Another Baseball Season underway

The 2009 Baseball season started last week, and I am really excited about this year. The Pirates have started the season with 4 wins in their first 7 games. Not bad! The pitching staff has pitched well, and the offense has shown some spark. They even turned a triple play yesterday! That is very rare! They have some very exciting players this year. Nyjer Morgan bats leadoff, and he has been getting on base quite a bit in the first 7 games. He is very fast, no power, but he has a lot of spunk! Freddie Sanchez bats second, and he is off to a torrid start. He had 3 doubles today, and he has already had a 4 hit game. Another batting title for him?? Could happen! Nate Mclouth bats third. He has power, and gets on base quite frequently. He also has a gold glove from last year. Very good defensive player. Batting 4Th is Ryan Doumit, the catcher. He has a lot of power. He hit a grand slam on Saturday. Should be one of our top power hitters. After Doumit, is Adam LaRoche, the first baseman. He always starts slow, but so far this year he is doing just fine. He already has 2 homers. He didn't hit his second home run last year until May. His brother, Andy LaRoche bats sixth. He is our third baseman. He is the only one off to a slow start so far. He made 3 errors in the first 2 games, and he is hitless so far this year. Hopefully that will change for him. Batting 7Th is right fielder Branden Moss. He came to us in a trade last year. I like this kid, and he has a lot of potential. Good arm in the outfield, too. Batting 8Th is our shortstop, the elder statesman of the Pirates, Jack Wilson. Everyone thought he would be traded before the season started. He is still with the Buccos, and he is off to a great start! Lets hope they can keep it up and stay close to the league leaders this year, and be one of the contenders! Lets Go Bucs!!