Roger Clemens is the most manipulative money-grubbing mercenary in the history of sports. If the Tampa Devil Rays had offered him $1 more than the Yankees’ $18.5 million for four months, the Rocket Wallet would have managed to squeeze another $10 million out of a feeble George Steinbrenner’s bottomless pockets.

If Barry Bonds offends you more than Roger Clemens, you’re either delusional or willfully ignorant.

Still, you have to admire how Clemens celebrates another windfall in which he used spending more time with his kids as a ploy.

What did Clemens do the day after he made that theatrical (and self serving) seventh-inning stretch announcement at Yankee Stadium?

He went golfing of course. Clemens played in a charity event at Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey on Monday. Hey, getting in pitching shape could wait another day. Or two.

It’s not like the Yankees are paying him $30 million or something.

Readers of WorldGolf.com will not be surprised by The Rocket’s golf obsession. Clemens’ golf fever was detailed here last year.

Now, he’s taking some heat for it though.

Astros manager Phil Garner - Clemens’ manager for the last two seasons - said Mr. Cy Young’s come-and-go-as-he-pleases schedule didn’t upset players - until they heard about him spending so much time golfing. Time that Clemens swore he needed to use to be with his family.

Just shows you how much golf makes the world go round. Maybe if the Yankees paid Clemens $100 million per start, he’d consider cutting back to one round a week. Maybe.

Then again, he’s The Rocket. He’d probably just laugh. The most spoiled athlete in history does what he pleases when he pleases.

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