Some Non-Rocket Related Thoughts on the game today..

Everybody else is performing fellatio on Roger Clemens, so I'm going to stay out of that. Some other thoughts on today's game:

The Juicebox is horrid, horrific, use whatever word you like. The Kent HR reminded me that perhaps this game was taking place on a Little Leaguers field.

Imagine that for a second. Everything would go over the fence -- what fun. What kind of BASEBALL is that, though, when a pure home run competition breaks out? Sadly, it's not. It's a question of who can hit the ball to a middling depth. It doesn't involve strategy or a particular challenge for a major league hitter. It may be arena baseball, but the Doubleday version? Forget about it.

Steve Lyons was fond of repeating a seemingly honest quote from Jed, "that if it hit the barrel of my bat, it would be out." You don't need Johnny Cochran for that to be an indictment of the worst ballpark in MLB. (The connotation of its first name, of course, told us this as well.)

Second thought: Was Thom Brennamen on drugs? He commented during Rolen's first AB Saturday that "he broke the tie on Thursday night." Huh? He didn't "break the tie" on his first HR, and Alberto broke the second tie. Thommy went on to call Suppan a ".270 hitter" during the season. I almost lost my lunch. We all have bad days, but he just seemed a little above or below that nice little thing we refer to as reality.

Third thought: We need one more win to pretty much grab Houston by the lapel and dangle them off the cliff. And if we get that next win tomorrow, the Cards can drop them off the canyon in any of the next three games, two of which will be held at the Busch Broadway Revue. Worry not.