Another Interleague "W" off the bat of another Bucco homerun

Jack Wilson rounding 3rd after he hit his 2nd dinger of the year.
He's been robbed on several occations at PNC but not last night!
(pic. courtsey of the post-gazette)

Four home runs in 2 games by 4 different buccos - ya got to love that!

I think our boys love wearing the throw back uni's. They've kicked some tail in all three that they've worn either the 1909 turn back the clock jersey or the throw back nergo league Homestead Gray's jersey. And I must confirm these uni's look sharp and make the boys look like real baseball players! One added bonus to the throw backs are the tall socks. I must say, seeing all most the entire team wearing the high sturp pants brings as sense of nostalgia. Baseball, afterall, is the sport of the 1900's. It's what ya think off when you picture that time in sports history. Greats like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and of course Honus Wagner. But I must say, the off white Gray's uniform was by far the uni that looked the nicest on the boys. But despite Adam trying to rock the throw back, his high water looking pants were too fun to observe.

So tomorrow the boys go back to using the standard Sunday day game jersey. Let's hope that by shedding the throw backs, the boys don't lose their bat power in the process. C'mon, in two games, mostly every player in the line up that at least one hit. Last night we saw Jack Wilson, Jason Jaramillo, and my left fielder w/ the potty mouth, Nyjer Morgan all hit home runs. Tonight, we had Delwyn Young get it done w/ his 3 run blast but he didn't stop there, he also showed he can do something on defense by grapping 6 pop-ups in right field. Guys like Adam and Freddy also had big at bats in the past two games too. Even little Andy got into the mix by smacking a triple off the left field wall that also hit the outfielder right on his head -- ough! Overall, it's been an electrifying to watch.

On the pitching end of the game, Paul Maholm found his groove after a few shaky innings. He showed why he's the #1 started in the rotation by only walking one, striking out 2-3 and basically throwing strikes for contact and allowing his steller defense, headed by Jack Wilson, to have his back. And last night performance by the newly called up Virgil Vasquez was incrediable. Coming out of Spring Training, Vasquez didn't really garner favorable comments. He has a power arm but like most of our power arms; lacked location and control. Well, he must have ate his wheaties cuz ol boy was dealing first pitch strikes like I miss spell words. But Virgil, do something w/ your hair son. I know minor leaguers don't really rake the cheese in terms of salary but c'mon, I'm sure you can spare the $20 for a trim. If not, I've got me some great scirrors. I can trip ya around the cap. As I watched him do his pre-game warm-ups, I noticed his hair conformed around his cap like a set of wings on his head. If ya don't believe me, check out this pic. from the Post-Gazette.

Only 5 games out of first and 4 games under .500 -- YOU CAN DO IT! Now if only those pesky Astros would begin to crap their pants and lose some games, we would be able to leap frog over them and be even more the mix of things. We've got one more game w/ the Royals and then a 3 game set w/ the Cubs. After watching the Cub's game today, I'm thinking we've got a shot at taking at least 1 maybe 2 games from them.

Okay, off to dream a little dream of you!