Nancy Armour waits until June 6th to notice the hubbub surrounding Roger Clemens:
"I don't know about anybody else, but I'm tired of Clemens' act and wish he would go away."
You don't know about anybody else? Do you own a television, radio, or a computer? Do you have access to newspapers or any other information media?
"But at what price? By giving the right-hander a deal that essentially allows him to be a part-timer - an obscenely rich one, at that - the Yankees are setting a dangerous precedent."
"Danger," as in, professional ballplayers may start getting paid a lot of money and perhaps acquire an inflated sense of self-importance?
Or "danger," as in, The End of Days?
Is somebody going to die because of Roger Clemens's contract? Will children start running with scissors and forget to look left-right-left before crossing the street?
I think a baseball player has been overpaid. By the Yankees. I wish it was the first time.
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"The Yankees are setting a dangerous precedent."
This is ridiculous. THE ASTROS set the precedent with regard to Clemens. In reality, the precedent was set by the Texas Rangers with Nolan Ryan. Seems to me, things are only newsworthy (or dangerous or precedent-setting, etc.) when it happens in NY, specifically when the Yankees do something. Anywhere else, it's just the team doing what it needs to do.
It's all much ado about nothing. With or without the 'Family Plan' the reality is that they paid too much for a pitcher who at best gives them a chance to win at most 5-7 more games than they would have without him. If he stays healthy AND if he wins those games, then he MIGHT make a difference. Maybe even enough to get them to the wild-card. Who knows.
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