Houston Sports Blog Roundup St. Paddy's Edition

Top o' the afternoon to ya! We always have trouble with Irish accents; we always either end up sounding Scottish or like a pirate. But regardless, the Rockets' streak poses an interesting conundrum, especially if you plan on getting sauced tonight: do you talk about the streak (potentially jinxing it) or refuse to even acknowledge its existence (which makes you seem like kind of a jerk). The choice is yours. Here's what the blogs are saying about the Rockets and more:

- Everyone thinks that bloggers aren't real journalists because they're never held accountable. Well, the Dream Shake has offered a (sorta) mea culpa about Rafer Alston. That's something, right?

- Jacoby Jones is already celebrating St. Paddy's with a DWI. Green beer is hella nasty. Go easy on the stuff.

- Hopefully this'll be the first and last time we ever have to type the phrase "anal fissures". New Astros' second baseman Kaz Matsui is sidelined with...anal fissures. Which is, in fact, WORSE than it sounds. When you euphemize a medical condition by calling them hemorrhoids, you know it's bad.

- Also from Spring Training: Brian Moehler, a non-roster invitee and bullpen candidate when Spring Training kicked off, may be the solution as a fifth starter. Joe Duarte at the Chron has the details.

- Lance Zierlein's podcast has a breakdown of how the Texans new blocking scheme affects which running back they could draft. It's not going to be Darren McFadden, so who else would be good?

- None of the Houston-area colleges made the NCAA tourney or the NIT. Not good. Rice took action, firing head coach Wesley Willis Willis Wilson.

- Since we're contractually obligated to only imbed one video at a time, follow this link to watch various Rockets players do their impressions of Deke Mutumbo. Shane Battier sounds like Black Yoda.

- We'd be remiss if we didn't end with one more celebration of the 22 game win streak that the Rockets are on. A great riff on the NBA's "...happens here" ad campaign speaks for itself.

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