Just got back from a friend's house where we watched the 'Stros younger players come into a tie game with the Braves and completely blow it open. Maybe there is some hope for this season with this crew of youngsters. They're sure going to make some decisions on the final cut day hard for Garner and company, especially Hunter Pence. He'll probably start the season in AAA at Round Rock, but I'm looking for him to come up to Houston by midseason.
Meanwhile, it's refreshing to see other media outlets paying attention to the Global Warming issue, even if they are riding on the back of the hot story topic of the month (although Al Gore's documentary was released last summer, and the subject of reports like this and this has been talked about for years...)
Sports Illustrated(italics are mine):
Global warming is not coming; it is here. Greenhouse gases -- most notably carbon dioxide produced by burning coal, oil and gas -- are trapping solar heat that once escaped from the Earth's atmosphere. As temperatures around the globe increase, oceans are warming, fields are drying up, snow is melting, more rain is falling, and sea levels are rising.
All of which is changing the way we play and the sports we watch. Evidence is everywhere of a future hurtling toward us faster than scientists forecasted even a few years ago.
Here's the entire article.
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