Two in a row?

After last night's... win (I refuse to call it a good win, though there were several positive characteristics), the Bucs will line up for two in a row tonight against the National's Micah Bowie. Bowie is one of a number of Nats' pitchers this year that have good numbers, but are not really god pitchers. Bowie's been around forever- he's 33 and was drafted in 1993 by the Braves. Other people drafted in 1993 include Jeff D'Amico and John Wasdin (and Alex Rodriguez, Derrek Lee, and Chris Carpenter as well, drafted Charles Peterson in the first round, if you're curious). So Bowie is not some young kid trying to make it, but rather some old guy trying to hang on.

Zach Duke is the opposite, a young kid trying to make it. You know all about Duke and his troublesome delivery and propensity for getting the crap beaten out of him on the mound. He's given up 95 hits in 66 innings this year. That's insanely bad. Seriously, I'm sick of watching him suck. I hope he stops sometime soon because it's really kind of getting old. A win tonight and the Pirates exceed the victory total I projected for them this week in my podcast. Can they do it? I guess we'll see.