The Pirates, a cure for the common bad pitcher
Having trouble at work? You should pitch against the Pirates.
Girlfriend broke up with you? Pitch against the Pirates.
Has your house been foreclosed? Well, you should probably find the cheapest hotel in the area. Then pitch against the Pirates.
Fact of the matter is, if you’re having a tough time and you need pick-me-up, pitching against the Pirates is the best possible thing you could do.
For the second straight day Pirates hitters made a struggling Cubs pitcher looked more like Mordecai “Three Fingers” Brown. Chicago took Pittsburgh behind the woodshed for a 13-1 shellacking .
Jason Marquis was solid on the mound (six innings, one run, seven strikeouts) and picked up his first win of the season.
At the plate, Derreck Lee jacked a two-run homer to give him a league-leading seven home runs for the season. Mind you, last season he hadn’t hit No. 7 until mid July. His replacement, Daryle Ward, also knocked a two-run home run. Mark DeRosa and Ronny Cedeno were the other two players to knock in two RBI for the game.
Chicago (11-6) is now just half a game behind division-leading St. Louis and tied with Milwaukee. For those of you who have erased last season’s start from their heads, this win gives the Cubs one more than they had all of last April. Wooooo!!!!!
Chicago should dispatch the woeful Pirates tomorrow afternoon before playing a couple of real Major League teams (Mets and Rockies) during the week.
