The question is: What has an entry for “$111,111″ made out to Roger Clemens, with the memo: “for 1 inning of relief with a 9.00 ERA”?
I can’t believe that the Skanks are so bad that they need to bring Clemens in for an inning of relief! And he couldn’t even stop the bleeding. I have to imagine the following exhange going on somewhere in the Bronx:
GS: “Um . . . about that check, Rocket. Did you cash that yet?”
RC: “Yes, sir. After what I went through at Coors Field last week, with the wind and the heat, and the wind . . . you brought me in for an inning in San Fran, and according to my calculations, that means I get paid $111,111. Is there a problem?”
GS: “You bet your ass there’s a problem! Cashman and I have been flushing money down the toilet so quickly that my account might be a little bit light right now . . . . we have the new stadium, Kei Igawa, Johnny Damon . . . I have a lot of money pits sucking the life out of me right now! Don’t you have enough money?”
RC: “There is never enough! I came to the money. . . I mean “home” this season, and you know how intense I am, how hard I work, and what a leader I am . . . that shit isn’t cheap.”
GS: “You’re right Rocket . . . . I’ve definitely learned that shit isn’t cheap.”
Regardless of what happens this season — and it looks like it will be a GREAT season in Boston — all of this is just so great to see. After YEARS of hearing Tank-ee fans sticking it to Boston (except, of course, during and after the 2004 ALCS), I love seeing them lose. I love it. I get a sick pleasure from it. I fully admit that. It’s funny how none of my Yankee fan family and friends don’t talk about baseball with me anymore . . . .
