Saturday, March 15, 2008

Pirates vs. Blue Jays, top of fifth

Neil Walker sure has a smooth swing from the left side. He just singled to start a potential rally.
Just wondering, what ever happened to all the great baseball nicknames? We're not talking the manufactured Chris Berman nonsense like Bert "Be Home By Eleven" Blyleven.
Brian Bixler singles, and Chavez bunts but Halladay alertly gets the force at third.
I'm talking Iron Horse. Fordham Flash. Leo the Lip. Dizzy and Daffy and Ducky. I'm talking Pie and Big Poison and Little Poison, Big Six and the Big Train, all those famous and not-so-famous Heinies. Cookie and Duke and Oisk.
You really can't blame today's players for wanting to ensure their legal names are on those big paychecks.
Still, a lot has been lost in the translation.
Maybe the Pirates can get going against the Jays' bullpen, but it's still 2-0 Toronto at the halfway point.

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