CLEMENS LIKELY TO PITCH PERHAPS FOR YANKS
Install the Yankees as the favorite to land Roger Clemens when the Hall of Fame hurler decides to resume pitching.
With golf partner and close friend Andy Pettitte officially returning to The Bronx, the Yankees will be appealing to Clemens, who Pettitte predicted will surface at some point in the 2008 season.
Speaking on a conference call yesterday from Houston, Pettitte said he believes Clemens will pitch in 2007 even though Pettitte said Clemens hasn't told him what his decision will be.
"I would have to imagine he is going to play," said Pettitte, who said Clemens only called him after Pettitte signed with the Yankees. "He continues to come back and continues to be the best pitcher in the league. Why wouldn't he play? I am sure he will come back and play. Who with? I have no idea."
When Clemens, who will be 45 in August, decides to pitch again, it will likely be for the second half of the season, as he did last year, and be a three-horse race with the Yankees, Red Sox and Astros entered. However, the Yankees employ his closest friend in baseball, always make the postseason and may allow Clemens to get home to Houston when his schedule dictates.
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