We all might agree that Pirates skipper John Russell is a hard guy to warm up to, but in today's Post-Gazette, Gene Collier makes a somewhat compelling argument for keeping JR around...at least until the saviours from the minor leagues arrive:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10140/1059479-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml
Speaking of those saviours, they all seemed to lay an egg yesterday when they had a chance to shine on the MLB Network's telecast of the Indianopolis game (as promoted by Yours Truly). Oh, well, as someone (might have been Connie Mack or John McGraw or Lloyd McLendon) once said "That's baseball."
Was in attendance last night as the Pirates defeated the Hated Brewers, 6-4. It was a very entertaining ball game, although the Local Nine did have a few ragged moments. It was particualry satisfying to see Pirate-Killer Cryin' Ryan Braun get tagged out in a baserunning blunder in the ninth. It was also satisfying to hear the group of Brewers fans become silent when the Bucs pushed three across in the seventh inning to take the lead, and to hear them become even more silent when Braun was put out in the ninth. This, by the way, is said in the spirit of good sportsmanship. The Brewers fans in question were a) having a fun night rooting for their team, b) were not drunk, c) were not obscene, and d) were not obnoxious. Can you imagine saying the same thing in similar circumstances if this were a Steelers game at Heinz Field? I don't think so.
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