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Rumor: Roger Clemens will pitch for the Astros on Sept. 12

The Rocket, Roger Clemens will make his second start for the Sugar Land Skeeters on September 7th with scouts from the Houston Astros on hand to watch and there is a growing belief that if everything goes right that he will make his next start for the Astros on September 12th, according to Danny Knobler ...

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Clemens has no plans to pitch again but that could change

Roger Clemens pitched for the Sugar Land Skeeters in the Atlantic League last Saturday and it went well. He gave up just one hit over 3.1 innings and topped out at 88 mph. Not bad for a guy who hasn't pitched since 2007. Does this mean we might expect a Rocket re-launch anytime soon? Probably not, ...

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Red Sox agree to ship Beckett, Crawford, and A-Gon to the Dodgers

The Red Sox and Dodgers have agreed upon a mega deal that will send Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, and Carl Crawford to the Dodgers as part of a nine-player deal and are waiting for approval from Beckett and Crawford to make it official, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Aside from Crawford, A-Gon, and Beckett, ...

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Clemens coming out of retirement to pitch for the Sugar Land Skeeters

Roger Clemens it out of court and back on the baseball field. Two months after he was found not guilty to six couts of perjury, making false statements and obstruction of Congress for denying that he took steroids, Clemens is set to join the Sugar Land Skeeters, according to Mark Berman of My Fox Houston. "He's in such great ...

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Melky tried to cover up PED use with fake website

A funny and kind of sad story in the Daily News this morning. Apparently in an attempt to avoid a 50 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, Melky Cabrera tried to create a fake website to prove that he inadvertantly tested positive. Here's an excerpt from their story: The scheme began unfolding in July ...

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Yankee Stadium will be among the first to test MLB’s new replay system

Major League Baseball is set to test two different replay systems starting next week and Yankee Stadium is among the first two stadiums that will give it a try, according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. The system will only be tested out and will not actually be in use. MLB just wants to see how ...

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King Felix throws a perfect game

After the beating King Felix Hernandez gave the Yankees two weeks ago this shouldn't come as a big surprise, but he became the first Mariners pitcher in the team's history to throw a perfect game yesterday when he did it against the Rays yesterday while striking out 12. His whiff percentage during the game was an ...

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Melky Cabrera tests positive for steroids

Oh boy Melky Cabrera suspended 50 games for testing positive for performance enhancing substance — Jorge Arangure (@jorgearangure) August 15, 2012 It turns out that Melky Cabrera's recent surge has more to do with cheating than it does about him becoming a more mature ball player. The Melk Man tested positive for testosterone and will be suspended ...

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