Game 127: Pirates 8 Astros 3

There must be something the Pirates and Astros find comforting about seeing each other on the field. Last May, they played an 18 inning game. Then in September they played a fifteen inning game, this year in April they went sixteen, and last night they went fifteen (of course, I've had the pleasure of being at the one game in this survivor series that they've lost).

Xavier Nady will haunt Brad Lidge's nightmares in a special place behind Albert Pujols, I think. Adam LaRoche? On fire (everyone else? not so much, that wasn't a very talented list of pitchers the Astros kept us mostly silent over 15 innings with). Snell seems to be finding his stride a bit again, which is nice to see. Oh, and the Pirates are now just tied for last place, which is exactly what we did last year, suck a lot, pull out of last place in August/September, and let the terrible jackasses that run this team to keep their jobs.