[ESPN] Pettitte, Clemens unsure about playing in 2007

if either or both plays, it will be in an astros uniform. the very fact that andy is already mulling retirement i think contributes to houston's chances of keeping him home.

i don't know what to think about roger...i think he loves the adulation...and can't imagine not hearing the crowds cheering for him. he has a sweetheart deal here. it wouldn't surprise me to see him keep pitching until he embarasses himself.

 

Oh boy let the Roger "will he or won't he" watch start again, nobody let Brett Favre get wind of this.....

 

We need them both next season.

Drayton get on it!

 

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, yeah, starting in late July. Sign them both for 1/2 a season. Andy notoriously sucks the first half of the year. He needs to stay at the house and throw 100 pitches to a backstop every 5th day and then sign in July, throw 2 games in the minors and then come up to the big club mid to late July. That way he can come in sharp and bring it. Same thing with Roger. Roger, I think, really wants to win a WS here before he shuts it down. Bring him back at the end of July. We need to trade for Dontrelle, sign Lee or Soriano, sign Bengie Molina and start the year with

Roy O
Dontrelle
whoever
whoever
whoever

Then come August we've got

Roy O
Dontrelle
Roger
Andy
whoever

With the addition of the bats plus Dontrelle, we should be able to hold our own until August, and then with Roger and Andy on board, take it to the house.

 

we need zito and that dude from japan, and steal tom glavine away.

 

Get Dontrelle, Soriano and that guy from Japan..... Guaranteed WS contenders.. but don't know about WS winners..

Thow in Benjie on top of that and I think we have a pretty good off-season



pinch pinch.... Sorry just woke up what was everyone talking about?

 

Why aren't we talking about Molina? It seems to me like he would make a whole lot more sense than just a no defense bat. This guy plays both halves of the inning, and would take an automatic out out of the lineup and turn it into a good hitting slot. Wouldn't that do a lot more than just replacing another spot in the lineup that is not as weak offensively as the catcher's spot?

 

Surprise...surprise...Cheech and Chong don't know whether they want to play anymore. Shocker!

 

Nah dude we need to get Johan Santana and Fransisco Liriano for Ensberg, then trade Lane for Teixeira and Mike Young. then sign Zito, soriano, lee, and the japanese guy.

 

Don't forget about trading Lidge for Pujols.

Soriano
Young
Pujols
Berkman
Teixeira
Lee
Burke
Molina

Oswalt
Santana
Liriano
Zito
Pettitte

Clemens becomes new closer.

World Series in the bag...

 

Holy crap! That's the '27 Yankees!

 

at this point,

we may have to trade Burke for R.Howard

 

There was a quote somewhere that had Clemens saying he'd like to see Andy knock out Whitey Ford's win record with the Yankees.

 

I'm personally sick of the rent a pitcher for half a season scenario. I'd let Andy walk and I'd say pitch a whole year or thank for the memories to Roger.

Build a winner for 2007 instead of living in the memories of 2005.

 

I think we need Andy next year. I'd love to have Clemens next year too. But for me, if it comes down to having Roger for a 1/2 season or getting a bat ala Carlos Lee or Soriano, then I'd opt for the bat.

How about Andy, Roger, Lee, and Soriano

 

No way we're doing the half season thing with Roger again. Screw that.

 

really? i think the astros would jump all over that. you're paying him pro-rated. as long as you knew well in advance, i'm thinking it would be fine. that way he doesn't wear down again late in the season as he did in 2004 and 2005.

 

I'm all for it. Better than nothing

 

They should give Clemens a December deadline to see if he is coming back or not. All that media attention about him retiring every offseason is getting pretty annoying.