Get your game on baby

Clemens and Piazza (in tandem, as the starting battery) is one of the big stories, of course. I'm going to be interested to see how big a deal Fox makes out of it. Before this year, I had never had much love for Clemens, really, even though he's a local guy and a fellow Longhorn. So when the Piazza thing happened, I just took it as further evidence that Clemens was a jerk. However, he's been kind of amazingly cool this year, and I'm not saying that just because he's an Astro now. (Although that certainly doesn't hurt.)

Let's see, is the roof still closed? Apparently so. If they do what they normally do during summer night games, they will open the roof sometime in the middle of the game, though.

And... the first batter Ichiro hits a double. Damn near a homer. Now Pudge Rodriguez. Jesus, he hits it to the same damn place, and it's a triple. 1-0 with nobody out and a runner at 3rd. Guerrero is out, though, on a weak grounder.

Next, Manny Ramirez. Shit. Crawford box home run. (That's the short porch in left.) 3-0. Maybe Clemens and Piazza aren't communicating so well. A-Rod with a full count. Strikeout. 2 outs.

I know a pitch-by-pitch commentary is going to make for very boring blogging, but oh well. I'm not really doing pitch-by-pitch anyway. Giambi is next - he has an intestinal parasite? Ewwww.

Now the announcers are talking about the Astros' "disappointing" season. (Meanwhile, it's another full count.) Error by Kent. Man oh man. This is about how the Astros' season has been going so far. Well, except Clemens has mostly been better than this.

The problem with the Astros is not really the pitching, it's the hitting. We have a great line-up in theory, but they've all gone ice-cold for the last two months. (Hit by Jeter.)

And... Soriano homers. 6-0. Clemens has kind of a stunned look on his face. The pitcher Mulder is hitting, and the inning is finally over. Yike.