Why not play extra's? We need the practice.

I have been currently itching at my keyboard to start typing about this debacle of a baseball game, I couldn't wait any longer....lets begin.

We are currently in the middle of the 15th inning in which the Pirates and Astros are tied at three a piece. The Bucs took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth where closer(term used loosely) Salomon Torres blew another save giving up two runs on four hits. The middle of the lineup, wait, make that the ENTIRE lineup has failed to produce any offense outside the Brad Eldred solo home run which came in the bottom of the 5th. Bucs are currently coming to bat in the bottom of the 15th. I gotta watch. Don't change the channel, I'll be back with results shortly.....

Interesting stat: Last night's Paul Maholm shut-out took only one hour and fifty-eight minutes. Tonight we are currently sitting at the four and a half hour mark entering the 16th inning.  Did I mention that these two teams go back at it at 12:35 tomorrow afternoon?!?!?! I also have to mention that Pirates Broadcaster Steve Blass (who was on the radio side tonight) was just seen flipping peanuts in his mouth and told FSN Pittsburgh that " I don't work the late ones". Boy I hope that is true and he is really going home. Even the broadcasters are giving up. Lets Go Bucs...more to come!

Raise the Jolly Roger!! Adam LaRoche, Yes the .092 Adam LaRoche has won the game with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the 16th inning!!  More opinions, recap, and other **** to come......

I guess I am kind of going overboard whenever I say that the late inning victory tonight is a turning point in this young season. BUT, you have to look at this game in comparison to last season. Throughout the extra innings of ground-out baseball, myself and pirate fans alike were thinking that this was a ball-game that the buccos just wouldn't be able to pull out. Last year, whenever the Bucs blew a save or gave up a late inning lead, it seemed as though they just gave up and could not rebound from having their winning hopes shattered. The 07 Bucs refuse to give up though, we saw it in the first three games of the season in Houston, and we saw it again this evening (well...judging by the attendance, about 17 people and the handful of die-hards that stayed up to watch are the only ones that truly saw the end of the ball game).

Stuff that was cool - It was cool to see Adam LaRoche break through and come up with a big hit in a clutch moment. That why we got ya big red!! It was also cool to see Zach Duke regain some control and not flip out after he allowed one run in the first inning(ie: see Friday April 13th 8-5 loss to Giants). Brad Eldred hit his second dinger of the season and Jose Bautista extended his hit streak to 12 games with a double in the bottom of the 4th. I want to start to feature Stuff that was cool at the conclusion of each game I write about. It will probably be the opposite of cool (which I think is this), but what the hey, nobodys reading.

The Closer - ESPN's Baseball Tonight did a feature where they went around the league and found Major League Baseball players who resemble the players in the movie Major League. The man who thought of this feature should be handed an Emmy immediately. Willy Mo Pena as Pedro Cerrano was pure genius.

Buc's take a small nap then resume play against the Houston Astros at 12:35pm. Tony Armas Jr lugs his 18.90 ERA against Wandy Rodriguez of the Stros. The Bucs are currently 5-0 against the Astros this season. Awesome.