Writings on the Reg'

Quote of the week: "If you let someone borrow $20, and never see them again.... it was probably work the $20"

Movie Review: Watched the new Transformers last night. Pretty good. There have been a lot of reviews online that have bashed the movie. Those are most likely written by a bunch of hippie doushebags that are not fans of the first one either. The movie is long (2 hours and 11 min) but the story keeps you in it. Interesting plot to keep the movies series alive. They do leave it open for a 3rd one. More comedy in this one as well. I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first one.
Grade: A

Baseball Bitching:

The Pirates finish 4-2 in their last 6 to get to 35-40. They are still only 5 games out of first in the division, but are in last place. The division is wide open, and if the Buccos can continue to win their series like this, and put together a winning streak(maybe 10 games or so) they have a serious chance. They managed to hold their own against 2 of the best pitchers in the majors. They beat Cliff Lee on Thursday and lost 3-2 to Zack Greinke yesterday.

Their biggest issues is their lack of power from both sides of the plate. Adam LaRoche is their best power hitter, and he only has 11 HRs and 37 RBIs. That's good enough to be tied for 59th and 84th respectively. Their best power from the right side is Freddy Sanchez. Freddy fucking Sanchez!!! Are you serious. He is a great contact hitter, but Freddy Sanchez!! They need to establish a serious RF and get rid of Laroche at 1B for someone better. If they can trade the LaRoche brothers for a serious 1B, they will have room at 3B to call up their #1 draft pick from last year, Pedro Alvarez. He is 6-3 234lbs and can provide some real left handed power. He spent most of this year in single A, but had 14 HRs and 55 RBIs in 66 games. He was recently called up to AA and may need more time. Ryan Doumit is still a question mark as to when he willl return. He is scheduled to start his rehab assignment in AAA Indianapolis this week. They say a wrist injury like his is brutal for a catcher. They could however play him at 1B or RF to get him up to bat. Their lineup could look something like this:

1. Andrew McCutchen - CF
2. Nyger Morgan - LF
3. Freddy Sanchez - 2B
4. Ryan Doumit - 1B
5. Pedro Alvarez - 3B
6. Jason Jaramillo - C
7. undetermined RF
8. Jack Wilson - SS
9. Pitcher

If they can get a good RF somehow, he would move up the lineup to possibly 4th or 5th.
They could always just ask Spanky Lavalliere to come back.

Statistics of the week:
1) Nate McClouth is still second on the Pirates in HRs and RBIs despite being traded away 3 weeks ago.
2) The Pirates are 5 games under .500, but have outscored their opponents by 6 runs.
3) The Nationals have been outscored by 98 runs this year
4) In 3 games against the Baltimore Orioles, Hanley Ramirez had 11 RBIs
5) Transfomers rolled $112M over the weekend and $210M since its release last Wednesday. The next highest over the weekend was "The Proposal" at $18M. $94M less than Transformers.
6) Micheal Jackson has sold over 750 million albums world wide.