Friday, March 16, 2007

Jack Wilson in a nutshell

I don't know if the sports photo editor or whoever does the pictures for the Pirates articles has a sense of humor, but I have to assume that he or she does. In today's Pirate Notebook, Paul Meyer (could you tell Paul Meyer was back?) writes about Jack Wilson's day in the field yesterday with typically glowing intangible descriptions:

Wilson had eight assists, most of them of the highlight reel variety, in the six innings he played in the Pirates' 13-1 win against Cincinnati in the first half of a day/night doubleheader against the Reds, who won the second game, 3-2, in Sarasota.
Of course since very few people saw the game, we'll just have to take Paulie's word for it. But that's not what amuses me. What amuses me is the picture right next to the article of Jack "batting." It looks like he's about to get hit in the face with the pitch. Flowing subjective praise, poor objective results. Jack Wilson in a nutshell.