Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Not sure what this says about the sport but of all the Muppets I think Beaker would be the most likely to golf and follow the Masters at Augusta National... Have to admit - the idea of President Gary Johnson is growing on me... If I had an advertising agency - I would run a series of  "not people - real actors" commercials... Guy lives out of his truck by choice. He also seems to have decided to be single for the rest of his life. The two decisions seem to go hand in hand. "Hey baby do you to come back to my truck?"... One of the greatest T-shirts of all-time... Chuck Norris Action Jeans would be a good name for a band or for a fantasy baseball team... This is a fantastic story - imagine having to ask your boss if you could have time off to play the Masters...

The Clemens / McNamee Hearings

Here's a couple of leftover observations from the Clemens / McNamee hearings.

To me one of the clear winners from the hearings was Will McDonough who years before he died labeled Roger Clemens "the Texas Con Man". McDonough seems to have been spot on in his assessment.

A loser in this whole deal has to be the University of Texas. So that's what a University of Texas education looks like on display? Maybe Roger Clemens just misremembered the English classes he took at the University? Clemens performance was bad but I'm still trying to decide whether it was as bad as when Magic Johnson said that he had "attained" the HIV virus.

A point I wished was followed up upon during the testimony was when Roger Clemens spoke of searching Brian McNamee's luggage for evidence of more drugs after McNamee had injected Debbie Clemens in the butt with HGH and she was having some sort of reaction. Clemens said that it wasn't unusual for McNamee to leave his luggage and for Clemens to package it up and send it to him. If McNamee had HGH or illegal steroids in his luggage and Clemens was aware of it - wouldn't Clemens be breaking Federal laws by shipping that luggage over state lines to McNamee?

One final observation but perhaps the one I found hardest to shake during the whole testimony. Charles Scheeler came off as a well spoken, knowledgeable man whenever he answered a question. However, when ever he was listening to a Congressman or to Clemens or McNamee - his body language made him look like Beaker from the Muppet Show.