Archive for July, 2010

The Pittsburgh Pirates put on another offensive showcase last night against the Milwaukee Brewers.  The Bucs sent 13 hitters to the plate in the first inning and plated nine runs off Brewers starter Dave Bush.   It certainly appears that Superman

I was walking through the hotel lobby in Baltimore and I caught a quick glance of a happy couple with some sweet Orioles sherseys. Of course, I had to give a glance over my shoulder at the name. I thought it would be Matt Weiters in some sort of weird irony.  But no….

I was cruising past Camden after an appointment as I love to do when I’m in Baltimore in the summer. Man it was cool to see the fans lined up.  It was an early crowd as First lady Michelle Obama will be ‘throwing’ out the first pitch.   I’m dying to see if she can throw better than our President.  But I was more thrilled to see black and gold. Yes black and gold at Camden Yards.  I thought my eyes were

The Pirates were down 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Garrett Jones led off the inning by battling Brewers reliever Axford.   It gave me hope that the Bucs were going to pull out the game late against the Brewers again.   Jones ripped a low fastball into right field for a single.  Pedro Alvarez had a great at-bat and worked a walk.  The table was set.  Two on nobody out.

The Brewers are coming to town and Andrew McCutchen will not be on the

Pittsburgh Pirates GM had a great quote on his weekly ‘Neal Huntington Show.’  We will be perceived as incompetent until the team wins.  Then we will be called geniuses by those same people. –Huntington came out firing when asked

  Jose Tabata and Lastings Milledge are destroying baseballs

  The attention lately surrounding the Pirates has been the inabilityof Pirates coaches to lead the young team.  Many on this blog have called for a coaching change.  It seems obvious that something

One of the best things about Tivo is that you can watch what you want. Boy, Evan Meek looked great last night didn’t he? Erik Kratz gets his first start in the major leagues tonight. I’m very interested in seeing how well he does. Jeff Bagwell is the Astros new hitting coach. Video