When the contract was up and it was time to negotiate a new one Roger talked about wanting to go home and be closer to his family. Well, next thing we all know Roger moves 500 miles NORTH of Boston because Toronto was willing to pay his ass more money. So much for being closer to home, Rog.
Roger leaving had nothing to do with the fans. They booed him for going to the Yankees. I recall the Yankees giving Boomer Wells a lot of love when he signed in Boston. (Spare me the story of how he screwed the team in 2003 story....see below)
Oh, gotta love how he “retired” in 2003, got his send off from NY fans (plus the Hummer) then turned around and started pitching for Houston. Way to go Rog. He screwed you Yankee fans out of a World Series. Kevin Brown was his replacement. In spite of that, when you nothing for pitching you all welcomed him back with open arms.
Roger could have pitched at home in Houston (like he said he wanted to do back in 1997 and then after he suddenly unretired), he could have pitched for the team in 1st place (The Sox) or he could go to the team willing to pay him the most money, the Yankees. His allegiance to Joe Torre is a lie because Roger does what’s good for Roger.
During the time Roger played the game he was one of the dominant pitchers of his time and will go into the HOF as one of the best ever. But, don’t ignore his history and his comments just because you needed another pitcher this year.
By the way, the Old Whore is going to miss his next start, has pitched.500 ball and will likely fall apart before the season is over.
Fine, Fine. You hate Roger Clemens. We get it. But an old whore? That’s just a complete lack of class. But I’ve never met a Sox fans who doesn’t think that the Red Sox do everything wrong, and it’s always somebody else’s fault.
You blame Roger for leaving, like you’ll blame Babe Ruth, Wade Boggs, and Johnny Damon for selling out to the “evil empire. It’s the same thing I see from all die hard Red Sox fans. It’s always the player’s fault for selling out, it’s never the Red Sox fault for bad decisions or for treating a player like crap during his final year or two. So go ahead and continue to blame everyone else but yourselves. Yes, the Yankees make bad personnel decisions too, lie letting Sheffield get away. But atleast we don’t feel that every player who leaves the Yankees and goes to another team is a traitor a sell out. Sox fans just have this “poor us, everyone is against us attitude.” It’s pathetic.