Thanks to BrooksBaseball, just look how well Karstens mixed speeds last night in the graph below
A Journalism student at Duquesne University, David Golebiewski is a contributing writer for Rotographs, ESPN Inside Edge, Rotoworld and Driveline Mechanics. Duke has a regal start is a great article on the success Zach Duke has had this season and the defense behind him that is the key for the pitch to contact lefthander. [FanGraphs]
All the highlights from last night and the pitching matchup for today [Pirates.com]
I am looking ahead at the Mets and found the NYTimes blog. It has some great stories including the Omir Santos fascination and the setback to Oliver Perez [NYTimesMets]
John Mehno states the Pirates lineup sometimes lacks logic [BC Times]

