Separation of Missouri state

This might be another abbreviated blog entry. I'm finally able to put my Wiimote down, but now I'm absolutely hooked on Prototype, which I got from the paper yesterday. To quote Bender, it's fun on a bun.

In other video game news, here's some news for Austin. And here's some news for Bryan and Matthew. As for me, I suppose I'm more interested in the news for Bryan and Matthew.

Sportscenter has been airing this video of Wade Boggs all morning. (Hannah Storm mentions that it will be immortalized on YouTube, which makes that link much more awesome.) Boggs argues that steroid users don't belong in the Hall of Fame or at least should be relegated to some separate (but perhaps equal)* wing of their own. I've kind of waffled on the question of whether steroid users belong in the Hall, though I've usually leaned towards yes. For some reason, Boggs' comments really solidified my stance.

One thing that I really remember from the now infamous congressional hearing on steroids in baseball is that almost all of the doctors at the hearing agreed that steroids don't really help that much on a baseball field. The reasoning, I suppose, was that arguing against the benefits of steroids would further deter young athletes from "juicing," which seemed to be one of the primary goals of the hearing. Well, it worked on me, and to this day, I don't really believe that steroids help baseball players all that much. Maybe I'm naïve about this. I don't know.

However, even if steroids help a lot, I still don't think MLB can just ignore a whole era of potential Hall of Famers. Mark McGwire and even Sammy Sosa belong in the Hall of Fame, and Alex Rodriguez and Roger Clemens will. Thanks to Boggs, I'm completely sold on that statement now.

*Eva Mendes used this term (separate but equal) on Conan last night to describe the men's and women's quarters of some Korean spa that she and Liv Tyler want to take Conan to. First of all, Conan promised to film it, so I hope that actually happens. Also, separate is never equal.

Yesterday sucked for my baseball world. The Cardinals lost to the Tigers, even though it convinced Detroit to bench one of its former All-Stars. And the Tar Heels season ended in disappointing fashion. The Heels set all sorts of College World Series records in the last four years, but have exactly zero titles to show for it. Not cool.

The Cardinals start a series against their supposed rivals the KC Royals today. Matthew and I went to two KC/StL games last year. They were actually more fun than I expected considering the Royals were just awful last season. I'm sure it wasn't like Cards/Cubs, but it was still fun.

QotD:

Do you read my blog?

My take: Most of the time I read through it to edit and check for typos, but other times, I don't.