At the end of the seventh-inning stretch, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard told fans to turn their attention to the box, where Clemens was standing with a microphone. As the video scoreboard in right-center showed Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner made the announcement himself."Well, they came and got me out of Texas and I can tell you it's a privilege to be back," Clemens said. "I'll be talking to y'all soon."
Clemens, who will turn 45 in August, agreed to a $28 million, one-year contract that will start when he is added to the major league roster, most likely in three to four weeks.
He begins with a minor league contract, and the deal will allow him to earn about $18.5 million. Clemens will start his workouts in Lexington, Ky., where his son Koby is playing in the Houston Astros' farm system.
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He chose New York over two of his other former teams, the Astros and Boston Red Sox.
"Let's face it -- these guys know how to win," Clemens said, adding that captain Derek Jeter pressed him to return as New York struggled early this season.
Meh. You could kind of see this coming after Pettitte.
Hope they're happy together again (and don't make it to the World Series).
Posted by: PDiddie on May 6, 2007 6:58 PMI hope he does for the Yanks this year what he did for the Astros last year - get them close but not into the playoffs.
Posted by: PSoTD on May 6, 2007 8:12 PMI'm with PDiddie, this is not really that surprising. After the rash of injuries the Yankee pitching staff has suffered with Pavano, Mussina, even young call-up Phil Hughes going down with a leg injury, you could sense that the Yankees would be willing to drop a really big number to get Roger back to New York.
Posted by: Patrick on May 7, 2007 8:02 AMOne of the guys over at Highbrid Nation wrote a very interesting post about Roger Clemems and and the "real" reason he has come back to play for the Yankees. Good Stuff.
Posted by: Evorgleb on May 7, 2007 9:57 AMLook at it this way, Roger will be earning around 4.5 million per month.
Or around 1 million per start!
Have at him George.
Posted by: Davebo on May 7, 2007 11:19 AM