ESPN.com - MLB - Rocket to start Astros' home finale
This guy just won't go away! He just can't stay retired!
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Clemens (7-5) pitched six scoreless innings in the Astros' 7-2 win over Cincinnati on Wednesday, the last game he was scheduled to pitch at Minute Maid Park.
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Clemens received a standing ovation from the crowd of 31,298 and tipped his cap as he walked off the field before the seventh inning Wednesday. The 44-year-old came out for a curtain call, doffing his cap again.
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Roger's last game. Thanks for the memories big guy!
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The warm farewell turned out to be premature.
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Oh, wait a second. What's this?
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Astros owner Drayton McLane told the Houston Chronicle that Clemens came to him and said he would be willing to pitch Sunday, on three days' rest.
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| Roger Clemens will start Houston's home finale against St. Louis on Sunday."The Rocket is going to come back," manager Phil Garner said Thursday night after the Astros' 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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I'm fine with him still wanting to pitch at 44. He's still a great pitcher. But enough with the curtain calls already. Either retire, or keep playing. This is getting rediculous. He's the pitcher who cried retirement. No one will believe him when he finally does hang it up for good.
Its almost as bad as Junior Seau's teary eyed, emphatic retirement speech. Only to sign with the Patriots a few days later.
09-22-2006, 02:46 AM
