Random Ramblings,Arnesen wins last start of the season

Sorry I missed yesterday,but between work and the trip to State College was just too exhausted to get anything into the cyber world.
So,for now we will do some random ramblings and either later tonight or tomorrow do the State College trip.
Depending on the results of the Frederick Keys playoff games,the State College game could have been the last of the season for us.
I will miss it,but not sure the family (Except for Ryan) will-Ha Ha!

The Buccos have played twice vs the Cardinals since I last wrote-Winning 11-0 on Monday and dropping a 6-4 decision on Tuesday.
Not going to get in depth on each game,as I missed both,but was encouraged to see Ian Snell pitch 7 shutout innings in the victory.
Snell has been horrid in the second half and it would be great to see him finish up with a strong September.

Pitching Matchup

Pittsburgh: Bryan Bullington (0-0) at St.Louis: Mark Mulder (0-0) 8:05

So tonight's game should be interesting.
Pirate fans get their first real look at Bryan Bullington and it is against Mark Mulder in his return from injury in his 1st appearance in a year.

LATE ADDITION-Tony Armas will start tonight's game,not Bryan Bullington as earlier reported.

Our favorite Sun Erik Arnesen finished his season with a dominant winning performance in Lakewood on Sunday,as he allowed just 3 hits in 7 + innings in defeating the Blue Claws.
Erik finishes 6-7 on the season and I will have more stats next week as we look back at how some of our favorites from around the SAL and Carolina League performed in 2007!
We also hope to sometime in the off season have an interview here with Erik,so if any of you have any questions,email them to me or post a comment and I will try to get it answered.

Of course,the entry pic is of Erik with my pride and joy,the beautiful Rachel!

Hickory starts the SAL Northern Division title series tonight vs West Virginia in Hickory.
The best of 3 continues tomorrow in Charleston and if game 3 is needed,it too will be in Charleston.
Mike Crotta will start for Hickory,while the Power starter is unannounced.
The Crawdads were the only Pirates affiliate to qualify for post-season play.

One of the nicer NHL players called it quits at 38 yesterday in Pierre Turgeon.
Turgeon played for several teams and was the top overall pick by Buffalo in the 1987 draft.
Turgeon was a solid player,but never seemed to reach the franchise player level that he was expected to become.

Battlin Bob sends us this link,which could either be a sign of things to come with the Hagerstown Suns or simply an oversight in proofreading.
Check the name that is signed for this release.
Thanks to Bob for the link.

The Chris Benoit story took a turn today,as a study showed brain abnormalities that could have contributed to the tragedy.
I remember the studies of NFL players that suffered similar injuries and I do not find this scenario implausible.
Wrestling has changed so much as far as violence with objects than 25 years ago.
In my opinion-there is no need to have objects with no give smashed into the head or body.
One could have the same effect with breakaway objects similar to those used in films......

In better news,we reported that Bill Henry passed away.
However, Henry is still alive and not very "gabby" as his family reports that he is still alive and the fellow that passed away was named Bill Henry.
However, he was not the big league pitcher,but had been passing himself off as the hurler for years.
We happily regret the error and thanks to Ryan for sending us the new info!

Speaking of Henry and his book appearances,here is an interview from SoCalObserved with Jim Brosnan.
Brosnan wrote the Long Season and Pennant Race in the early sixties and both are still fun reads for those of you that miss the game during the upcoming winter.

Finally, I was able to watch the annual Labor Day classic between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts.
After a promising start for the Tabbies in which Zeke Moreno returned an interception for a touchdown,the wheels completely came off in a 32-14 loss.
Timmy Chang got the start at the pivot,but was no more effective than Jason Maas had been.
But the Cats are reportedly in talks with former CFL MVP Casey Printers to come in.
If this is successful,the Cats improve as soon as the ink dries!
Printers was recently released by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Back later with State College info!

Photo Credits
Printers-Sam Leung-CP Photo
Arnesen & Rachel-Me!