New Rocket in Houston

And he doesn’t have much of a jump shot.

Roger Clemens has signed with the ‘Stros for next year. “I had visions of coming down here [to Minute Maid Park] and sitting in my season seats for a change and watching the guys play and enjoying the stadium that way,” Clemens said. “When Andy signed, two days after that, everything started spilling over to my lap.

Bags and Biggs were excited about the signing. In an ironic twist, Bagwell, a Boston native, passed up a chance to close out his career with the BoSox a couple of years ago to sign a big contract with the Astros. All in all, though, these two B’s have got to be pretty pumped about a pitching rotation consisting of Pettitte, Clemens, Oswalt, and Miller - Both Bagwell and Biggio are players who are on that infamous Hall of Fame “bubble”; a World Series Ring would make them shoe-ins.

It’s hokey and all, but the season building in Houston is looking to be a pretty compelling bit of baseball, ‘specially if it pans out. But it’s nice to see the owners in Houston actually shelling out a little bit of cash to keep the new stadium filled. Time to see if Choke City can reclaim the Clutch City title.

(BTW - the other Rockets are 2 games over .500, better than half the teams in the league, and they’re still third from the bottom in the Midwest. No team in the Midwest is below .500. Tough, tough year)

Posted by jank at January 12, 2004 11:28 PM