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I think this was inevitable, the Yankees have had a injury prone starting rotation and their bullpen is exhausted behind belief, so he’ll definitely be of more help to the patch work rotation they’ll have there. I think it would have been nice to have Clemens in a Red Sox jersey one more time before he retired, but I’m glad they didn’t have a chance to counter-offer the $28 million that the Yankees offered him. I personally don’t think the 45 year old is worth the amount that the Yankees are paying him. He’ll be giving them a maximum of six innings and he’ll only be playing for four months not to mention he’s been pitching in the NL the past few years. The AL has a more potent offense then the NL, so it’s hard to really value how his arm will be against the AL. I do understand the Yankees need for a pitcher, but again this man is 45 years old and I’m not saying he isn’t the greatest pitcher of our generation but his arm is going to give out at some point as a Red Sox fan I hope it’s this year. Also does anyone find it kind of alarming that he’s following around Andy Pettitte? Anyways I guess we’ll have to wait till he takes the mound against the Sox the first week of June, in any rate it should make for a fantastic boost in ratings for Fox as well as help them to put together an even longer montage.

There were a lot of articles around the whole Roger Clemens deal, but two articles that I found the most interesting:

1.) Nick Cafardo’s piece on Boston.com

2.) The Daily Collegian piece on Why the Return to NY Was Wrong