It’s the most anticipated film of the year.

No, we’re not talking about the latest Steven Spielberg masterpiece. We’re talking about the video being whipped up by the production company at 4 Yawkey Way.

As you’ve heard by now, the Red Sox have reportedly been making a recruiting video in an effort to bring Roger Clemens back to Boston. The news has electrified Red Sox Nation; a recent Boston Globe poll showed that 70 percent of the fans who responded wanted the Rocket back.

And why not? Last season, Clemens led baseball with a 1.87 ERA and won 13 games for an Astros team that didn’t score many runs. Those numbers would undoubtedly go up if he returned to the American League, but Clemens is still a horse who can throw hard and complete every fifth (or sixth) night.

The storyline would be incredible. Clemens returns to Boston, moves ahead of Cy Young as the team’s winningest pitcher (both have 192 wins in a Red Sox uniform), works with a rotation of pitchers who idolize him (Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, and Jonathan Papelbon have all admitted to adoring Clemens), and helps bring the Sox another championship.

It’ll probably cost more than $15 million to get the Rocket to end his career with the Sox. It is unquestionably a lot of money, but it’s not my money. It’s not your money, either. In fact, in baseball it’s safe to say it’s only money. Boston would be getting a true impact player without having to trade away any of its assets.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have a vested interest here. I want Clemens pitching for the Sox. I want to feel that buzz coming in for the pregame show, that intensity that revolves around the Rocket whenever he pitches. I want people shuffling their schedule so that they can watch him pitch.

I want Clemens back.

More important, I don’t want him in New York.

The Yankees have improved their lineup this offseason with Johnny Damon in center. They’ve also quietly done a nice job with their bullpen – adding Kyle Farnsworth and Octavio Dotel. Their biggest question mark right now is the starting rotation.

I expect Randy Johnson to pitch well. Mike Mussina is fading and is suddenly inconsistent. Chien Ming-Wang is an up-and-coming talent, but is young. Carl Pavano, Jarret Wright, Aaron Small, and Shaun Chacon are the other contenders for a starting staff that is thin at best. Clemens would be a tremendous addition to that group.

Now, the Sox also have question marks on the mound, but the pitching looks better than a year ago. Schilling has something to prove and has been quietly working out all winter. Beckett is a gamer, a guy who has missed the bright lights and intensity he experienced in 2003 when he was the World Series MVP. Papelbon is ready to roll, Tim Wakefield is Tim Wakefield, and Matt Clement (if he’s still with the team come April) could surprise a lot of people as a fifth starter. Bronson Arroyo can start, but will probably be a big addition to a renewed bullpen.

I’ll stack that group up against New York’s starters any time. In the end, it’s not so much where Clemens goes as where he doesn’t go.

If he wants to stay in Houston, fine.

Even pitching across the state for the Rangers would be O.K., but a Clemens return to New York would be very bad news for the Nation.

Even if he is, finally, in the “twilight of his career.”

Lewiston native Tom Caron is NESN studio host for Red Sox telecasts.