A good question to ask right now would be does Roger Clemens know he is almost as old as God? Apparently he doesn’t, and neither do the New York Yankees who just signed him to a Major League Record $28,000,000 to pitch half a season.
The Rocket has undoubtedly had an amazing career and is certainly one of the best pitchers in Baseball history; but is he worth the 1 million dollars he will be earning per start? I mean at this pace he mine as well pitch until he is seventy and earn an even more astounding astronomical amount of cash.
This is not to say he does not deserve the recognition he is receiving. After all, he has the more Cy Young Awards, 7, than anyone else ever to step onto the field; he is third on the all-time strikeout list with 4604; and eight on the all-time wins list with 348.
It may come as a surprise but all these amazing numbers is not why people watch Roger pitch. Fans just want to see if in fact some game mid-pitch his arm actually falls off and goes helicoptering towards home plate like the time he threw the bat at Mike Piazza.
You cannot blame the Yankees. There dismal, injury laden April led way to a spotty pitching staff in need of some help; Clemens could well be the deciding factor in a late season run for the playoffs.
Someday The Rocket will fall back into the atmosphere, the question is when? Every year the gamble teams take on him become more and more risky, but every year they also have been paid off more and more.
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