Roger Clemens: Your 2008 Bum Steeroid of the Year

Being worst President in US history seems like a sure-fire Bum Steer winner.

I look forward to Texas Monthly every month.

I enjoy the heck out of the annual Bum Steer issue every January.

Isn’t this the second year running that a sports person won Bum Steer of the Year (Coach Fran last year) ?

Did Kinky win the “No Cigar” Award for his run for governor.

I hope you got those Humble kids who dug up a grave to get a skull for a bong.

And Drayton McLane and Bud Selig for the Astros to Milwaukee fiasco.

“Hey, man, quit bogarting that cranium.”

Drayton and Bud escaped ignominy.

I’ve always enjoyed those. I’m glad as Texans we’re are able to laugh at ourselves – or at least the characters amongst us – and then devote an issue of our state magazine to prove it. We certainly have a big enough state for plenty of good material on an annual basis.

I actually got my start in the internet biz at Texas Monthly, helping to setup the first website back in ’97. Seems like the distant past now, especially since Levy is no longer running the show over there.

One question though…is that cow wearing an Astros cap? That would be a shame. There are plenty of reasons to poke fun at our team, but getting tarred as part of the Clemens carnival is a BUMmer. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Roger Clemens may be from Texas, but he isn’t really an Astro. Red Sox? yes. Yankees? yes. I know what he did on the field for us, but he ain’t ours.