Cut it with the nostalgic BS. "He's a family man, blah, blah." Jesus.

Addressing the anonymous comment above, one cannot be more accurate than to write that Clemens is evolving from Rocket Man to Family Man because, duh, he's is leaving the game to spend more time with his family.

When he reflects on the gushier times as a player, the memories he will conjure up will be the ones he shared with his family — winning two World Series and achieving such milestones as 300 wins and 4,000 K's. More so, I dare say, then when Boston fans bagged on him for leaving Game 6 of the 1986 World Series with a blister, or having the Sox GM call him over the hill or Fenway ways jeering him upon return visits.

How can you *not* love a guy who pitches to his wife in their yard. And if she crowds the plate, he brushes her back.

He even did it when she was pregnant.

I swear, I love that!

About 5, 6 years ago I told my dad that the Roger Clemens cards we had been buying might not reach their full value since he had said that he would definitely retire before he got to 300 so that he could spend more time with his family. The fact that he will eventually retire and spend time with his family doesn't exactly make him Ward Cleaver.

And I'm sure most old executives look back with fonder memories on the three years of hot sex and trips to Aruba with their 29-year-old trophy wives than they do on the 30 years they spent with the high school sweetheart who had a couple kids, never took off the weight and robbed him blind in the divorce settlement, too. But that doesn't change history.

And I've always thought of him as a Blue Jay myself...two years, two Cys, two freaking Triple Crowns...amazing.

Clemens has made it clear he wants to enter the Hall of Fame as a Yankee.

Um...not to put too fine a point on it, but I simply don't care a teeny little bit whether The Rocket wants the cap on his well-deserved plaque to sport an NY, B, or even the URL for Ron Jeremy's home page. It's baseball's ultimate honor to be inducted into Cooperstown, and that plaque will hang on its hallowed walls long after his little pissing match with Dan Duquette has been forgotten. If Clemens doesn't like it, he can start his own Roger Clemens Nyah Nyah I Hate Boston Hall of Fame.

And frankly, after his arrogant, punk-ass boycott threats, I'm hoping that Cooperstown not only sticks that B on his hit but intalls a motion sensor that plays the goddamn theme song to "Cheers" every time somebody wals by. Punk.

Even as a Yankee fan, I really don't like Clemens. I don't think he'd be the same pitcher if he played in the NL, which would force him to take a few AB's during the game.

He's a "dominating" and "intimidating" pitcher because he pitches in the Al.

I want to see him wear the URL from Ron Jeremy's
home page that would be cool!

PAUL, YOUR ARTICLE I FOUND AS A LINK OFF GOOGLE.IT MAKES A LOT OF VALID POINTS ABOUT CLEMENS AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WATCHED HIM SINCE I HAVE BEEN 10YRS. OLD.I GREW UP JUST OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AND WAS FURIOUS WHEN THEY LET ROGER WALK IN 1996.DAN DUQUETTE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A RETARD SAYING ROGER WAS IN THE TWILIGHT OF HIS CAREER AT THE TIME.I STAYED A SOX FAN FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER HIM BEING TRADED AND STARTED TO FEEL LIKE A HISTORICALLY ABUSED DAUGHTER BEING LED TO THE SLAUGHTER YEAR AFTER YEAR(WHICH ALL SOX FANS ARE WHETHER THEY WANT TO ADMIT IT OR NOT).WHEN I HAD A BASEBALL EPIPHANY BACK IN 2001 WHEN I QUIT BOOZING I TRADED IN MY SOX FOR PINSTRIPES AS FAR AS LOYALTY WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE I SOUGHT OUT THE MAN I MODELED MYSELF AS A PLAYER SINCE 1984 TO INSPIRE ME ALL OVER AGAIN AT 27 WITH A NEW FOUND LOVE OF LIFE AND THE GAME OF BASEBALL.IN WATCHING ROGER I GREW TO RESPECT THE REST OF THE TEAM AND FOUND MYSELF BEING DRAWN TO HOW THE YANKEES PLAY THE GAME.I NOTICED THE LEVEL OF CLASS AND PRIDE THAT GOES WITH BEING A YANKEE THAT MAKES THEM LOOK ELEGANT IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT(FROM JOE TORRE,TO JETER,TO BERNIE WILLIAMS,ETC.).IT GETS NO BETTER AS FAR AS BEING A KNOWLEDGABLE FAN OF THE GAME AS A WHOLE LIKE MYSELF.WATCHING THE YANKEES PLAY IS BOTH TEXTBOOK AND BLISSFUL OBSERVANCE ALL IN ONE.YOU CAN CALL ME FAIRWEATHER YET I CONSIDER MYSELF MORE AN AWAKENED ADMIRER THAT IS NOW A DIEHARD FAN FOR LIFE EVEN IF ROGER IS NOW RETIRED.UP HERE IN LOSERVILLE THE RED SOX LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES DIRT DOGS.TO ME THEY PLAY LIKE A BUNCH OF DIRT DIVAS BECAUSE THEY PLAY FOR THE NAME ON THE BACK OF THE UNIFORM BEFORE THE NAME ON THE FRONT(ANOTHER REASON BESIDE LETTING ROGER WALK WHY I DESPISE THEM.)DURING THE PLAYOFFS THIS PAST YEAR EVERYBODY'S MANTRA UP HERE IN LOSERVILLE WAS COWBOY UP.TO GO AGAINST THE BLIND IDIOTIC MAJORITY KNOWN AS RED SOX NATION I HAD A SHIRT MADE THAT READ"COWBOY UP YOUR ASS"AND FELT A GREAT DEAL OF SATISFACTION WATCHING AARON BOONE'S BALL FLY INTO THE MAGICAL NEW YORK NIGHT.SO I BRING US TO THE PRESENT AND ROGER HAS RETIRED AND PETTITTE HAS JUMPED SHIP IN FAVOR OF THE ASTROS AND HIS FAMILY.YET I HEARD JASON WEAVER AND 2 PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN TRADED TO THE DODGERS FOR KEVIN BROWN.I'VE SEEN ANDY THROW A LOT OF GREAT GAMES YET I FIND SOLACE IN 26 FLAGS AND HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE GEORGE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRIAN CASHMAN AS FAR AS PERSONNEL MOVES ARE CONCERNED.I LIKED THE VASQUEZ TRADE(YET HATED TO LOSE NICK JOHNSON)AND THAT SON OF A BITCH SHEFFIELD SHOULD SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE ALREADY.AS FAR AS ROGER IS CONCERNED HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM IN PINSTRIPES NEXT YEAR BECAUSE HIS ABILITY NOR SKILLS HAVE FADED BUT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END INCLUDING THIS EMAIL!HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HOPE YOU RESPOND.

KEVIN O'BRIEN(NEW ENGLAND'S BIGGEST YANKEE FAN)