Ho-hum; Pirates hand game to Mets

Where to start… rough fundamentals? Anemic offense? Poor managing? Defensive errors/miscues? Morris’ roster replacement?
How about this…
We lost a one-run game in the 11th inning after getting to Billy Wagner for a run two innings earlier. Now if that isn’t a bone-numbing, confidence blowing event, I’m not sure what would ever qualify.
But perhaps these events do?
Five innings the [...]

Tidbits on the road

I’m traveling so this will be short.

Glad to see the rain out because I would have missed most of the live game anyway since half the East Coast flights are delayed.  Honestly, our staff needs a day off anyway so this is a good thing. However, now we’re expecting to see a pretty brisk wind Tuesday with [...]

Maholm goes all the way!

Boy, did we need a complete game shutout, or what?
Maholm was a little wild at times, certainly hittable other times, but the Phillies just kept trying to go yard and that was obviously the wrong game plan. But what an outstanding outing by Bucco Blog’s #1 Sleeper pick.
How about Nate coming out of his [...]

Morris dumped like garbage. LaRoche next?

The Pirates released Matt Morris and replaced him with Phil Dumatrait…

Who has never seen the 19th out, never made it through the third time in a lineup, and never pitched more than 6 MLB innings.

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Bonifay was fired for less; Stay on Morris

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We’ve now lost 9 of the last 11 and have very little to look forward to.
Matt Morris fell victim to some very shoddy first inning defense after Ryan Howard took him yard with a runner on. To be fair to Morris, and all things being equal, he should have walked off the mound down 2-0 [...]

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