The Series: Game 3

If I had to pick one pitcher from either team to start me a game down 0-2 it'd be Roy Oswalt. The way he carried that team in St. Louis in game six of the NLCS after the Pujols game was damn impressive. I do think Bud Selig should keep his hands off when it comes to the roof at Minute Maid (is he going to tell Roger Clemens the roof has to be open if there's a Game 5 and he doesn't want to pitch on his bad hammy in 60 degree weather? No, he's not, so he shouldn't do it now). Bottom line, it's the Astros field and it's called home field advantage for a reason and the 'Stros should be able to do what they want with it. It's amazing how often the MLB manages to stick it's foot in its mouth. Questionable umpiring has had an undeniable affect on this post-season (you know how I feel about the Doug Eddings/Josh Paul play, but you can't deny that the umpiring had an effect on that play even if you think Josh Paul screwed up just as badly like I do) and instead of talking about that all Selig can do is bitch about Milk commercials and make stupid rules about why roofs (or is it rooves?) have to be open. Priorities, Bud, priorities.

On the other hand, as the wonderful Uni-Watch points out, we have a matchup here of two teams that have some of the most fantastically terrible uniforms in the history of the majors in their past. Wouldn't you kill to see the rainbow 'Stros play the 80s ChiSox? Or maybe if Bud wants to mandate that the roof should be open, he should level the playing field by making the White Sox wear shorts (all links from that same Uni-Watch column). Of course the Astros have only marginally tuned down the ridiculousness as they actually wore 5 different uniforms in the first 5 games of the NLCS. People want a salary cap, I think there should a uniform cap, three unis max for each team (let's get rid of those stupid pinstripes here in the 'Burgh).

Anyways, enjoy Game 3 of what's been a very good World Series so far (despite the lopsidedness of the standings at the moment) in one of the stupidest ballparks in the world.