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AP: Clemens likely to make first start for Yankees on Monday at Chicago
Published 5/30/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... AP: Clemens likely to make first start for Yankees on Monday at Chicago Roger Clemens is ready to return to the New York Yankees rotation and likely will start at the Chicago White Sox next Monday. Clemens pitched six shutout innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday, and Yankees manager Joe Torre said before Tuesday s game against Toronto that he ll stay with Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte as his starters for this weekend s series at AL East-leading Boston. I m not disappointed that he s not pitching at Fenway, Torre said. I don t think that series needs any more hype than it gets every time we play it, whether it s in Fenway or at the Stadium. You d obviously be tempted if you had a kid pitching and you can replace him with Roger Clemens. When you have Wang, Moose and Andy, there s really not the temptation to do that. ... If Clemens is put on the major league roster M

Four balls means no balls
Published 5/30/2007 by Jim at Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog

AP: Clemens scratched from start
Published 6/2/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... AP: Clemens scratched from start Roger Clemens was scratched from Monday s start against the Chicago White Sox because of slight groin pain. Clemens first experienced the pain during his last minor league outing for Triple-A Scranton on May 28. Rather than risk additional injury, he decided to take a cautious approach. The decision was first reported by The New York Times on its Web site on Saturday and confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Yankees hadn t made an announcement. Manager Joe Torre, speaking before Saturday s game against the Boston Red Sox, said Clemens was still in Houston. As of right now, he s still scheduled, Torre said.

Surprises, No Surprises . . .
Published 8/11/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source