So I was driving over to my mother-in-law's late yesterday afternoon. As I was driving the Pirates went down 3 and soon 4-2 in the eighth inning. After spending about 15 minutes chatting with her and my daughter who was staying there overnight, I got back in the car fully expecting to turn on the postgame show after the first Bucco loss of the season.
Much to my surprise that 30 seconds later Jack Wilson would be hitting his 3-run double to clear the bases and eventually give the Pirates the victory.
The Pirates have won their last three openers and, well, you know how the rest of the last two seasons have gone. There were a couple of positive and negatives from yesterday's game.
Positives: Nyjer Morgan, Paul Maholm. Morgan finally do what a leadoff guy is supposed to do. He got on base, stole a base, even drove in two runs. Maholm was super efficient and seemed in control the entire game, even after a fielding mistake cost him two runs and his own baserunning blunder cost him another.
Negatives: RISP (Runners in scoring position). Though the Pirates were 5-for-13 with RISP, they also didn't cash in on way too many other chances, especially early in the game. Ryan Doumit was 0-for-3 with RISP. Also, other than Matt Capps, the bullpen duo of Tyler Yates and John Grabow was shaky at best.
Also around the league:
For you fantasy baseball owners with CC Sabathia (myself included), you must be feeling very wary about that choice today. He was AWFUL. MLB Tonight had a great piece on Sabathia's total lack of command yesterday. Good thing for him it was away from the new Yankee Stadium. ... I thought Emilio Bonafacio was the opera singer (Leslie Nielsen) who sang the National Anthem at the end of the first Naked Gun movie. Apparently, he is also a Marlins' rookie who had an inside-the-park home run yesterday and is incredibly fast. He will be one to watch.
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