For whatever reason, the Pirates and Tigers are playing three afternoon games in four days this week, so if listening to baseball on the radio/computer at work is your thing, then this is the next best thing to a series at Wrigley Field.
The Tigers were snowed out last night, so Justin Verlander’s start is moved back to today, when he’ll face Jon Niese. Verlander’s first start this year was pretty OK in the way that he’s been pretty OK the last two years. Niese had a decent first start for the Pirates marred by horrible defense and a Jedd Gyorko home run. And of course, the Pirate offensive strategy this weekend reminded me uncomfortably of when I used to play The Sims 2, get bored, and wall all of my Sims into a room with no doors, then see what happened while they were stranded there.
Anyway, the first pitch is at 1:10. It’s only a week into the season, but I think we’d all feel a lot better about a lot of things if Niese makes a good start and the Pirates hit a couple of two-run doubles today.
