True grit

From Dejan Kovacevic's notebook:

From Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy: "The Pirates seem to get no help from the umpires -- like rookie Greg Kite trying to draw a charge from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- but they've played with pride and grit."

Jack Wilson, from John Perrotto's recap:

"Everyone will look at us going 1-5 on this road trip and say we were overmatched, but that's not accurate" said shortstop Jack Wilson, who had two of the Pirates' four hits.

"We should have won the middle game in New York. We were right in each of the first two games here. We showed we can play with these teams but it's disappointing we didn't win a few more games."

In other news, more Doumit please.