Nomar was a documented clubhouse cancer. Think it was a fluke that the Red Sox started winning big as soon as they ditched his pouting ass? And Clemens is a thug - no loyalty, no honor, just thug. Bad-mouthed Boston to no end. Boston, the town that made him famous. Clemens stopped playing because he was all pissy with Boston brass. So... why am I supposed to hold him in any regard again?
I did not detect anything close to this among Yankees fans, who could have certainly felt jilted about Clemens's alleged "retirement" and subsequent return.
The Yankees couldn't care less - they are all about hired guns. Clemens' snubbing of them was just par for the course. (Besides, it wasn't as if Clemens didn't even acknowledge that he ever played in NY. He never acknowledged (still hasn't to my knowledge) Boston.) In any case, my obligatory Yankees jab: the Yankees are loyal to one thing: spending WHATEVER IT TAKES to win. Boston fans want more loyalty than that.
As for Andy Pettitte, that guy is complete class. I don't think the Yankees have anything to complain about with his departure.
You just proved my point!