THE BULLPEN

     Happy Bucs & Pucks Day! Root, root, root for the home team! Our Pittsburgh Pirates continue their interleague series with the Los Angeles Angels today at PNC Park. These are your keys for today's game. 1)Alright, enough is enough. It's one think to lose a game to one of the best pitchers in MLB in Jose Fernandez. It's quite another to get annihilated by a ham-and-egger like Jered Weaver like the Pirates did in their latest loss last night, a 9-2 debacle that Mrs. Black-N-Gold witnessed live and in person. She was going to look on the bright side through Black-N-Gold-colored glasses this morning but is wholly unable to do so. The Kool-Aid is tasting rancid again in a half-empty glass. Four losses in a row will do that to you. It's time to stop SUCKN and start BUCN! 2)The pitching has been putrid for our Pirates. Mrs. Black-N-Gold is absolutely stunned any time there is the rare occasion that a Pirates pitcher retires the opposition in order. Yes, the Bucs are too cheap and won't call up reinforcements for another few weeks. We have to suck it up until then while the pitching staff just plain sucks. This ship is sinking fast. They'll be no Jolly Rogers raised until the bleeding stops Right the ship and Raise It! 3)Don't think the hitting has been any better. During this 4 game slide, the Pirates have failed to score more than 3 runs in any game. We need more Hit, Run & Score! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!