OT The Rocket

Bad news for my St. Louis Cardinals, Houston has assembled arguably
the best starting rotation in the National League.

I gotta wonder though, after 20 years in the minor league how
intimidating is "The Intimidator" gonna be to National League
hitters when he himself has to stand in the batters box two, three
times a start. I'm betting Clemens dials that shtick down a couple
of notches.

And isn't high time to dump the designated bull**** rule once and
for all ?

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Ken Fortenberry

Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Bad news for my St. Louis Cardinals, Houston has assembled arguably
the best starting rotation in the National League.

I gotta wonder though, after 20 years in the minor league how
intimidating is "The Intimidator" gonna be to National League
hitters when he himself has to stand in the batters box two, three
times a start. I'm betting Clemens dials that shtick down a couple
of notches.

And isn't high time to dump the designated bull**** rule once and
for all ?


Agreed, but the Player's Association probably wouldn't let it happen.

I love watching the OLD games on the yankee channel. Yeah, they still had
the DH back then, but its great watching a bunch of guys NOT on steroids
playing ball.

Scott Seidman wrote:
...
I love watching the OLD games on the yankee channel. Yeah, they still had
the DH back then, but its great watching a bunch of guys NOT on steroids
playing ball.

Amen to that.

Our great grandchildren will look at the exploits of Mark McGwire,
Sammy SoSo and Barry Bonds with suspicion. The decades of the 90's
and 00's will be known as the "Steroid Era" much like 1900-1919 is
known as the "Dead Ball Era". It's a cryin' shame that Baseball has
allowed this to happen.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Greg Pavlov wrote:

... I don't know what commercial
sports and athletes will look like 60 - 70 years from now,
but I am willing to bet that they will be quite different.

Not baseball. Baseball will endure, it's a timeless, splendid
beautiful game that will prevail in spite of itself. Many things
will happen in this century, some not even dreamed of now, but
come the next millenium there will still be baseball. You can
count on that just as sure as you can count on the warm days of
spring following the dark days of winter.

Pitchers and catchers report in 31 days.

--
Ken Fortenberry