European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse June 2007 stars and stripes Page 37 Clemens Back in Bronx but no longer required to save yanks season by Shaun Powell new Day new York if this is the Start of something its be cause the new York Yankees Are not asking what Roger Clemens can do for there asking what they can do for Roger Clem that the Only Way this is going to its the Only Way the Yankees can take advantage of the second coming of a future Hall of Fame maximize their investment in the High est paid player in baseball and change the direction of their sea its not about Clemens helping the its about the along with helping them were looking pretty Good right Johnny Damon were playing our Best Ball of the from a Yankees the Best thing about saturday want the easy opponent for Cle or Derek Jeter amusing him before the first pitch by introducing him to the or the pregame hum he created at Yankee or his seven standing ovation or Elton John singing rocket Man Over the As he walked off the the Best thing about saturday was the Yankees didst need Cle mens to be a he did everything we needed him to Jeter the setting for his season debut was Clemens did not join a Yankees team in the Yankees were on their finest Roll in winning four straight and seven of nine and believing the worst is when he allowed the pirates to tie the score at the sky did not the Yankees gave him the Lead again and eventually produced a 93 which Means As Long As Clem ens remains part of the solution in commentary Stead of the entire this might work were not just because of Roger but because of How weve been manager Joe Torre Clemens didst have special stuff he was that More often than this is what hell hell look Sharp in struggle with control but ultimately give his team a shot to Hes not the overpowering Pitcher he was but if the Yankees give him they will justify giving Clemens a gazillion Bucks for five eighths of a seasons three weeks when the Yan Kees were choking on losing and the threat of was not the right time to have Clemens the Burden and the expectations woul Dve been too per haps the help provided by the Yankees woul Dve been either weak or imagine the fallout had Clem ens joined a moral challenged team that want ready to win for the results woul Dve been potentially disastrous and the fall out but the Yankees he joins now took two out of three in Boston and three out of four in Chicago and Are poised to sweep this three game series against Pitts the Yankees Are getting improved pitching and better hit Ting and Are starting to figure it Clemens made news but the real Story was developing All around the Yankees Are making things happen at the plate and forcing teams to beat rather than self destructing and beating up on this is the Start of what we Hope will be a special time for Torre were at the Point in the season where were making a statement about who we your Hometown newspaper Why pay full Price Home delivery Only per week 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with his two youngest it Felt like old pitching in pinstripes for the first time in four Clemens Laboured through the first few innings but got More effective As the afternoon wore he struck out seven in six solid innings and retired his final seven leaving with a signature fist pump just before receiving a play Ful tap on the rear from Derek making his latest the 44yearold Clemens allowed three five hits and two walks against the punch less i who entered with the Low est on base percentage in the National league Hes not As Sharp As Hes going to new York manager Joe Torre certainly As we get Down the Road your expectations Are higher for Alex Rodriguez drove in two runs for the who have won a season est five straight and eight of 10 Robinson Cano had three Clemens fanned Ryan Doumit with his 108th and final pumped his fist in familiar fashion and men walked slowly to the dug out As Elton Johns rocket Man played Over the it was Rodriguez i think All 24 Guys were a Little bit in it was 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Victory in eight games to capture their fourth straight Crosby also singled twice after hitting his sixth Homer of the year with two outs in the Zito 66 certainly wanted Noth ing More than to Bounce Back from a horrible Start against the As on May when he was tagged for seven runs in four innings of a 153 loss to his former but he lasted Only four Matching his shortest Outing of the he played his first seven major league seasons across san fran Cisco Bay with the As before sign ing a seven year con tract with the giants the Rich est Deal for a Zito looks Little like the Pitcher who won 23 games and the Al by Young award in it was kind of Zito there were a lot of foul i ran the pitch count hits would find Guys got on weird things too Many i pitched my self out of the in certainly not Barry in the lineup for the afternoon game following a night went 2for4 with two singles and two he was the Only giant to get to Sec Ond base against the slugger singled in the Sec Ond and then struck out looking to end the sixth and swing ing to end the eighth As the giants missed scoring chances yet again and lost their sixth in eight he tried to get us going a couple giants manager Bruce Bochy he stole a we just figure Haren the 42yearold Bonds has just one Homer in 73 a bats since connecting May 8 off the mets Tom and Hast hit one out since May 27 against Colorado Taylor Bonds stole his second base in As Many fourth of the year and 513th of his moving him within one of Matching his late for most in san Francisco history Haren 72 had 123 innings in the third and fifth lowered his majors est Era from to
