The Pittsburgh Pirates

Hey all,


The Pittsburgh Pirates are on a bit of a tare as of late, though they lost last night to the Blue Jays. They won their series with the Red Sox 2-1, and are tied in a 3 game series with the Toronto Blue Jays. With the Bucco's elevating their play as of late, they were able to pull ahead from the dreaded .500 mark and get a game above .500. If they can complete yet another series win against the Blue Jays tonight they will move to two games over .500 and hopefully keep this winning thing goin. Now I know most people are still not give the Bucs any credit, even though they were able to get above .500. Pittsburgh should be able to move well above .500 with the schedule they have coming up. They will complete their road trip with the Washington Nationals this weekend. This is a very winnable series if not a sweep. Then the Buccos have an amazing home stand starting off with the Huston Astros followed by the Chicago Cubs. These are both potential sweep series and a great chance for the Pirates to get themselves back on the winning side of things. People should think smart and start thinking of the Pirates as a contender this year for the postseason. This is a team with a great pitching staff and on the offensive side of things the bats are moving and they are scoring runs. They shouldn't have to wait till after the All Star break to start hearing their name come up in conversation. Just because, in the past, the Pirates weren't very good, doesn't mean that things couldn't have changed this year. I believe that they are on the right track and can make a series run for the post season or a division title.