Roger Clemens signs with the Yankees

Holy mackeral!

At the end of the seventh-inning stretch, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard told fans to turn their attention to the box, where Clemens was standing with a microphone. As the video scoreboard in right-center showed Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner made the announcement himself.

“Well, they came and got me out of Texas and I can tell you it’s a privilege to be back,” Clemens said. “I’ll be talking to y’all soon.”

Clemens, who will turn 45 in August, agreed to a $28 million, one-year contract that will start when he is added to the major league roster, most likely in three to four weeks.

He begins with a minor league contract, and the deal will allow him to earn about $18.5 million. Clemens will start his workouts in Lexington, Ky., where his son Koby is playing in the Houston Astros’ farm system.

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He chose New York over two of his other former teams, the Astros and Boston Red Sox.

“Let’s face it — these guys know how to win,” Clemens said, adding that captain Derek Jeter pressed him to return as New York struggled early this season.

Cue the Great Houston Sports Talk/Sportswriter Meltdown of 2007 in 3…2…

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5 Responses to Roger Clemens signs with the Yankees

  1. PDiddie says:

    Meh. You could kind of see this coming after Pettitte.

    Hope they’re happy together again (and don’t make it to the World Series).

  2. PSoTD says:

    I hope he does for the Yanks this year what he did for the Astros last year – get them close but not into the playoffs.

  3. Patrick says:

    I’m with PDiddie, this is not really that surprising. After the rash of injuries the Yankee pitching staff has suffered with Pavano, Mussina, even young call-up Phil Hughes going down with a leg injury, you could sense that the Yankees would be willing to drop a really big number to get Roger back to New York.

  4. Evorgleb says:

    One of the guys over at Highbrid Nation wrote a very interesting post about Roger Clemems and and the “real” reason he has come back to play for the Yankees. Good Stuff.

  5. Davebo says:

    Look at it this way, Roger will be earning around 4.5 million per month.

    Or around 1 million per start!

    Have at him George.

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