Game 40: Reds at Pirates

Bucs return to real game action tonight after yesterday's successful hypnosis practice and scrimmage. Liriano and Leake at seven.

Game 40: Reds at Pirates

Wandy and Cueto at seven with the playoffs on the line.

Game 39: Tigers at Pirates

The home-and-home with the not-so-hapless Tigers ends this day.

Fister and the surprising Locke will start. Game on at seven.

Game 38: Tigers at Pirates

A.J. Burnett and Anibal Sanchez tonight at seven. Bringing the series back to PNC negates the Designated Bunter advantage, but the white-hot PBC needs no such crutch.

The Beer-Fort-on-Wheels slowly started speeding up last week, but now it's hard not to notice the rapidly increasing speed. Might be best to just hold on tight for now, even if untucked.

Game 37: Pirates at Tigers

Game underway ... no score.

Game 36: Pirates at Tigers

Once again the beer fort TV gets turned on to find the World Champion PBC winning another game. This time, they're up 1-0 after three as Liriano battles Verlander in a likely All Star Game and World Series preview.

Game 35: Pirates at Brewers

4 o'clock and we just woke up here in the beer fort after a rowdy evening of untuckedness. Game is already in the fifth inning. I don't know how the players do it. Pirates are up but the Brewers have the bases loaded.