Who's Running the Show (Part 6)
Should we really feel sorry for a guy making millions of dollars for playing half a season? Jayson Stark thinks so:
Stark prattles about the "obligation any team has to a player of Roger Clemens' stature." I didn't realize they had an obligation beyond paying the guy to play baseball.
Not every Hall of Famer gets to go out in a blaze of glory. It looks like Clemens won't, either. Boo fricking hoo...
The owner easily could have done for Clemens what the Cubs did Monday for Greg Maddux. There are times when certain people deserve to be rescued from their sinking cruise liners. This year, for those two living legends, was one of those times.
Stark prattles about the "obligation any team has to a player of Roger Clemens' stature." I didn't realize they had an obligation beyond paying the guy to play baseball.
Not every Hall of Famer gets to go out in a blaze of glory. It looks like Clemens won't, either. Boo fricking hoo...
posted by Bob at
4:57 PM
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Considering the way Clemens played one team off against the other before re-signing with the Astros halfway into the season, one might consider this a bit of Instant Karma (http://www.john-lennon.com/).
Now, Clemens had every right to auction himself off the way he did. Having done so, he needs to be a grownup about the effects of his decision.
One might also consider the idea that had he been with the Astros from the beginning, they might have been in better shape in the standings at this point.
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Jim, at 10:47 PM
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