Sheeesh

One thing that drives me nuts about the Pirates is our insistence on mindless and inane small-ball. Take the second inning tonight for example. Rob Mackowiak leads off by reaching on an error. Instead of seeing if something develops, we either try to steal second with him, or Jose Castillo misses a sign for a hit-and-run. Mackowiak is thrown out. Castillo then singles, goes to second on Cota's chopper (which would have advanced Mackowiak to third). Jack Wilson is walked intentionally , then Josh Fogg and Matt Lawton single in runs. Bay ended the inning with a bases loaded flare to shorstop. We only got two runs, but we could've had at least one more. There was absolutely no need to do something stupid like that on the bases in the second inning of a 1-0 game. Stuff like that drives me nuts.