Clemens returning to New York, not Boston

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A Coming Sign of the Apocalypse
Published 5/7/2007 by Eric at Keep Your Sox On: From Brooklyn to Boston
... Robin and I joked yesterday that we weren't going to write anything big or make any jokes about Clemens signing with the Yankees ("I thought Clemens said he wanted to sign with a team that was in contention?") but then I opened up the Globe sports section, my "damn, I hate stupid people" mental alarm went off and now I'm up on my soapbox. Here's what's grinding my gears: the Globe is running poll asking whether or not the Sox messed up by not offering Roger the Dodger more than a prorated $18 million to pitch in the 2007 season. Out of the 10,415 people who had voted, only a paltry 1,094 (10.5 percent) said no, the Sox did not drop the ball by not offering the world's most famous merc a king's ransom to pitch. In other words, there are 9,321 (89.5 percent) people out there who have some serious explaining to do, lest I smack them upside the head with a defu

Curt Backs Up
Published 5/8/2007 by Paul SF at YFSF
... In case you missed it, this is what Curt said, as quoted by Edes in the Globe:

The Clemens fallout
Published 5/8/2007 by garyclark at Sports Frog
... 3. The Red Sox wanted Clemens and misread this whole situation and Larry Lucchino is making noise about it:

Bronx Banter: Yankee Panky # 8: Rocketing Through The Media
Published 5/8/2007 at Bronx Banter
... reminds us that Clemens isn t really done as an Astro yet. Clips from Boston The Globe s Gordon Edes provides the hard-news roundup of the Red Sox offer. Boston.com has