The Legion

Kip Wells takes the mound tonight, hoping to keep building on his comeback, which has started to turn around in the last two starts. He'll face off against Ricky Nolasco, yet another one of Florida's legion of young and impressive pitchers. It was just three years ago that Florida won a World Series on the young arms of Beckett, Penny, and Willis (with Burnett on the DL that year), and they've already reloaded with a young staff that has the potential to be just as impressive. It amazes me how fast some teams seem to reload and how some teams just keep on being the Pirates. This one is supposed to kick off an hour early, assuming the weather holds out.