Clemens got a no-decision
Okay, that title comes from one of the songs I used to bang out on my old four-track tape recorder in the early 90's. I was watching the Red Sox against Detroit back in the early 90's, and they took him out of a game while losing, but the Red Sox tied it up against the bullpen or something, I think. I always hated either singing or writing lyrics, so I'd come up with crap like "Clemens got a no-decision, you shouldn't..." as though to encourage the listener to not sit around, and make a choice when given the opportunity.
The Christmas after Clemens signed with Toronto, my ex-mother-in-law got me a JC Penney closeout special of a Red Sox Clemens shirt. Like I'd ever wear that again. I always would take it out of the attic for the next three years, but never put it on, and then would put it back in the crate every fall. Finally I donated it to charity.....thought about it a year or so ago as possibly being worth having, but obviously not after this latest job choice.
I went to Fenway maybe 8-10 times in the Clemens era, never saw him pitch....including when my friend had 4 games' worth against his White Sox, and they were the four games in-between his starts, I think. (I only saw Pedro once at Fenway, and he was pulled with an injury after 4 innings. Great luck, huh? And of course, I missed Dice-K because of the rainout last month.)
The only ex-teammate of Clemens still in Boston is Wakefield, who of course IMMEDIATELY became staff ace upon his arrival back in '95, while Clemens labored behind Erik Hansen in the rotation!
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you know... he's like 83 years old now. and he usually can't get much more than five innings before he's tired. he certainly isn't going to help them get deeper into games to rest their already-depleted bullpen. i have to say... i am not losing any sleep over the EE picking him up. and we knew that was going to happen when Pettitie went back anyway. =P
I know how you feel. I mean, he's nowhere near the All-Time All-World that Clemens is, but there's a part of me that dies inside every time I see Mike Mussina in pinstripes.
And what sucks is that guys Mussina and Manny Ramirez suddenly have re-written their legacy. Mussina won't be an Oriole 30 years from now, and Ramirez won't be a member of the Tribe. I remember watching his last game in 2000, they gave him a standing ovation at the Jake, and I was angry thinking he'd surely be a Yankee the next year no matter what Cleveland offered him.
i think it's sad that Moose is in pinstripes. he is one of the very few Yankees i like, because i liked him back when he didn't play for the Evil Empire. i hate to see good, likable players end up there.
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