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  • TheNumber35
    Just Bad at Everything
    • Jan 2012
    • 2708

    #1

    Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

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    Originally posted by story
    SUGAR LAND, Texas (FOX 26) - Sugar Land Skeeters president Matt O'Brien and Roger Clemens' agent Randy Hendricks told FOX 26 Sports that Roger Clemens worked out for the Skeeters today and will sign with the team.
    Hendricks and O'Brien told FOX Clemens will start for the Skeeters this Saturday in Sugar Land.
    Skeeters officials said Clemens had a full workout today, was clocked at 87 mph and is in great shape.



    Not sure if its for real or a phony rumor to generate interest in the team, but regardless...isn't Roger 50 years old? I know he was talking about "not being done" on the mound at the All-American game over the weekend, but I wasn't exactly expecting this.
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  • Polo Bandit
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    • Oct 2004
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    #2
    Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

    Yeah he just turned 50. I still can't figure out if this is for real or not. They're an independent league team so who knows, may be for real.

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    • TheNumber35
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      • Jan 2012
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      #3
      Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

      Originally posted by Polo Bandit
      Yeah he just turned 50. I still can't figure out if this is for real or not. They're an independent league team so who knows, may be for real.
      I just saw it on twitter, then googled it and got a couple links to various reports. We don't know much at this point and I haven't seen an official confirmation of any sort. But if its true, what could he possibly offer to an independent minor league squad with Scott Kazmir on their roster?

      I wonder how much they'll be paying him if this is true. I'd imagine he wouldn't just come back to come back right? He's been out of baseball for awhile.
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      • TheNumber35
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        • Jan 2012
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        #4
        Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

        To add on, just added on ESPN

        Roger Clemens has signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League and is expected to start for them on Saturday at home against Bridgeport (Conn.).
        Clemens' agent, Randy Hendricks, said the pitcher's "fastball was clocked at 87 mph and four pitches were working, so everyone believes he can do it." He added that Clemens and Skeeters manager Gary Gaetti have been talking about this "for months."
        "It is a fun thing and let's just see how he does on Saturday night. That will determine if he pitches for them again," Hendricks said. "Roger wanted to see if he could still do it, and today's workout showed he is ready."



        He really is coming back...granted its an independent minor league squad, but he is really putting on a uniform and pitching again.
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        • Polo Bandit
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          • Oct 2004
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          #5
          Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

          Originally posted by TheNumber35
          I just saw it on twitter, then googled it and got a couple links to various reports. We don't know much at this point and I haven't seen an official confirmation of any sort. But if its true, what could he possibly offer to an independent minor league squad with Scott Kazmir on their roster?

          I wonder how much they'll be paying him if this is true. I'd imagine he wouldn't just come back to come back right? He's been out of baseball for awhile.
          The team posted it on their Facebook page. But yeah, the team has Scott Kazmir and his former Astro teammate Jason Lane has been trying to make a comeback as a pitcher.

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          • p_rushing
            Hall Of Fame
            • Feb 2004
            • 14514

            #6
            Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

            This is just a promotion. I doubt he thinks he can truly make it back to MLB. He'll most likely pitch for 1 night, if they sellout and he pitches ok, they may get s few more starts out of it.

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            • TheNumber35
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              • Jan 2012
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              #7
              Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

              Originally posted by p_rushing
              This is just a promotion. I doubt he thinks he can truly make it back to MLB. He'll most likely pitch for 1 night, if they sellout and he pitches ok, they may get s few more starts out of it.
              Who knows I always thought I'd seen the last of Roger on the mound in 07 when the Yanks paid him a ridiculous lump sum of money to pitch what basically amounted to half a season. Apparently that wasn't true.
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              • RoundingThird
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                • Aug 2012
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                #8
                Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                Originally posted by p_rushing
                This is just a promotion. I doubt he thinks he can truly make it back to MLB. He'll most likely pitch for 1 night, if they sellout and he pitches ok, they may get s few more starts out of it.
                If for some reason he does come to the MLB, he has a chance of breaking Satchel Paige's record for oldest player.
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                • SPTO
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                  • Feb 2003
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                  #9
                  Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                  Originally posted by Po1soNNN
                  If for some reason he does come to the MLB, he has a chance of breaking Satchel Paige's record for oldest player.
                  Considering Paige was 58, I doubt it highly.

                  I wonder just how serious Clemens is with this. I remember hearing that Bill "Spaceman" Lee pitched a couple games in the independent league within the past couple years so it's not unheard of for old pitchers to give it a whirl.
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                  • RoundingThird
                    Leyenda
                    • Aug 2012
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                    #10
                    Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                    Originally posted by SPTO
                    Considering Paige was 58, I doubt it highly.

                    I wonder just how serious Clemens is with this. I remember hearing that Bill "Spaceman" Lee pitched a couple games in the independent league within the past couple years so it's not unheard of for old pitchers to give it a whirl.
                    Who knows what will happen? Jamie Moyer might get bored and come back.
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                    • Blzer
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                      • Mar 2004
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                      #11
                      Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                      He was interviewed when his son was pitching for a high school all star game that was being played on ESPN the other day. They showed a couple of shots of him pitching to some of the kids, with other H.S. pitchers watching. He still looks like he can do it. Maybe this just motivated him again and he's getting bored.
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                      • TheNumber35
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                        • Jan 2012
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                        Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                        Originally posted by Blzer
                        He was interviewed when his son was pitching for a high school all star game that was being played on ESPN the other day. They showed a couple of shots of him pitching to some of the kids, with other H.S. pitchers watching. He still looks like he can do it. Maybe this just motivated him again and he's getting bored.
                        I watched that game and I kinda shrugged him off at the time, thinking he was just bored and trying to entertain himself. I was paying more attention to his kid, who was dominating on the mound than I was to Roger in the booth for an inning.

                        Not to nit-pick because you're right on, but I believe the game was on MLB network no?
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                        • jth1331
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                          • Aug 2003
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                          #13
                          Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                          I actually work in Sugar Land, been to one of the Sugar Land Skeeters games before. Live around town, mainly interested in this to try to nab an autograph of Clemens.
                          The stadium was just recently built, pretty nice stadium for an independent team. Really nice.
                          I didn't know they had Kazmir, looked and he has been pitching awful. And this league has virtually no hitters worthy of MLB level, so you would think a guy who performed decently in MLB would dominant, but he has gotten drilled.
                          Like I said, it would be cool to nab a Clemens auto, wonder how much this will spike tickets for the team.
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                          • ImTellinTim
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                            • Sep 2006
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                            #14
                            Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                            Not unheard of. Jack Morris pitched with the St. Paul Saints in 1996 after he retired.

                            Doubt it amounts to anything other than a nice experience for some fans.

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                            • Blzer
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                              #15
                              Re: Clemens Signs with Minor League Team

                              Originally posted by TheNumber35
                              I watched that game and I kinda shrugged him off at the time, thinking he was just bored and trying to entertain himself. I was paying more attention to his kid, who was dominating on the mound than I was to Roger in the booth for an inning.

                              Not to nit-pick because you're right on, but I believe the game was on MLB network no?
                              You might be right about MLB Network.

                              But yeah, the kid was great.
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