Honest Wagner

McDonald and Leake tonight in the most important game of the year. We gonna get down. We gonna do the do.

Wandy and Latos starting soon in the most meaningful series in twenty years.

Karstens and Wood this afternoon. Wood is a lefty, so I am curious if we will see Good Pedro (day splits) or Bad Pedro (lefty splits). Prob...

Burnett and Dempster tonight at eight. Pirates need to shake off all those bad habits they picked up in Houston. It's a real danger pla...

Snider's another left-handed bat with power and not so much bunting credentials.

Bedard and Germano at eight. Pirates need a win.

McDonald and Harrell at two. McDonald has not pitched so well in July and needs to dominate this hapless Astros offense .

New acquisition Wandy Rodriguez starts tonight against Andres Galarraga Jr. and the hapless Astros. Clearly a must-win situation for the Pi...

Good on the Steelers for signing Antonio Brown long term. Mike Wallace has overplayed his hand. I'm not sure what will come of him, but ...

Karstens and Lyles on central time. Not excited about the idea of trading Kevin Correia, who has won seven of his last ten starts. Starters...

Burnett and Keuchel tonight at 8. Two and a half games out of first, the Pirates are literally chasing the Reds, who leave Houston happy.

Getaway day underway. Dempster and Correia dueling; Blatz fumage in the home plate area. Cubs up on a Frank Rizzo home run.

Pirates acquire longtime Pirate-killer Wandy Rodriguez. One less hap for the hapless Astros.

Maholm and McDonald at seven. Pirates are 54-41, a game and a half back of the Votto-less Reds. Facing a pitcher with a pedigree like Maho...

Bedard and Samardzija tonight. Just a half game back, the Bucs need wins against the hapless teams.

Anibal Sanchez and Jeff Karstens in an hour. Pirates are 53-40, 1/2 game out of first. Last year on this day they were 51-46 and one game ...

Big A.J. vs. Lil' Z for the win.

Correia vs. Nolasco tonight. Bucs need a win for a chance at first place tomorrow. If the Bucs trade for a Drew or Scutaro or other upgrade...

No game today. Bucs are tied for first, with the Reds hosting the D-backs today. Preparation for the postseason should not involve rest, but...

J-Mac and Guthrie in a must-win day game. Hopefully some of the infielders can run around in the outfield today.