Still, imagine what would happen if Bonds or Jason Giambi or Gary Sheffield actually got caught. A report in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday said that investigators were told those three sluggers received steroids from BALCO and that Bonds also used human growth hormone.

Big surprise, right? I mean, I even wrote a final paper last semester on THG and steroids and how they are entrenched in professional sports. These three ballooned late in their careers, and even Bonds’ head got noticeably bigger—a possible side effect of hGH.

That’s right, his head actually got bigger.

But even though steroid use is obvious, oh man, just imagine if one of them got caught. Just imagine.

2. Toronto makes a run in the AL East.

All during the off-season, you hear the Red Sox this and the Yankees that. But people, the Blue Jays ain’t bad.

They’ve got Roy Halladay, Vernon Wells, and Carlos Delgado. As ESPN’s Jayson Stark pointed out, Halladay was the rotation last year on a team that won 86 games. Toronto has added six veterans to their staff. Add in the RBI machines Wells and Delgado, and this team has a serious shot at the playoffs.

And how funny would it be if one or both of the Sox and Yanks fall flat on their overpaid faces and tank? So funny.

1. Houston wins the World Series.

This team has the talent.

The Astros have the best rotation in baseball. Wade Miller is only the fourth best starter on the team. Clemens is only third.

The lineup is stacked top to bottom, including Bags, Bidge, Kent, Berkman, and Doggy. Brad Ausmus, the best catcher in the league, is back. Octavio Dotel is finally getting to close, and he’s ready.

This team deserves it, too.

It’s so easy to root for Houston: missing the playoffs by one lousy game, not one playoff series win in the history of the team, the return of two hometown heroes this season. And man, the fans want it—they blew out the switchboard calling for season tickets.

The Astros are a team harking back to the Good and the True—it’s their time. Play ball.

—Staff writer Brenda E. Lee can be reached at belee@fas.harvard.edu.