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It's been a terrible season for the New York Yankees. Even with the team's May 30, 2007 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees are still 13 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League East Division. Their 22-29 record is the worst in the Bronx since the 1991season. Leading to this horrid record have been a series of injuries, a dearth of clutch hitting, some less than stellar fielding, and most of all, pitching problems the likes of which have never been seen by a Yankee team.

The Yankees Pitching Woes in 2007

Since the beginning of the season, New York has trotted out eleven diffierent starting pitchers. Six of those starters began the season in the minor leagues. Of their alleged major league pitchers, one is a 26-year old Japanese pitcher in his Major League rookie season, and his performance has been so bad that he was demoted to Class A last month. Another is Carl Pavano, who may just be the worst free agent signing in the history of any sport. The Yankees have also lost Andy Pettitte, Mike Mussina, and Chien-Ming Wang to injuries.

To put it bluntly, things are a damn mess. The only question is whether the Yankees can turn this thing around before they fall too far out of the running. Hoping to do just that, the team signed Roger Clemens in early May. The 348-game winner is scheduled to make his first appearance on June 4 against the Chicago White Sox. Yankee fans and the baseball world wonder whether Clemens can really be the force that saves the Yankees season. The smart money would bet against it. Here is why.

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