Bucs win in 9th,protest day today

First,my apologies for a late and short post.
Work was crazy yesterday and will be bad today as well.
I will make things up over the next day or so.

The Pirates used a 9th inning sac fly by Jose Bautista to rally to a 3-2 win over Washington.
Bautista had 2 RBI,the other was credited to Nate McLouth,who tripled home Jack Wilson in the 7th.
Ian Snell pitched very well,despite getting the no-decision,allowing 2 runs and 5 hits over his 7 inning outing.
I am thrilled with the quality starts that the Bucs have been getting all season from Snell and Tom Gorzelanny.
That just goes to show that won-loss record does not tell the whole story,as if you crunch the numbers,both pitchers could have at least 2 more victories on the year.

Tonight is the fan protest night at PNC Park.
These things usually do not get too much attention and they sure do not work at achieving their goal,but the Pittsburgh front office being who they are,bungled this one with their ham-handed gestapo-style tactics.
Not allowing mention by their announcers or their television partner,removing all references to it from their message board (this is why if I go to a board,I never go to an official team site board) and their attempting to have the local media downplay the protest.
In our opinion,we can understand why the Bucs are not thrilled with this,but they should take some solace in this.
People do not protest what they are ambivalent about.
The Pirates still have some passionate fans that love this team in spite of itself.
How many?
I would wager tonight is a good gauge..........

Pitching Matchups
Washington: Jason Simontacchi (5-5) at Pittsburgh:
Tom Gorzelanny (7-4) 7:00
Tampa Bay: J.P. Howell (1-1) at Cleveland:C.C.Sabathia (11-2) 7:00

I will be back tomorrow with on the signing front from the last two nights and the fan protests.

Photo Credit
Pirates- AP Photo-Gene Puskar