Houston Money Suddenly Looks Better...
Wow. Just when I was losing interest on my NL Pennant bet, Houston signs Roger Clemens for the next year. Now Houston looks like a contender again. Meanwhile, Clemens signing with the Yankees or Red Sox could have put my bets on the White Sox and Tigers into that much more jeoprody (sp?). Meanwhile, if Clemens comes back out of shape he could be a non-factor; I half-expected Roger to go to the Yankees , because I saw them as the only team that was
A) desperate enough,
and
B) rich enough
to be willing to not only give Clemens an astronomical sum, but to guarantee his contract, even if he pitches five games and injures a hamstring, hangs around for a couple of months, and retires.
Hovering at .500, Houston was becoming desperate enough, and Boston probably can afford it, but the Yankees starting pitching is shakier, and Steinbrenner has time and time again shown his willingness to possibly cripple his team in the future fior a chance to win NOW.
Since I remain convinced that the senior circuit remains inferior to the American league, part of me feels like Roger is copping out by staying in the National league. If Green Bay was a little more competitive, a parallel would be Brett Favre returning to the Packers at about week seven, except he would have to first offer his services to the Steelers and Bengals, or perhaps the Chargers and Chiefs.
(Of course, the truth is the Packers would have to me MUCH more competitive than they were last year--at this point I would probably be more intrigued by Favre signing with the Toronto Argonauts so he could play in the same backfield as Ricky Williams, after demanding that they both be allowed to smoke as much dope as they please. He could demand that the Argonauts [whose name already means "Sky Pilots" a' la Eric Burden and the Animals] be outfitted with psychedelic pot-leaf helmets, and he and Ricky could have a Barry Bonds style reality TV show. If Favre did come to his senses and go to the Bears, or one of the aforementioned AFC teams, I would love to see Doug Flutie smoking down the Toronto backfield instead. What says "fun" better than a drop kicked extra point? Flutie going deep with a lung fulla reefer!)
A) desperate enough,
and
B) rich enough
to be willing to not only give Clemens an astronomical sum, but to guarantee his contract, even if he pitches five games and injures a hamstring, hangs around for a couple of months, and retires.
Hovering at .500, Houston was becoming desperate enough, and Boston probably can afford it, but the Yankees starting pitching is shakier, and Steinbrenner has time and time again shown his willingness to possibly cripple his team in the future fior a chance to win NOW.
Since I remain convinced that the senior circuit remains inferior to the American league, part of me feels like Roger is copping out by staying in the National league. If Green Bay was a little more competitive, a parallel would be Brett Favre returning to the Packers at about week seven, except he would have to first offer his services to the Steelers and Bengals, or perhaps the Chargers and Chiefs.
(Of course, the truth is the Packers would have to me MUCH more competitive than they were last year--at this point I would probably be more intrigued by Favre signing with the Toronto Argonauts so he could play in the same backfield as Ricky Williams, after demanding that they both be allowed to smoke as much dope as they please. He could demand that the Argonauts [whose name already means "Sky Pilots" a' la Eric Burden and the Animals] be outfitted with psychedelic pot-leaf helmets, and he and Ricky could have a Barry Bonds style reality TV show. If Favre did come to his senses and go to the Bears, or one of the aforementioned AFC teams, I would love to see Doug Flutie smoking down the Toronto backfield instead. What says "fun" better than a drop kicked extra point? Flutie going deep with a lung fulla reefer!)
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