Clemens to Retire....maybe?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Link.

 

Based on recent comments, it appears that Clemens is ready to retire after the WBC.

 

"Right now, I don't see myself playing," Clemens told the newspaper on Monday. "I'm not going to start the season with anyone. I made my mind up. And when I do shut it down, I'll be walking away with a smile on my face. There will be no regrets, because I feel like I've done it the right way."

 

 

"It's very flattering that teams still want me," Clemens told USA Today, "but hopefully I can just fade away. I'm going to watch my sons play. I'll see Koby (a third baseman in the Astros organization) play a little bit and get my other one (Kory) out of high school. I'll stay active. There are a lot of things I want to do."

 

And while that sounds like retirement talk to me, he adds this:

 

But the only thing is if I'm sitting in the stands in Boston, or New York, or somewhere in May, and get the itch again, who knows what will happen?"

[Shilzzz]

interesting that he said boston specifically, and said boston first. maybe the first part doesn't mean much, but i'd like to see the guy pitch for the red sox to end it. always good to squash beef before opprotunities to are gone.

[Wheelimus]

Just looking at the Astros, i don't see them staying competitive without Clemens, so him waiting until midseason to pick which of his 4 teams is in the best shape for a World Series run is just fine by me. That team won't be the Astros. And we don't have to worry about those other teams, and if we wind up having too i won't complain :D

[biittner77]

Just looking at the Astros, i don't see them staying competitive without Clemens, so him waiting until midseason to pick which of his 4 teams is in the best shape for a World Series run is just fine by me. That team won't be the Astros. And we don't have to worry about those other teams, and if we wind up having too i won't complain :D

 

Just like they were out of the running last year when they were ~15 out. Or the year before that.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Just looking at the Astros, i don't see them staying competitive without Clemens, so him waiting until midseason to pick which of his 4 teams is in the best shape for a World Series run is just fine by me. That team won't be the Astros. And we don't have to worry about those other teams, and if we wind up having too i won't complain :D

 

Just like they were out of the running last year when they were ~15 out. Or the year before that.

 

But those years, they had Clemens. This year, by June-July, they could be 20 games out without him.

[illiniguy]

Just looking at the Astros, i don't see them staying competitive without Clemens, so him waiting until midseason to pick which of his 4 teams is in the best shape for a World Series run is just fine by me. That team won't be the Astros. And we don't have to worry about those other teams, and if we wind up having too i won't complain :D

 

Just like they were out of the running last year when they were ~15 out. Or the year before that.

 

But those years, they had Clemens. This year, by June-July, they could be 20 games out without him.

This year it mattered. The year before we flat out giftwrapped it for them. We should not finish behind them if they don't have Clemens for half of a season.

[biittner77]

Just looking at the Astros, i don't see them staying competitive without Clemens, so him waiting until midseason to pick which of his 4 teams is in the best shape for a World Series run is just fine by me. That team won't be the Astros. And we don't have to worry about those other teams, and if we wind up having too i won't complain :D

 

Just like they were out of the running last year when they were ~15 out. Or the year before that.

 

But those years, they had Clemens. This year, by June-July, they could be 20 games out without him.

This year it mattered. The year before we flat out giftwrapped it for them. We should not finish behind them if they don't have Clemens for half of a season.

 

I'm hoping that they'll hang around long enough to beat the Cards a few times and will fold down the stretch instead of losing all their early games and then becoming unbeatable.

 

Where the Cubs finish in relation to the Astros depends more on the ability of the Cubs to beat the Reds and Brewers consistently than whther the Astros get a half season out of Clemens.

[Chocolate Milk]

This was my favorite ESPN bottomline story of the year. I think it said something like:

 

"Roger Clemens to retire after WBC, unless he changes his mind."

[Marco4]

This was my favorite ESPN bottomline story of the year. I think it said something like:

 

"Roger Clemens to retire after WBC, unless he changes his mind."

 

That's how I see it. I'm not going to take retirement or non-retirement until he stops playing.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

In the near daily speculation of what Clemens will do, he visited Rangers ST complex yesterday.

 

Link.

 

This visit was purely recruiting. Clemens agreed to visit because he's never trained in Arizona and wanted to see the facility. He met several potential teammates, then watched Francisco Cordero and C.J. Wilson pitch in a simulated game format. Standing just upwind from a University of Texas national championship flag that flapped in the stiff breeze, Clemens said Rangers owner Tom Hicks has been the most proactive owner to pursue his service this year.

[Mark_R]

This Roger Clemens saga is so uninteresting.

[ltb]

This Roger Clemens saga is so uninteresting.

 

"I'm going to keep saying I don't know if I'm going to retire in order to keep myself in the spotlight as long as possible."

[K-Town]

Clemens is an attention monger. Aren't these pretty much the same things he was saying a couple of years ago? He just wants to hear people begging him to come back, so he's playing his annual "retirement" game.

 

I agree with an earlier poster......... BORING.

[Salazar89]

It says alot when stories contemplating the future of perhaps the best pitcher in the past 5 decades go unread.

 

Same story different year ............what high drama.

[anemic offense]

This was my favorite ESPN bottomline story of the year. I think it said something like:

 

"Roger Clemens to retire after WBC, unless he changes his mind."

 

Lol...I saw that too. Isn't that what EVERYONE's been saying for the last 2 months? I don't even know why they put it on the ticker feed.

[Balsa]

Well he pitched really good against the South Africa team. He looked perfect.