Greetings from beautiful, rainy Pittsburgh... ...or Seattle East!

Hopefully after today, the PIAA finals will be set for baseball and softball. All the games were completed yesterday except the AAA west final in baseball between Kiski Area and Peters Township. Chambersburg is awaiting the winner of that one. The other finals are set and they are as follows:
Baseball AA: Northeastern York vs. Huntingdon
Baseball A: Muncy vs. Neshannock
Softball AAA: Chambersburg vs. Shaler
Softball AA: Mifflinburg vs. Bald Eagle Area
Softball A: Blue Ridge vs. Sto-Rox

The baseball games will be at Commerce Bank Park in Harrisburg, the softball games at Robb Field at Shippensburg University. They’ll also be televised by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) throughout the weekend. This link gives the schedule: http://www.pcntv.com/6_14_04.htm

You know, I’ve come full circle on interleague play. When it first debuted I hated it. Then as the matchups got interesting (Cubs/White Sox, Mets/Yankees) I paid attention. Now, I want to do away with it. Does anyone really care about an A’s/Pirates series? Or how about Rockies/Yankees? Or how about ANY American League team against the Marlins or Expos? I guess I’ve done a John Kerry flip-flop huh? You know, because a Democrat isn’t allowed to change their mind, unlike a certain former president that will go nameless (George H.W. Bush)… “read my lips…”

I’m glad to add Pokey Reese to the long list of Pirates that have done better for themselves after leaving Pittsburgh. Jason Schmidt, Jon Leiber, Esteban Loaiza, Aramis Ramirez, Reggie Sanders, etc, etc. Maybe Kris Benson will finally win that Cy Young award that Peter Gammons said he would years back,…. AS A YANKEE!!!

There’s good news and bad news with the Pirates yesterday. Good news is they didn’t lose, bad news is they didn’t play! It appears as they will get rained out yet again tonight as it is very gloomy looking outside at this hour in the ‘burg.

Congrads to Jim Thome who hit his 400th career home run last night against the Reds. I always thought he was the prime candidate to hit a ball in the river at PNC. Not Darryl Ward for goodness sake!!!

Tim Couch’s playing time days are over, signing to be Brett Favre’s backup is like being that dude that Lou Gehrig took his place, 2000 games later…

I’m short but sweet today, see you tomorrow.