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Astros Will Not Rule Out Signing Clemens
Published 5/15/2008 by Cork Gaines at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Drayton McLane, the chairman and chief executive of the Astros, spoke with Roger Clemens recently and said that Clemens has not ruled out a possible return to playing baseball. "We have a personal services contract with him and it's not activated until he tells us he's ready to retire," said McLane, just after this week's quarterly owners' meetings drew to a conclusion. "Well, he hasn't said that. I think if he was ready to retire, and that was clear, he would have already said that to us. But that has not happened." McLane noted that the Astros would not rule out the possibility of resigning Clemens to pitch for the Astros, but ...

MLB: Owner: Clemens undecided about future
Published 5/16/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: Owner: Clemens undecided about future But...this was before Maddux got torched today. Despite mounting legal troubles regarding his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens apparently hasn’t decided whether he will retire, one of his former owners told MLB.com on Thursday. The right-hander, who will be 46 years old on Aug. 4, is an unsigned free agent, but missed the first few months of the season the past two years before returning to action. Drayton McLane, the chairman and chief executive of the Astros, said he spoke with Clemens briefly at a game in ...

Baseball Today: Friday, May 16
Published 5/16/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AND FOR THOSE FOUR PEOPLE LEFT WHO STILL DON'T THINK HE'S CLUELESS . . . Astros owner Drayton McLane says Roger Clemens is still up in the air about actually being retired. (mlb.com) Can you imagine the crowd reaction if Clemens ever walked onto a field again? ...

Roger Clemens Isn't Ready to Retire Yet
Published 5/16/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
Filed under: Houston, Astros, NL CentralDespite a myriad of other things going on in his life, Roger Clemens isn't ready to hang up his spikes just yet. That's the word out of Houston where Astros owner Drayton McLane said he spoke to the Rocket. Clemens gave him no indication that he's ready to activate the personal services contract he has with the team, which kicks in upon his official retirement from active play. McLane said Clemens is waiting for his legal troubles to clear up before making up his mind which should mean we'll get word sometime before the Presidential Election. The 2012 Election, that is. McLane also said his team hasn't ruled ...

Dear Roger, Just go away already
Published 5/16/2008 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
... Despite mounting legal troubles regarding his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens apparently hasn't decided whether he will retire, one of his former owners told MLB.com on Thursday. ...