Outside of New York, Everyone Hates Roger Clemens

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Filed under: Boston , Houston , New York , Red Sox , Yankees , Astros , AL East , NL Central , MLB Fans , Featured Stories Sports Blog - The FanHouse : It's a pretty familiar trend. Roger Clemens arrives somewhere to great fanfare and acclaim, and leaves that same place a few years later with bridges aflame and fan bases thinking, "Man, that guy is the biggest douche in the universe." The ... [link]

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Bunt Singles: May 7
Published 5/7/2007 by Kurt at Mack Avenue Tigers
... Roger Clemens announced he is returning to baseball again this season (like anyone didn’t see that coming). He’ll be a Yankee (not a real shock either). Naturally the national media salivated all over itself, making quite a mess. Watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN last night, and some of the Giants-Phillies game, I was pleasantly surprised at the restraint of ESPN’s analysts. They did not hand the Yankees the World Series title and cancel the rest of the season. They pointed out he’ll help the club, but it has some serious problems to tackle if it wants to make the playoffs. So that was nice.

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