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Keep crying yankee fans. I am loving every minute of this!!!

Astro's are World Series bound (if we can make it through the first playoff series)!

Monday, January 12, 2004

ESPN.com news services
HOUSTON -- Roger Clemens is pushing back his retirement, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Houston Astros, ESPN's Buster Olney has confirmed.

Clemens has agreed to a one-year contract that will pay the six-time Cy Young Award winner about $5 million to play next season, Houston television station KRIV reported Monday.

A source speaking on condition of anonymity said Clemens agreed to a contract Sunday.

Astros owner Drayton McLane and agents for Clemens, Alan and Randy Hendricks, did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press on Monday. Astros spokesman Jimmy Stanton declined comment.

The Astros have scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference with McLane and general manager Gerry Hunsicker to be held at home plate at Minute Maid Park. The team declined to say what the news conference would announce.

Clemens had said for more than a year that he planned to quit after pitching last season for the New York Yankees.

But he was persuaded to join the Astros, his hometown team, after close friend and former Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte signed with Houston last month.

Clemens had a 17-9 record and 3.91 ERA in 211 innings with the Yankees last season.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Astros (Oswalt, Pettitte, Miller, Clemens, Robertson)