Bad News Day

What a horrible turn of events over the past few days.

First of all, when the only sport you really follow is baseball, the offseason is just a terrible time. It's cold and empty and the Mets are contenders. Just bad all around. The only thing pitiful nerds like me have to look forward to is endless anaylisis of the stuff that happened last year. Stuff like scouting reports being published (a BIG day), and of course ESPN's Hot Stove Heaters Index. A team by team discussion of what went right, what went wrong, and why the hell are the Devil Rays still a major league team?

So what the hell is this garbage???? Do I care what Bud's legacy will be? Does ANYONE care when there will be an openly gay Major Leaguer? I want to read about what went wrong with the Angels rotation last year, dammit! ESPN is far and away the best resource for baseball news out there, but seriously guys, that sucks. You're copping out big time.

And of course what kind of Sox fan would I be without weighing in on the Roger Clemens debacle? My thoughts on this can be summed up in three simple words. Fuck Roger Clemens. He now has NO fans left. He burned the Sox by getting fat and horrible during his "twilight" years with us (speaking of that, screw you too, Dan Duquette). He burned Toronto by ditching them after two years and talking trash about how Toronto would never win a World Series anytime soon and that's what he wanted to do. (Okay, he might've had a point, but he could've been a little nicer about it) And now the Yankees have gotten the extended middle digit from Clemens as well, and I'm sure they're just as happy about it.

And I'm not really counting on Clemens becoming a Houston legend for the one year he'll be there, because A) He's going to suck B) He has all kinds of clauses in his contract about not having to travel with the team so he can hang out with the fam. So, then, why the hell did he ever come back? He's already got the ring. He was already a legendary figure with the most prolific sports franchise on the planet. He's probably not having much trouble paying the gas bill these days. So why'd you do it Roger? I guess maybe you really are just a great big phoney. Have fun combining for a double digit ERA with Pettite, asshole.