Roger Clemens has a 10-year personal services contract with the Astros, and Jim Crane would welcome Clemens to start that contract whenever he's ready.
First: Before you get outraged about this possibility, would you really deny someone the right to honor a contract that the Astros offered?
Second: What if it pissed Bud Selig right off? Then how would you feel?
I don't have a single solitary problem with Roger Clemens coming back for the personal services contract with the Astros - sure, he has plenty of money (presuming Rusty Hardin didn't siphon off 75% of Clemens' wealth for Bangs Maintenance) - but the guy has a right to work.
And if it makes Selig upset, I'm even more in favor.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
