A lunch-time finale

Today brings yet another afternoon series finale so that the Pirates can get away to, umm, well they're staying here and the Cards are only going home, so it's an afternoon game for no reason in particular. The Bucs will try and do the unthinkable today, win a series at home against the Cardinals. They send Victor Santos to the mound to face Mark Mulder and in all likelihood, Santos is pitching for his spot in the rotation despite his recent hot streak (Tracy repeatedly has said that Kip Wells will be in the rotation when he returns). Tracy clearly does not care how much this game may mean to the team or to the fans to see the Bucs win a series against the Cards at home, as he's starting Joe Randa at third today, despite lavishing praise on Freddy Sanchez in the paper today. You'd have to be blind to not see the impact that the CWilson/Sanchez/Castillo trio had on the game last night, but Tracy has apparently decided to ignore it anyways. I'll admit, it takes balls to be so blatantly against your own team winning baseball games.