A Blog Is Born

I realised tonight that I no longer had a choice - either I create a weblog and throw my random baseball-related thoughts out there into cyberspace, or I would end up getting locked up in a padded cell, where I would spend all day muttering to myself about Sammy Sosa's corked bats, the Expos' underrated ballclub and my strange love-hate relationship with the Yankees. Option two didn't really seem like a lot of fun - even if it meant I wouldn't have to go to work any more - and so a new baseball blog was born...


I keep hearing that the Yankees are trying too hard in their attempt to get Roger Clemens his 300th career victory. Unfortunately, it seems that no-one told Yankee reliever Juan Acevedo that - he didn't seem to be trying hard enough. He inherited two Clemens baserunners this afternoon at Wrigley Field and proceeded to give up a three-run home run on the first pitch he threw to Eric Karros... The Rocket was looking good up until that point, matching Kerry Wood for the best part of six innings, but he once more went home not only empty-handed, but with a 5-2 loss to his name. Maybe the only people who are enjoying the supsense are the members of Clemens' family - he keeps bringing them to the ballpark (Yankee Stadium, Detroit and now Chicago) for the historic event, which has so far failed to materialise. At this rate, they'll have completed the full Mastercard tour (60 days, 30 ballparks) before Roger gets his priceless win...