<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jjmoney62: One of the ways I keep my age in perspective is by keeping track of a few token athletes and celebs. I'm the same age as Michael Jordan and Jodie Foster. <p>My main signpost is Roger Clemens. Somehow, I humor myself by thinking: As long as Clemens is still on the mound, then I, too, could conceivably walk out there every fourth day. I'm in the best shape I've been in in 15 years. Today, the Rocket unretired. I've still got it.<hr></blockquote><p>Good to know you've still got it, JJ.<p>Regarding the Rocket, NOW let's see him dictate to the Hall which cap he wears. (He swore last summer the Hall would not tell him which cap he would wear and that if the Hall did put him into a Red Sox cap, he would boycott the induction ceremony and have his own celebration in Texas.) He should absolutely go in as a Red Sox.<p>Too bad he didn't end his career on the note on which he ended his Yankee tenure: a strikeout in the World Series.<p>I don't know about Clemens' ability to keep his ERA down at Tenrun Field either. It's a fly-ball-hitter's park, and Clemens is known for fastballs, which can be hit a long way if they are thrown straight. (He's also known now for splitters and forkballs, which often dive out of the strike zone and cause batters to swing and miss.)<p>Pettitte, I think, won't be as affected by Tenrun as Clemens because Pettitte is a ground-ball pitcher. <p>I think Clemens might be lucky to win 10 games with an ERA under 5, and if that's the case, why bother? The $5 mil he's pocketing surely can't be the lure.
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