One last time

The Bucs try to break out the brooms at PNC today against the best team in the National League (recordwise). The Mets magic number is still at 1 with some 15 odd games to play and logic dictates that either they will win or the Phillies will lose at some point, but I'd still rather that the Mets take their celebration somewhere else. John Maine and Zach Duke will face off today, with the interesting stories being whether Duke can churn out another good start (he went 8 strong in his last one), whether Duffy can keep his 10 game hitting streak going, and of course Freddy and the batting race (he and Cabrera enter today tied at .340). Carlos Maldonado is catching for the Bucs, giving Ronnie Paulino a much needed day off and causing people to wonder just why we're keeping 'Berto Cota around if he's never going to see the light of day.