Well,there is good news and BAD news........

Well.let us begin with the good news.
The Battlin' Bucs came from behind for the second straight night to defeat Houston 3-2.
Ronny Paulino smacked a double in the top of the 8th to tie the game at 2 and Xavier Nady
blooped a single into center field to give the Bucs the lead that they held onto for the win.
Ian Snell fired an impressive 7 innings and Matt Capps along with Saloman Torres closed the show.
Of all the Pirates young starters,IF one becomes a top of the rotation stud,I would bet on Snell.
I love his stuff and his poise.
Exciting stuff for Bucco fans! 2-0!!!
The Bucs go for the sweep tonight in Houston as they send Tom Gorzelanny to the hill vs the Astros Woody Williams.Game time 8;05 EST.

Now for the bad.
Brad Lincoln went under the knife today in Birmingham for the dreaded "Tommy John' procedure.
First off-supposedly he was fine as recently as last week and no notice was given otherwise.
All this happened in one day? Sure and I am getting Littlefield's job from the Easter Bunny.
This again comes back to two issues that Captain Dave and his cronies havent understood yet-
1)College pitchers come with more mileage on them, My post from a few days ago on just this
topic.
2)When your organization passes on the best player available in the draft because you are too cheap to pay that player-it bites you in the ass EVERY time.
The best player in a weak draft was clearly Andrew Miller of North Carolina last year and while it seems as if I am contradicting myself here (Miller was a college pitcher too),I am giving the following reason.
If you want a college pitcher in the draft-Why not the best one???
In this case-it is because either A) your baseball people are imbiciles or B) You are just a bunch of cheap misers!
So now as you watch Brandon Morrow start the season in Seattle,Tim Lincecum
rocketing through the Giants system and Miller,instead we get our 4th injured 1st round pitcher in this century doing Tommy John.
I know,I know all 3 of those guys are college pitchers,but again,if you HAVE to have one,as Littlefield always seems to-maybe either the best one or the healthiest one???
Maybe more on this tomorrow..

The New Jersey Devils grabbed a shootout win over the Ottawa Senators tonight to move within 1 win of a clinching the Atlantic Division title and the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference.
John Madden beat Ray Emery in the shootout to give Lou Lamierello the victory in his return to the bench.
A Devil win thursday nite over the Flyers locks it up.
Marty Brodeur won his 47th game of the year.This ties the record of Bernie Parent of the Flyers.