Thursday, July 05, 2007

A super early one

Fire up your radios for this 12:35 start and get ready for Greg Brown to tell you that this is the most important game the Pirates will play all year. Tom Gorzelanny will face off against Brewers ace Ben Sheets in what would be the NL's version of Verlander vs. Sabathia if the Pirates didn't suck so much. Sheets has always pitched well against us despite his lackluster 6-7 record, which is due more to the people around him sucking than anything. Gorzo is making his last start before the whole "final vote" thing ends and while I'd love to push him and tell you to vote for him, Chris Young is winning and deserves it more, and I'd be lying if I said Chris Young sticking it to DL and making the All-Star game over Gorzo wouldn't bring me just a little bit of happiness. Jason Bay is back in the lineup today, but batting sixth. If he keeps slumping, LaRoche is going to catch him in every important stat soon. Raise your hand if you saw that one coming.