THE BULLPEN

     Play ball! Our Pittsburgh Pirates wrap up their series in Philadelphia tonight with their phinale versus the Phillies. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)Another game another step back in the loss column for our Bucs. They fell to Philly 6-2, running themselves out of a potential rally in the top of the 9th. That's not the 1st time this season they've blundered on the basepaths and it certainly won't be the last. Just who is responsible for this? 3B coach Rick Sofield? The players? Manager Clint Hurdle? There's no doubt about it. The Buccos are succo. Run into a win! 2)The only reliable pitcher for the Pirates this past month has been RH Ivan Nova. Since they won't try to retain him at season's end, why not just pitch him till his arm falls off. We need some Novacane! 3)Kidding aside, this is painful to watch. It's as bad as Mike Johnston's final days with the Penguins. If the Pirates aren't interested, then why are we? Because we bleed Black-N-Gold! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!