Another baseball question spinoff

Original post by boosh78201

Jun 09, 2004 12:23 PM

To all the Yankee fans, who do you hate more

Andy Petite or
Roger Clemens

If I were a Yankee fan it would have to be Roger Clemens.

OctGroom Posted: Jun 09, 2004 06:27 PM

Re: Another baseball question spinoff

Posted by don424

two years ago david wells was a free agent after playing a year with the blue jays ( i think)

so, he gets an offer from cleveland to play there -- they wine and dine him and he gives the verbal OK

then george comes along and throws cash at him and he signs right then and there without giving cleveland a chance to counter offer

I think it was actually the Arizona brass.. but it's still the same. Then again.. think about who we are discussing.. Wells and George.

OctGroom Posted: Jun 09, 2004 06:29 PM

Re: Another baseball question spinoff

Posted by oct.2004bride

I LOVE THEM BOTH

There is NO reason at all to hate Andy, he was traded...end of story

He'll be coming back to end a Yanks playoff run in a year or two. You know what they say about players who leave....

Jenn524 Posted: Jun 09, 2004 10:29 PM

Re: Another baseball question spinoff

Posted by oct.2004bride

I LOVE THEM BOTH

There is NO reason at all to hate Andy, he was traded...end of story

Andy wasn't traded. He signed as a free agent with Houston.

Jenn524 Posted: Jun 09, 2004 10:36 PM

Re: Another baseball question spinoff

Posted by don424

Posted by oct.2004bride

Posted by Jenn524

Clemens. He gave the whole baseball world the impression that he was retiring and then he changed his mind without even giving the Yankees, the team that he said he was destined to be on, a chance to have him play for them again.
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hmmmm -- the yankee brass didn;t like that when it happened to them

how about david wells giving a verbal commitment to another team, only to have george throw a wad of cash in his face and he stabs the other team in the back

I don't care that Clemens decided on a different team. What I don't like is that he had everyone thinking that he was retiring and then he decided not to. In the 4 years Clemens was with the Yankees we had to hear about how he always wanted to play for the Yankees and retire as a Yankee, go into the HOF as a Yankee, etc. Then out of nowhere he says, hey I decided I don't want to retire and I'm going to go play for my home team Houston.

I actually don't hate either of them, but between the 2 I would have to choose Clemens. I'm not one of those fans that's bitter when a free agent decides to play for a different club. I just don't like the whole retirement thing that Clemens did.

As far as Wells goes, I don't think money has anything to do with his decision. Wells always just wanted to be a Yankee. And players do that kind of thing all the time. They shop themselves around to get other teams to bite.