Posted in sports on Sep 9th, 2008
I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that we, along with three other families, are season ticket holders for the Round Rock Express. As such, we went to 17 ball games this year. Our seats are just a few rows back from third base. Anyway, I’ve mentioned this before.
Last night, Express third baseman Mark Saccomanno homered off [...]
Posted in sports on May 6th, 2007
Roger Clemens announced today that he has signed a $28 million (prorated, of course) deal with the New York Yankees. Considering Andy Pettitte left for the Yankees in the off-season (ending his rehab assignment with the Houston club), it’s really no surprise that Clemens would follow suit.
Apparently Clemens was able to secure the same [...]
Posted in sports on Apr 30th, 2007
Jim Deshaies pointed out this interesting fact during yesterday’s broadcast.
On Apr 29, 2005, Roger Clemens started for the Houston Astros against Greg Maddux of the Chicago Cubs. This marked the only time in history that two 300 game winners have opposed each other. As if that wasn’t incredible enough, future HOFer Jeff Bagwell [...]