** A 3-7 road trip for the Pirates, no matter what kind of spin you put on it, is not good.
** Jose Tabata continues to tear up International League pitching.
** In this morning's PG, Neal A. Huntington is quoted today as saying (and I'm paraphrasing here) that baseball today is not the same game as it was in the 1970's. Speaking as a Pirates fan who can remember the 1970's with its six division titles, two pennants, two World Series wins, and players like Stargell, Clemente, Parker, Oliver, Hebner, Cash, Sanguillen, Ellis, Blass, Candelaria, Guisti, and Tekulve (and I just KNOW) that I'm leaving a bunch of other guys out), I can tell you that GM Neal really nailed it with that quote!
Pittsburgh Pirates - June 1, 2010: Pirates trade Aki Iwamura (and $5 million) to someone (NH - We need more prospects). Team calls up Alvarez and Tabata. Alvarez goes to third, LaRoche to second. Tabata goes to right, G Jones to first base. Clement is sent down, out, or wherever. Maybe N Walker works into this if Tabata not ready - he (NW)is now playing some first base. And, amazingly, the team keeps losing.
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