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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
...and I dont get the comments about him not going to the Astros even though they have a better record.
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Well, they don't anymore...
BTW...I think in trying to proofread/edit my original post, I accidentally erased the paragraph that said (in effect) "I don't buy what my fellow Astros fans are saying."
The point the Astros fans - myself not included - are making, I think, is that with the Cards' Chris Carpenter out for almost the entire season, the Brewers still a very young team, and the Cubs...well, being the Cubs...the division is very much up for grabs. Plus, the NL is a much easier league to pitch to, and there's certainly no guarantee that the Yankees will make the playoffs this year, with the way the Red Sox are looking. You can't forget about the glut of AL Central teams this year that could stand in NY's way as far as the Wild Card goes. At least with Houston, Clemens would potentially turn the Astros into a big fish in a small pond. Once you make the playoffs, it's a whole new ballgame, and a rotation of Oswalt/Clemens/Jennings/Backe would be pretty stout in a playoff series. We've seen in the last few years that the Astros are pretty dangerous if they're able to sneak into the playoffs.
So, when Rocket says he wants to win another World Series, great...but if he wanted that, he should have gone to Boston. To have a rotation of Schilling, Beckett, Dice-K, Clemens and Wakefield would be positively insane, and with that offense? Fuhgeddaboutit.
It seems the Yankees money-whipped him into the decision, and frankly, I have no problem with that. Personally, I think it's a good move by Clemens. I'm unhappy that he's leaving Houston, sure, but the Yankee offense drives in six runs a game (compared to less than four with the Astros), and their staff has been incredibly unlucky with all the injuries they've had. They will come around, and it should be a fun race to watch between the Sox and Yanks this season.