Cleaning out the inbox

We have built up some notes in the in-box,so I'll use this opportunity to clean them up a bit....

The Pirates are wearing the 1979 uniforms for their weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds.
In the first game victory,the Bucs went with the Yellow tops,while tonight features the white pinstripes.
The old school cakepan hats are in fashion for the weekend as well.
I wonder if the Sunday afternoon game will have the black jerseys?
I'll recap the series on Monday as I continue to miss Friday and Saturday games due to being at work by 10......

Longtime reader Chet Trybus was able to catch an Altoona game while on vacation.
Chet reports that top prospect Pedro Alvarez rapped out three hits and that he and his son sat in the first row behind the plate and only paid for one ticket.
Why?Because of a Kraft cheese promotion that offers a Buy one get one free deal with a cheese wrapper...
I wonder if Kraft has plans to take this idea further,if they return the program next season?

DirectTV Hockey fans could be facing an issue that will affect them in the spring as DirectTV and Versus are in contentious talks on keeping the network on the nations top satellite provider.
Other the NHL and the occasional boxing card,Versus would not be a huge loss,but without Versus,there would be fewer playoff games available.
DirectTv is currently running a trailer on the bottom of Versus programming about the possible deletion effective September 1st.
I would say this likely will work out as things usually come down to the wire,but it would not surprise me if they did not make a deal.

Another interesting article on Memphis Wrestling from Kentucky Fried Rasslin.
Their blog is written by former Memphis manager Scott Bowden and Bowden has rapidly built KFR into my favorite wrestling nostalgia site.

Looking for cheap baseball?
Look no further than Bristol Va (or TN) as the Bristol White Sox charge just 5 and 3 dollars for admission to their Appalachian League games and kids are just two bucks!
Boyce Cox Field is a neat structure and the Sox are run by a community board of directors that is consisted of 100 % volunteers.
Nice to see a town rally around the local ball club...

I wish I could say that the next item was nice to see as The Great Pacific garbage patch continues to grow in size,obliterate nature and possibly leak toxic chemicals into the ocean.
The Patch is estimated to be twice the size of Texas and could be identified via satellite,if all plastic were the same color.
I realize that most of this problem is beyond control,but shouldn't someone attempt to avoid adding to the issue???

Photo Credits
Bucs:Keith Srakocic-AP Photo
GPGP:Unknown