Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and I'm Still Confused

How exactly do you get swept by the Rockies with a potent offense in that ball park and then, sweep the Astros in one of the toughest parks to hit in? Instead of writing out a huge paragraph, I thought I'd write just short quick tid bits on this past series in Houston. It's baffling how the Pirates can sweep a division foe with talent such as the 'stro's, yet struggle in a ball park when the ball leaps off the bat like a golf ball and an aluminum bat. Colorado, isn't really known for their pitching and Matt Holiday is their offense.

-Combined runs scored for the Colorado series, 6. Astros series, 25 runs. What?

-Colorado's ERA 4.86, Houston's.....4.60. We won't even mention Pittsburgh's.

-Pittsburgh's pitching still sucks. There, I mentioned it.

-Ian Snell needs to demote himself to AAA. And that even may be too hard for him.

-Ever seen the Pirates score 7 runs in an inning? We've seen the pitching give up 7, but never SCORE 7.

-Home runs aren't a bad way to score some runs, not at all. 7 in the series.

-I take it back, the pitching only had one brain fart, that being game 3. Hmm, weird Ian Snell started that game.

-Is John Russell a slight genius with his hitting line up? The pitcher batting 8th has been working for a while now.

-If you're batting 8th in a NL line up, it means you're struggling. What's Jack Wilson thinking when batting 9th?

-How about Paul Maholm going 8 strong? I salute you for not making the staff look like short bus kids.

-How many days until this offense is ripped apart by trades?

-Ol' Mr. Neil is putting up a ransom on Nady. Making up for other people's mistakes, tough job.

-With those 3 wins, that takes us out of the cellar. How's it feel Houston?

-(47-54), who else wishes they were in the other 2 NL divisions?

-Two words, automatic Marte.

-The next time I see "WP" next to Ian Snell's name, I'm going to tell myself it stands for Worst Pitcher.

-Uh oh, have you looked at the batting averages lately? Adam LaRoche (.262), Freddy Sanchez jumped 10 points in the last 3 games (.244), Doug Mientkiewicz (.274).

-The Buc's own Houston, 6-2 this season.

-It takes Paul Maholm 7 innings to allow a run, but only 1 inning for Sean Burnett. Another draft pick gone trash.

-I've got $50 for the first Pirate pitcher to throw a complete game this year.

Joke of the Day

The Braves in Atlanta still think they have a chance to win the division (they're 6.5 back). They have the same record as the Pirates and they want to get either Jason Bay or Xavier Nady. Jason Bay's face in the picture below says it all.