Game 57: Phillies at Pirates

Dion Kendrick and a Charlie Morton at seven.

Pirates are 27-29 and 5 1/2 games out.

Game 56: Phillies at Pirates

Hamels and Karstens at seven.

Game 55: Pirates at Mets

The entertainment continues this afternoon.

Maholm and Pelfrey at one.

Game 54: Pirates at Mets

Cy Correia and Dion Capuano at seven.

I looked but could not find Josh Harrison on the All-Star Ballot. Maybe I'm spelling his name wrong?

Game 53: Pirates at Mets

Game underway. Mets 1, Entertainment 0 in the fifth or something.

Game 52: Pirates at Mets

At seven, one of the Charlie Mortons and Dion Gee in the House of Madoff.

Game 51: Pirates at Cubs

Pirates continue to play possum, bobbing along just under .500. And the Cubs are making it tough for them to continue to lay low. The difference between the two teams is just that striking.

Karstens and Dempster will start. Game on at 2:20pm.

Look for Iowa Pirate in the crowd. No description necessary -- you'll know him when you see him.

Game 50: Pirates at Cubs

Today, the Pirates continue their pounding of the hapless Cubs.

Paul Maholm will get the win.

Game 49: Pirates at Cubs

Tomorrow at 2pm, Correia and Davis to start.

Correia should be primed to re-assert his frontrunner status for the NL Cy Young award.

Game 48: Braves at Pirates

Bucs BUNT but lose? If the Bucs are going to average 1 run per game, they will need to draft many more talented pitchers.

Game 47: Braves at Pirates

Game on. Jurrgens and one of those Charlie Mortons.

Game 46: Tigers at Pirates

Maholm and Porcello starting soon as the Bucs try to get back to .500.

Steve Pearce gets the start at 3B for the raptured Pedro Alvarez.

Game 45: Tigers at Pirates

Scherzer and Correia at seven.

Nice day for a ballgame.

Game 44: Tigers at Pirates

Somewhere in the award-winning archives I have a proposal for radical MLB realignment, with Detroit and Pittsburgh in the same division.

Little-known fact: Jerome Bettis is from Detroit.

Baseball game is on. No score last I checked.

Game 43: Pirates at Reds

BUNT. Win. Again.

Playoff odds rising.

Game 42: Pirates at Reds

A Charlie Morton with Bronson Arroyo for the upstart Reds, at seven.

Game 41: Pirates at Nationals

Maholm and Lannan in this preview of a likely playoff match-up.

Game at seven.

Game 40: Pirates at Brewers

Correia and Greinke starting soon.

The Bucs own the hapless Brewers so hopefully the umps can keep this one close today.

Game 39: Pirates at Brewers

Karstens and Narveson at four.

Game 38: Pirates at Brewers

After last night's rainout, the Pirates remain a game under.

McDonald and Gallardo at eight.