PG round up

While the quotes from Tracy and Girardi about how ugly yesterday's game was in today's PG story are amusing, there is what would appear to be a requisite, smug "I told you so" from Tracy buried in the story. When asked about Bay he said (emphasis mine):

He took very good swings all night long. It's not the first time I've moved a guy down like that, and the game still seems to find its way to the player. He came through.

Maybe Jim Tracy has gone all stat-head on us and will be telling us next it doesn't matter what order you bat people in, or maybe he's doing his best Cartman impression screaming "DO NOT QUESTION MY AUTHORITY!"

Also, in today's Pirates Notebook, Jeromy Burnitz almost makes me feel bad for him when he apologizes for not running out a grounder. Then I remembered it was his job to run out grounders and he's getting paid $6 million for it and I stopped feeling so bad. Also, Brian Bullington's return is pushed back another month, to July, and the Marlins' average age is younger than Indianapolis and Altoona. So if we don't sweep them this weekend, we're probably better off with just calling the Indians or the Curve up and winging it from there.