http://www.badgrafix.com/roclhowehapr.html

Uhhh yeah. Remember that!

This guy is getting way too much money and perks for what he is worth now.

The Yankees were forced to offer Clemens this deal to compensate for injuries and woefully inadequate pitching – both starting and relief.

No Yankee fan gives a damn how he feels about the Clemens’ contract. They want to see Farnsworth earn what now seems a maniacally generous contract on the part of the Yankees.

I, for one, am glad to see Clemens back in a Yankee uniform. Is he a mercenary? YOU BET HE IS! Do I care? NO WAY!! I rather have someone who produces regardless of his motivation than a clown like Farnsworth who can’t find his ass with both hands and a map. His sanctimonious blathering about “THE TEAM” is offensive given his parsimonious positive production.

Three cheers for the old players who thought that by being personally productive (and not focusing on their own stats) they were helping their team – Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Frank Robinson, etc.

To Farnsworth and all the other malcontents – QUIT YOUR WHINING AND JUSTIFY YOUR SALARIES!!

Roscoe Marx & Georgia Engels

Hey Christina, work hard and you can make it on your own.

TimH:
“2 words Farnsie, Chad Curtis”

Analogy spot on

“A team is suppose to be a group of people that work together; in the case of the Yankees doing whatever it takes to win the World Series. You win as a team, and you lose as a team also.”

Roger Clemens is already working for this team. He is a member of the team and will win and lose with the team he just might travel home sometimes when there is nothing for him to do. Who in their right mind cares if he spends every waking hour with the team as long as he is there when we need him?

“Sure he is a great pitcher, but that was years ago. ”

That was last year. Nobody should expect him to duplicate his numbers from Houston, but a great pitcher pitching against better hitters is still a great pitcher.

“All this can do is tear a team apart.”

Mountain out of molehill.

John:

“And more importantly, in baseball, more than any other sport, “being around the guysâ€? is important to team commraderie.”

No, in baseball, more than any other sport, players have a lot of time to just hang out waiting for their time to play. Roger Clemens taking a few days off here or there wont stop him from spending PLENTY of time hanging out with his teammates, nor does it have any effect on the play of the team if players don’t hang out at every opportunity.

“Suppose you were allowed to show up at your office/job/school only when it was really important for you to be there and could otherwise stay home and still get paid while everyone else had to work every day.

How would your ‘teammates’ feel about that?”

Ive worked in several offices with people who worked from home when they didn’t have a reason to be in the office. Ive never seen it bother anyone.

And what does this have to do with work every day? Clemens will do all his work. This has nothing to do with work. This is about whether him taking a few days that he doesn’t have any work to do to see his family. Its a complete and total non-issue.

Meanwhile Clemens is not only working for our team, but he is spending time to meet with and give advice to our prospects in the minors. Theres more to being a good member of a team than sitting around a hotel room for three days when there is no chance at all you will be needed by the team.

How would your ‘teammates’ feel about that?