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Bronx cheer: why you hate Roger Clemens.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JUL-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Bronx cheer: why you hate Roger Clemens.(The Cheap Seats: BRYAN CURTIS POPS OFF ABOUT SPORTS)

Article Excerpt
By now, Houston Astros fans have become well versed in the art of self-pity, and when a great ballplayer leaves town--Randy Johnson, Carlos Beltran--the collective ughhhh unleashed on sports radio and the Internet is something majestic to behold. On May 6, 44-year-old Roger Clemens, perhaps the greatest pitcher of the modern era, announced he was departing the Astros after three seasons to rejoin the New York Yankees. On a Houston Chronicle fan blog, one Astros supporter mourned that the Rocket "left our quaint little railroad station ballpark for the bright lights of Broadway." Another suggested that Clemens's ego had grown so large that it could no longer be wedged into Minute Maid Park when the roof was closed. Yeah, this loss stung. Johnson and Beltran had always seemed like short-term rentals, but Clemens's 2004 homecoming (he pitched at SpringWoods High School and has lived in Houston for years) had had the air of a giddy celebration-Clemens even offered to play...

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