If you ran a baseball team and someone offered you $18 million to take Roger Clemens, would you?

100% agree. Actually 4 times today I made the reference of Clemens being a prima donna. This guy is all about him. If you listenend to MIke and Mike in the Morning on ESPN radio they had Phil Garner speaking about Clemens the last 2 years leaving the team in between starts. Garner said "it was great at first because he assured us the only reason he wanted to leave was to be with his family" Garner went on to say "Then it got a bit unpleasant with other teammates and myself when the family time was not the reason. We'd turn on the TV and see Roger in Celebrity Golf Outings during big games. Players began to question this" Now this is the consumate terrible teammate. You have to love guys who love the game. By that I mean VETERAN GUYS who work with young pitchers in between starts-give advice. Clemens wants to play savior. Not going to happen. I remember Ellis Burks when he played for the Indians. Stories of how he took minor league guys and first year guys in the show and he bought them suits-talked to them about how the game is a privellege-not a right-showed them where to stay out of in big cities-how to be a pro,basically. He took them under his wing.Clemens doesn't give a damn about NYY-he just knows it was the most cash on the table and the biggest stage for his UN-AGING EGO. I like guys like Grady Sizemore-Travis Hafner-CC Sabathia-Joe Borowski-Dave Dellucci on my team. Mauer-Thome-Varitek-Millar-blue collar type guys--team guys. So no way--if I owned a club and had cash already and was financially set-I would not take the 18 million.

Agree totally with Aaron. The only issue I have with Clemens is his constant (over the past few years) retirement and then come back once he sees how teams are doing. Either you retire or you don't. If you want a comeback, attend spring training with all the other hopefuls and announce your intention BEFOREHAND! He is making himself into a mockery, and that is unfortunate. Having had the pleasure of meeting him when he played for the Jays, though intense, he was always a gentleman in or out of the clubhouse.

So someone would pay be $18m to have the Rocket on my team? If that is what you are saying, then yes I would take the 18m.

But, I wanna know where you got your facts. For one thing, Roger is only 44 years old, he was born on August 4, 1962. And according to other Yankee players, he is a great team member, and would not be classified as any of those terms.

Yes, he may only have one or two years left in him, but he is still a great pitcher and always will be.

The obvious answer is: only if it makes your team better. If at the end of the season it will be the difference in making the playoffs or not then its a gamble you take.

You can't make the decision in a vacuum, in the Yankees case it will help them. For a team like the Angels who have 5 quality starters +2 more who could start if someone gets hurt it would not make sense.

In a second. He may be the best starting pitcher of all time. At least top 5.

take the money and run, brother. take the money and run!

no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!