2. While watching some of the World Cup action, I've decided that in most cases, two hours for a sporting event is perfect. Part of the charm of baseball is that a game could go on for hours and hours. There is nothing more tense than an important game that goes extra innings. However, I've seen way too many 9 inning games that go three and a half sluggish hours - in fact I think 50% of them are Orioles vs. Yankees games. How great is it that you know a game will be over about two hours after it started? Baseball games used to be much shorter years ago and I wish they were shorter today. I still like to blame Tony LaRussa.
3. If Roger Clemens isn't implicated in the next few months in this human growth hormone thing, I will change my blogger profile to one of these images at some point in 2006. You can hold me to that.
I think I might be sick.
Clemens and a shirtless Joe Perry!
This picture was the first image that appeared when I typed in "Roger Clemens steroids" into Google images.
I'd love it if Jeter were implicated but I think the most egregious thing he's probably done to enhance himself is to put in green eye contact lenses. I have no factual basis in making that claim but I'm sticking to it.
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I hear ya re: ballgame length. And yes, TLR did popularize the lefty specialist -- but at least that's a tactic that proves worthwhile from time to time. I think MORE could be done to get the game over quicker if MLB changed the rules about the batter being able to call time and step out of the box. And all of those conferences on the mound when the battery can't get together on the signs.
Bristol Rover v Cardiff City 1994.
Three hours in the PISSING RAIN.
Agreed, the world cup schedule is great, especially at the weekend. Get up, 9am game.
Pop out for a bagel, back in time for the 12noon game. A spot of lunch and home in time for the 3pm kick off. Once 5pm rolls around the day is yours. Lovely.
Re: Clemens. I wouldn't be surprised. But as for Yanks from Grimsley's time in the Bronx, I've got a bad feeling about Posada. His reactions to the Grimsley story have seemed like the declarations of a nervous man.
Posada? Do 'roids make one's chin recess into one's neck then? That would explain a lot. Jorge really should grow a beard.
Oh, silly Weasel, Yankees aren't allowed to have beards. And only one per season is really allowed to have any kind of personality. It's why Shef got hurt--his surly vs Damon's good cheer angered the Spirit of The Boss's Decrees. Well, that and he doesn't have the cream and the clear anymore.
But go back and look at the quotes from Jorge when the story broke. I just remember thinking, "Uh. He's being a tad touchy about the whole 'clubhouse silence' issue."
I'm gunning for Scott Brosius. There's got to be an explanation for how that bum got so many big hits for the evil pinstripers.
Bring me their heads!
Brosius was NOT on the juice. He was just part of something magical. Sheesh.
B.F. Dent was on something, even if it hadn't been invented yet.
Don Zimmer also showed a propensity towards 'roid rage, not least when he tried to cripple poor Petey Martinez. Not sure if the 'roids were ste- or hemorrh-, but still.
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