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Marlins at Astros – Just Throw Those Little Ones Back
By Craig Elliott
Opening Day, baby! Time to get back on the train and ride that fucker until the end of October again. We’ve got a few new faces but things are pretty much the same. Purpura is still waiting for a call from Roger Clemens’ ego, and Jeff Bagwell’s shoulder is playing catch with eight insurance guys.
Throw in Preston Wilson, and you’ve got essentially the same team that capped the Cardinals’ ass and went to the World Series. Or at least it will be once Roger comes back. We’ll just have to endure all that East Coast media gorvelling on Clemens until then.
The offseason hasn’t been so kind to the Marlins. The Fish tank was scraped dry and restocked with a bunch of wiggly minnows no one ever heard of. And it’s always unpleasant mucking your way down to the bottom hold of an old fish boat, because the deeper you go the more it smells like Anna Benson.
When:
Monday, April 3, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Tuesday, April 4, 7:05 p.m. CDT – KNWS
Wednesday, April 5, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
MLB Extra Innings – I don’t know because they haven’t posted the fucking schedule yet. Because apparently the MLB schedule is a mystery until Opening Day. On a personal note, I’ve moved to Arkansas now and I’m waiting to see what the blackout situation is. Always the worst part of moving.
Where: MMPUS
For Opening Day this year we’ll see the National League pennant mounted and screwed to the wall at Minute Maid. So to speak. And there will also be a military flyover, a parade of old Astros, giveaway towels with the NL pennant on them, a bulldozer demonstration by Roy Oswalt, and a quarter of flag football with Lance Berkman. OK, maybe not all that, but enough to keep you busy while Roy throws fish in a barrel. Or something.