When I saw the early lineup which had Moss playing right field, I knew we were in for a long night with all the balls in play off Snell headed that way.  And indeed, that’s where they went… right off his glove inning after inning after inning. 

Now you know why I’ve told you he’s fodder – you saw it first hand.  He’s notched over 575 pro games under his belt and still can’t run a route, but Pirates fans will put on their hope caps believing he’s still worth gold, sure as I’m writing this. 

And Hansen… OMG.  I already told you about his lack of command and temper and you finally got to see both in one game.  He’s needs a lot more grooming than any casual fan can possibly realize. 

Andy LaRoche has played so poor he was sitting on the pine Tuesday night for the second time in the last three games, and Bryan Morris was shut down with bicep problems in his shoulder.

You and your pro scouts rock Neal - why not deal more salary off the books for additional quanity?

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Snell wasn’t repeating from the second inning on.  One of the reasons for that, I’m guessing, is because the Pirates have altered his pre-game warm up routines so he comes out hot instead of luke warm in the first inning.

Little good that has done.  On paper he seemed to have strung together a couple of decent outings, but in reality it was more the teams he faced, the new windup mechanics throwing off batters a tick until film got around on him, and his increased velocity.

Now I’m going to bet the extra pre-game workload put on Snell will cause his elbow to break because the young man has confidence in only one pitch anymore – his fastball, which he can’t command.  It’s only a matter of time now before he goes down, mark my words.

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I loved Sweet Lou’s stall tactic walking toward the mound in the 6th, getting close to the dirt, stopping, flashing four fingers to his pitcher, and then walking slowly back to the dugout.

The man’s a genius.

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good year a dvd download How many passed balls has Doumit rung up in the last two weeks?  Sure, they are almost all called wild pitches because Doumit doesn’t attempt to block them, but nearly all were blockable pitches.  More men have advanced and later scored on Doumit the last two weeks (I’m including stolen bases as well) than have scored in Snell’s last two outings. 

free tremors Put him in right Neal-baby… get Chavez back under contract for 2009 and give him 50 games with Paulino back behind the dish full time.

Unless you’re finally going to deal Doumit this winter.

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I saw one of the newspapers report this week that the remainder of the season was irrelevant baseball.  Obviously someone hasn’t been awake all year.

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To everyone that has emailed, I’m sorry again for not responding.  My wife and I really appreciate your fellowship.  Here’s a few answers to some of your most asked questions:

– I have no intention of blogging anywhere in the near future;

– Baseball Interactive Media hasn’t told me what they plan on doing with the blog;

– Wednesday’s post is my last;

– I saw Bill’s post about keeping the blog going, and I think that’s a great idea;

— no, I’m not going to spill my guts as I walk out the door.

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Looks like hurricane Gustov is going to make landfall a week before the Bucs hit Houston.  I wonder if we’ll be playing in the Astrodome or if it will be being used as a shelter?  MLB needs to be thinking outside the box about a possible replacement site the way he’s bearing down on the Gulf and as powerful as he’ll be at landfall.

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