Tuesday, July 21, 2009

It's finally over. . .until today.


Garrett gett'n his talk on w/ Jeff Salzar
(Btw, w/ Jones getting regular playing time, Andrew McCutchen in center field, and Salazar on the bench, the Pirates have the Indianpolis Indians outfield on the 25 man roster)

I'm a sucker for video board pictures -- esp. w/ a face like that!


You can just tell he talks to his bat before swinging it. I bet he's whispering sweet nothings to it!



Nothing more needs to be said -- he's lovely!



Now that I've seen him in Pirate's black and gold pants, I still prefer tall socks!






So after 17 straight losses to the Brewers, the Pirates finally figured out how to shake this demon off their backs by hammering the Brew Crew 8-5! Now I know that a 3 run lead may not be what you would call a "hammering" per say, but after leading the game by 6 runs in the 9th inning it looked like it was going to be on heck of a win. Oh, but Jesse Chavez thought we needed just a bit more action in what was a 2 hr. rain delayed and bottom of the 8th bench clearing rumble game. He decided after 2 outs to give up 3 runs but then was able to get the Prince (Fielder) of the home run derby to strike out, ensuring the win.

It was a game of big at bats for the likes of Mr. Adam Laroche, Ryan Doumit, and a much bigger at bats for sweet smiling Delwyn Young or DK as he likes to be called and our HOT bat Garrett Jones. Each coming through w/ home runs. Jones homer has been his 8 of his short Bucco season. Considering he's only been wearing Pirates black-n-gold for oh, about 3 wks now that's incredible. As John Russell has described and My Favorite Laroche girls can a test to, he liked what he saw in Bradenton w/ Jone's bat! Yes, we did like what we saw I say! It didn't hurt that the Brewer's defense SUCKED and their pitching even worse! They had something like 3 fielding errors. It was as bad as I've seen all season from a team.
Let's talk a moment on those dreaded Brewers. They've sort of been in a tail spin the past month or so. What started out as being a really hot season for them has cooled off to almost a winning freeze. They've gone from leading the division almost the entire season to dropping to 4th place right behind the Astros -- the freaking Astros is say! What's happening to the Crew? Are they pooping out? Maybe they've hit their quota of home runs for the season and now like the soup nazi -- it's NO WINS FOR YOU? I don't know, but I like it. Right now we are 3 out of our last 4 games after the All-Star Break. If the rain holds out and we play ball like last night, we maybe able to over come the dismal pitching as of late by one Virgil Vasquez. Boy would I like to see us win tonight to ensure a series win against the Brewers. That would be like Christmas Day to me!! But I'll settle for striking out cry'n Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, and smacking Jason Kendell w/ a pitch on his back side for good measure!

Now as I sign off for today, I'll leave for you viewing pleasure more pictures of who's becoming a fan favorite; Garrett Jones when he was still in AAA. BUT FOR THE RECORD, WE SAW HIM FIRST!!

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