the mid-game post

Watching the Pirates hit makes me want to bang my head against a brick wall. Duffy cheeses in his first start in 4 games, Sanchez pops out to short left, LaRoche pops out, Nady pops out with Bay on second (I didn't even see how Doumit failed to advance him). Even when Bay gets a hit, he manages to miss the homer by four feet. And this miserable hitting has been going on for six, seven weeks now. And Ian Snell takes tonight to do his Kip Wells imitation. I'm sure Kip is flattered and glad he's on the right side of this matchup for once. Even though the Pirates are currently a little better than the Birds, they're not.

Kip Wells season hitting stats going into this game? .267 (4-15) with a homer and a double. We shoulda resigned him for pinch-hitting duties.