推 matrixz:祝福他 06/01 12:22
※ 引述《RollingWave (Lost in the Dark)》之銘言：
: 但是太空人GM又出來說沒這回事 o_O
: 所以火箭劇場還在持續當中 ==b
剛剛看了一下紐約時報 好像已經確定了
原文: http://tinyurl.com/qut9g
Clemens, 43, Agrees to Deal With Astros
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 31, 2006
Filed at 12:43 p.m. ET
HOUSTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens has agreed to a $22 million contract to pitch
for the Houston Astros for the rest of 2006.
The 43-year-old Clemens, who will be entering his 23rd major league season,
is agreeing first to a minor league contract that pays $322,000 over the
five-month minor league season, and his first start is likely to be at
Lexington, Ky., the Class A team where his oldest son, Koby, plays.
If all goes well, his second minor-league start would be June 11 at
Double-A Corpus Christi, Texas, followed by a start June 16 at Triple-A
Round Rock, Texas.
Clemens announced his return Wednesday at a news conference.
''The ball's in my court now,'' he said. ''This was a difficult decision
on my part in a number of situations. I have to now take the next step and
get my body ready to come back, get effective, win games.''
When he is added to the major league roster, he gets a one-year contract
worth $22,000,022 -- his uniform number is 22. Because he won't be playing
the full season, he gets only a prorated percentage of that, which would
come to about $12.25 million if he rejoins Houston in late June. The
tentative goal is to have him start against the Minnesota Twins on June 22
-- if he's put on the big league roster on that day, he would earn $12,632,307.
The Astros were 27-26 and 6 1/2 games behind the NL Central-leading Cardinals
after Tuesday night's 6-3 victory over St. Louis.
Clemens pitched for the Astros last season and helped them reach the World
Series for the first time. Houston, the New York Yankees, Boston and Texas
all tried to lure Clemens to pitch this season.
Clemens last pitched competitively in the World Baseball Classic, where he
beat South Africa for the United States in the first round and lost to Mexico
2-1 in the second on March 16.
In Detroit, New York Yankees manager Joe Torre said Tuesday that it made sense
for Clemens to return to Houston.
''I'm not at all surprised,'' he said. ''I didn't think that him coming back
here was ever going to happen. Houston's just such a perfect fit for him --
he lives there and Andy's on the team. That's why he came back before, and the
circumstances haven't changed.''
Texas owner Tom Hicks was told last week by the Hendricks brothers that the
Rangers were out of consideration, GM Jon Daniels said.
''Tom got the call on Friday that we were no longer in the running for his
services,'' Daniels said Tuesday. ''The way we looked at it was, it would be
an honor to be associated with him but we've continued to focus on the 25 guys
here. It would have been nice, but we weren't planning on it from the get-go.''
Clemens retired after the 2003 season, then changed his mind and joined his
hometown Astros after former Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte left New York to
sign with Houston.
Clemens won his seventh Cy Young Award in 2004, going 18-4 with a 2.98 ERA.
He went 13-8 with a 1.87 ERA last year, winning the major league ERA title
for the first time since 1990.
Clemens has a career record of 341-172 with a 3.12 ERA and 4,502 strikeouts,
pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros. An
11-time All-Star and winner of the 1986 AL MVP Award, he is tied for eighth
on the career wins list and is second in strikeouts behind Nolan Ryan (5,714).
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AP Baseball Writers Ronald Blum and Ben Walker, AP Sports Writer R.B.
Fallstrom in St. Louis and AP freelance writers Dave Hogg in Detroit and
Ken Sins in Arlington, Texas, contributed to this report.
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