6, 2005 vs Atlanta in relief. Those are just off the top of my head.
And Clemens didnt leave the Yankees because he felt as though they werent treating him right, it was because he wanted to RETIRE. But he was swayed out of retirement by Pettitte and the Astros, and nobody could blame him with the arrangement he had. And you cant say that he wanted begging, pleading, etc from Houston. I think it is perfectly understandable for him to have to think about it for some time. It is a major deciscion, its not like deciding whether he should wear a jacket or a sweatshirt. This was Houstons deciscion because THEY were being drama-queens and couldnt wait for the man to make a huge personal/family deciscion.
I understand all of everyone's points. but if you ask me, if you have the opprotunity to get Roger Clemens you do it.