Game 161: Pirates at Padres

Beer and More Beer at ten.

Game 160: Pirates at Padres

Snell and Beer tonight.

Game 159: Pirates at Brewers

Duke and Gallardo. Game on.

Duke going for win number 6.

Game 158: Pirates at Brewers

Maholm and Sabathia at eight.

Maholm is going for his twentieth fifteenth twelfth tenth win.

In other news, the Lions fired Dave Littlefield Matt Millen.

Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirate

MLB and the union have settled their grievance. Pedro Alvarez is in Pittsburgh and his signing will be announced at a press conference shortly, Dejan reports. Welcome aboard, Pedro.

Game 157: Pirates at Brewers

Karstens vs. Bush at eight. The Brewers trail the Mets by one game in the wild card race, and have won nine in a row against the Bucs.

Meanwhile, testimony has been halted in the union's grievance hearing as the Bucs and Pedro work on finalizing a contract.

Alvarez and Bucs agree to new contract

Pedro and the PBC have agreed to a four-year, major league contract worth a guaranteed $6,355,000, reports the P-G's Dejan Kovacevic. Supposedly the contract will be signed pending a physical, which could happen as early as this week, and the contract would quash the pending grievance. All hail El Matatan!

NFL week 3: Steelers at Eagles

Game at four. Steelers should beware the staph infection if they get some scrapes in this one.

Game 156: Astros at Pirates

Oswalt and Ohlendorf at 1:30.