Honest Wagner

Burnett tries to stop the languor before fireworks and Styx.

J-Mac and Volquez tonight in another must-win game with playoff implications.

Wandy and Saunders today at four with a first round playoff bye at stake. Reds play in Wrigley at eight.

Correia and Kennedy tonight with the World Series parade in the balance. Reds play the Brewers in a day game.

Karstens and Corbin with the division on the line.

Bedard and Miley at seven in another must win game.

Game on now. Progress of the series so far emphasizes the need to win the division outright.

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.