Just a heads-up in case you didn’t notice the link to the side: I’ve started a new blog, Hole Punch Etc., for when I feel like posting about stuff that isn’t sports. I figured that would be less annoying than if I just randomly threw stuff on here. So far it only has one post, but I think in the future I will write about a bunch of different topics. It’s pretty open-ended on purpose. Last year I would have written there about the election, I’m sure, and I imagine I’ll put some technology-related stuff on there, but then again I also might just use it to vent about why Transformers 2 was so awful. I’m sure the updates will be sporadic, just like they are here. Anyway, feel free to check it out.
It came out today, and you may have already looked at it. If not, you can download it as a pdf all over the place, including from ESPN.com . Anyway, the big name named in it was Roger Clemens. That's what we've been waiting all this time for? I don't even know what to say, because this is like the least-surprising report of all time. I hate the gotcha crap that goes on when stuff like this happens. You know, the know-it-alls who say how obvious it was that Clemens had been cheating for years—hey, just look at his age! (Did these people say this so confidently before Clemens was named? No. And have they ever heard of Nolan Ryan?) But seriously. He's huge, he put really big numbers for a really long time, and he's considered this super-intense jerk—basically, he's Barry Bonds on the mound. Setting aside the moral issues of steroid use (and believe me, I'm against it), I was hoping for some entertainment out of today's revelations, and I was sorely dis...
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