KTE: Pittsburgh

[Guest Edgy DC]

I�m sorry I wasn�t able to tell you more about the Dodgers. Let me see if I can edify your Pirate appetite. The original knowledge of the Pirates can be found here. Know it. Live it.

Your Pittsburgh Pirates stand at 51-67, 23 weeping games behind the St. Louis Cardinals and 13 games off the Houston Astros wild card pace. They have not had a winning season since 1992, when their manager was Jim Leyland and they won the division with the following lineup:

[Guest cooby]

Jason Bay looks like the real deal, and I would love to see the Pirates get to keep him.

[Elster88]

I would prefer he replace Floyd or Cammy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets are my team. There is nothing I shall want.

[Lundy]

I bet someone in our Pittsburgh office a beer the Mets would take two out of three from the Pirates the last time they met, and lost. I'm going double or nothing with this series. This is his outlook on the Bucs:

Don't overlook the Bucs. They have won four of six on this, their longest road trip of the year (12 games). They have won two in a row, shutting out the Astros in Houston back-to-back (and they should have swept them -- they had the lead in the eighth of the first game but blew the game on a stupid throwing error by the right fielder -- not to be bitter).

And we don't have to face Pedro this time around. You guys might get a break, too, though. Bucs might push rookie phenom Zach Duke back a day in the rotation. He's supposed to face the Mets Thursday but they are talking about having him face the Phillies Friday instead. You should watch him if you get the chance -- he looks like he's going to be really good.

John Kruk described him on TV the other night as "a young Tom Glavine but with a better curveball." It'd be pretty good if he turned out half as good as Glavine.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vic comes through.

[Frayed Knot]

Defensively, Castillo/Wilson is one of the best MI duos anywhere; and I'm not sure how consistant this Duffy guy is in CF but he's made a number of hi-light reel plays out there in a short period of time.

Brad Eldred has big time power.

Zach Duke looks real good.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oops, I skipped Jack Wilson.

Jack's had a tough year at the plate --- but still shows a lot of power for a shortstop. Defensively, he trails only Neifi Periez in zone rating.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Lloyd McClendon was a product of the Met system. Is he one of the answers to the Draft Kwiz?

The Friday loss at Pittsburgh has to be one of the worst of the year ... really, way worse than blowing a 0-hitter when you only score once.

That happens all the time. But to cough up what ... a 4 run lead ... when it coulda/shoulda been 5 or more but for retarded baserunning plays... THAT'S a bad loss.

[Guest Edgy DC]

When describing the Pittsbugh/Zambrano loss as the second worst of the year, I mean to imply the San Diego/Glavine/Beltran/Cameron loss as the worst.

Lloyd McClendon is not an answer to the kwiz, though he does have a superflusous consonant, albeit a common one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tonight's game will feature a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Beatles first appearance at Shea Stadium (which was actually yesterday) featuring Beatles tribute band Strawberry Fields. I'm gleaning that they actually intend to do the exact same setlist.



The real thing:

[metirish]

Excellent KTE, some great info.

[Guest Edgy DC]

T'anks.

Eldred is a really big guy but looks like a pretty smoov fielder.