Pirates rally to whip Phillies in finale

Using the bats of Freddy Sanchez and Matt Kata,the Pirates rallied from a deficit to grab a 8-4 win and take 2 of 3 from the hated Phillies.
Seven runs in the seventh inning did the damage and sent the Phillies spiraling out of town and out of control with two blown leads.
Ian Snell struck out 10 over 7 innings in earning his 8th win against 10 losses.
Matt Kata hit a pinch hit, bases clearing double to lead the Pirate eruption in the seventh.
The Pirates go on the road for 4 games in Denver vs the Rockies before traveling to Houston for 3 the weekend vs the Astros.

Pitching Matchup

Pittsburgh: Matt Morris (7-8) at Colorado: Ubaldo Jimenez (2-2) 9:05

Bullpen Notes

Looks like Michael Vick is going to the "hoosgow".
Too bad for him and his fantasy owners,but zero sympathy here.
After all,he did not have much for the dogs under his stewardship,did he?

Speaking of Vick,again here is a link for what could be done with those leftover Vick jerseys that one may not know what to do with.

Former Brown busto Gerard "Big Money Little Production" Warren was traded by Denver to Oakland today for an undisclosed future draft pick.
Al Davis and the Raiders continue to prove that there really is a sucker born every minute.

New poll up.
The results of the last poll was 8 that think I am too hard on Suns management,3 that say that I am right and 1 that was right,but need to lighten my rhetoric.
We will see.....

And speaking of dumb-how about me.
I was misreading a schedule too many times to excuse a mistake and kept promising a Tiger-Cats-Alouettes recap.
Problem was that this week is the CFL Eastern Division bye week.
The game is actually this Saturday.
My Mistake.

One on the signing front.
After a morning card show trip managed a 05 Bowman Kyle Winters followed by a nap,a quick post-game trip to the Muni managed to add this card to the collection,as Kyle signed it without a problem.

The Suns lost the finale' to Greensboro yesterday,but former Suns GM (as noted yesterday) Kurt Landis attended the game.
Wonder if Battlin' Bob wishes he would have went just to see if Kurt would have signed his plunger????

Finally-Ed Belfour to Sweden????
Sorry,but putting the aging tenders fading skills aside,the noted "sunny" dispositioned Belfour does not seem to be a good fit there.

Until later or tomorrow with the beginning of the trip re-caps

Photo Credit
Kata-AP Photo-Keith Srakocic