Before his Wednesday start with Trenton, Clemens had a decent shot of making it up to the majors if everything looked good and ready to go. Well, four walks, six hits, and five innings later, Clemens won't get to the pinstripes quite yet. He's going to make one more minor-league start before he comes up and gets in the Big Show.
With that in mind, I'd like to advance a wild theory -- similar to my wild theory about The Sopranos that Sylvio is going to kill Tony -- about Clemens. What if Clemens isn't any good? Not terrible, of course, but just, you know, decent. What if he comes out and throws just above league average, no different from any pitcher the Yanks could have called up or traded for?
Not only would it be funny, it would serve as the ultimate punctuation to the Yankees' season thus far. If not even a ridiculous four-month contract for a supposed savior can dig them out of their hole -- and, considering where they are right now, that's not so farfetched -- the ability for players to dictate contract terms like Clemens will diminish greatly.
Also, it would be really funny. That can't be understated.
Previously on the FanHouse:
The Rocket Is Close to Lift-Off
John Madden Lends His Bus To Roger Clemens
