A few good notes. …
Clint Hurdle is having a family celebration today in the mountains. What’s that? No, not because the Rockies have a real, live winning streak going.
Hurdle’s 3-year-old daughter, Madison, ran the other day. That may sound like typical kid stuff to most people, but Madison isn’t your typical kid. She was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome, a genetic disorder that has curtailed her muscular development.
Before this week, seeing his daughter run was only a dream for Hurdle.
“Two months removed from her fourth birthday, my little girl ran for the first time,” Hurdle said.
What one word best described the moment?
“Awesome.” …
Random thought while watching the Rockies pound the Pirates: If the light is just right and the person looking at him could use a blast of Lasik surgery, Jamey Carroll does kind of resemble Rickey Henderson. …
Back-to-back four-hit games? You’ll have to excuse Carroll, at 32, for not talking the talk. “I know this game way too well. I’ve been playing long enough to know not to get too high or too low.” …
Hurdle, when asked whether Carroll had officially won the leadoff job: “I’ll have to look at the videotape.” Translation: For the time being, anyway, Carroll isn’t going anywhere. …
Has Yorvit Torrealba officially won the Rockies’ everyday catching gig? Let’s put it this way. Danny Ardoin has two RBIs in 94 at-bats. Torrealba picked up four Wednesday with one swing of the bat. …
Thirteen federal agents searched Diamondbacks reliever Jason Grimsley’s Phoenix-area home Tuesday as part of Uncle Sam’s crackdown on steroids. Does that make his home The House That ‘Roids Built? …
Make that ex-Diamondbacks reliever Jason Grimsley. He asked for and received his unconditional release Wednesday. So what’s he going to do now that his baseball career appears kaput? Given all that information he has provided for the feds, he could have a career as a singer. …
If the name sounds familiar, Grimsley was pitching for the Indians in 1994 when he crawled through the ceiling above the umpire’s room at Comiskey Park and rescued teammate Albert Belle’s corked bat, which had been confiscated. Only one problem. He replaced it with Paul Sorrento’s bat. …
The Mile High Football Camp, featuring Chargers linebackers Donnie Edwards and Shawne Merriman, June 18-22 at Colorado Christian University, www.milehighfootballcamp.com or 303-665-6565. …
The happiest kid in America? Johnny Drennen, who homered off Roger Clemens on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky. The Rocket, when asked about the home run by ESPN.com: “I hung it to him and he did what you’re supposed to do with it. … I’ll ask him how he liked the room service.” …
Clemens, by the way, saw his career ERA soar to 1.56 in 24 minor-league appearances. I don’t know, you tell me. You think the kid’s got a future or not? …
Don’t look now, but it could well happen. Clemens could walk away from the game as the greatest pitcher of his generation without his number being retired. No? Then which team would it be? The Red Sox aren’t about to now that he turned them down. If the Astros don’t pull a Ray Bourque and give him the sentimental vote, it isn’t going to happen. …
Kerry Wood has left the Cubs to have his ailing shoulder examined by a surgeon. This is a recording. …
Nice to see KOA’s Jack Corrigan back in the booth Wednesday, barely a week after suffering a mild stroke. A week on the shelf after a stroke? Larry Walker used to take that long to recover from a sneeze. …
Here’s how much the Cardinals will miss Albert Pujols: It’s June and he’s hitting .523 with runners in scoring position. Like that’s possible. …
ESPN.com headline after Chicago police arrested the so-called Harry Caray bandit, whose M.O. included oversized glasses, a wig and a baseball cap: “Cops win! Cops win!”
Catch Jim Armstrong from 6-9 a.m. during “The Press Box” on ESPN radio 560 AM. He can be reached at 303-820-5452 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
