Baseball and more

Was Roger Clemens sitting in the Owner's Box in Texas yesterday? And talking about how much loves Boston? The balls on that guy are unreal. He needs to lose the Hamlet act ("To pitch or not to pitch?"), pick a team and get on with it, or retire. He's stringing four different teams along and it's only the second day of the season. Geez, what if Seattle starts 25-5? Does he start visting the Northwest and talking about how much his kids love to play Nintendo?

I can't be the only one who thinks this Red Sox team could totally shit the bed and miss the playoffs? I'm trying to be optimistic, but the team has changed a lot from last year, and while I'm not gonna miss Kevin Millar's act, does anyone know if Mike Lowell is gonna be any better?
I'm not saying they'll be lucky to finish ahead of the Blue Jays or anything, but there's really no way to tell if all the new pieces will gel. And talk radio losers are picking this team to win close to 100 games. Shit, Lobel thinks they win 95. All I'm saying is that every team has a down year (or decade), and I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be one for the Sox.

I can't wait until we get our cable package expanded and we have 90 channels of shit to not watch. Because now we only have 15 channels of nothing-worth-watching. I'm gonna love having NESN for the Sox, but, man, I'm gonna keep a loaded pistol on the end table just in case I watch more than 30 seconds of E! News.



Weekly Soundtrack
1. "The Animal Speaks" by Golden Palominos
2. "Pat's Trick" by Helium
3. "Away From the Numbers" by The Jam