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The Rocket Is Close to Lift-Off

May 22, 2007 – 1:20 PM
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Roger ClemensRoger Clemens is scheduled to take the mound tomorrow for Double-A Trenton. If everything goes well and he feels good afterward, it's possible his next start will be wearing pinstripes (and of the Yankee variety, not the casual button-up shirt like on the right):
"It will be his last if he says it is," Torre said of Clemens, who will be making his second minor-league outing since signing with the Yankees. ...

Barring injury, the 44-year-old Clemens will start for the Yankees in Toronto next week. If they keep him on four days' rest, that would be Monday. But Andy Pettitte starts against the Red Sox tomorrow night and Monday would be his day.
That's damn impressive. I know he's been working out on his own even before he signed with the Yankees a couple of weeks ago, but if a 44-year-old man doesn't need such a long and drawn-out exhibition season to get ready, it makes you wonder if all those younger players really do. And even if Pettitte needs to get bumped to keep the Rocket on regular rest, well, I'm sure there's enough "guy love" between those two for them to work something out.

Previously on FanHouse:
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