Clemens will appeal. If you noticed, he was quite thorough in his explanation to the umpire the night he was tossed, and I think he'll go into the meeting saying that, look, their team hit our star player not once, but twice over two nights, we had no choice but to retaliate. The umpires had no control over the game. He hit Rios in the back, which was not dangerous, compared to the Jays hitting A-Rod in the knee.

Etc., etc.

At worse, Clemens will miss one start, and the appeal could take it deep into September by that time. Torre serves his tonight. Donnie Baseball should get a chance to hone his managerial skills.

I agree that it sucks, SB, but I think that Clemens will be vindicated.