Ronny Paulino sighting

While typing up that monster of a post on pitching below there, I had (and still have) the DR/Cuba WBC game on the TV behind me. I heard an unexpected name pop-up not once but twice, that of Indianapolis Indians catcher Ronny Paulino. So far against Cuba today he's 1-for-1 with a double and two walks. Nothing quite like the baseball that David Ortiz very well may have disintegrated into thin air in the fifth inning, but still, it's always nice to hear the Pirates are doing well (especially after Damaso Marte sh*t the bed last night to the tune of 3 hits, 3 runs (2 earned) and a walk to earn the loss last night for the Domincan against Puerto Rico... at least Saloman looked good in 1 2/3 scoreless)

UPDATE: Just as I was about to publish this post, Paulino hammered a ball to the left center gap and stood at the plate to watch it sail over the fence. Unfortunately for him, it didn't quite make it over the fence and he got thrown out at second by a mile and a half. At least he hit it far. It's things like that that just make me love being a Pirate fan.