How Many Ways

"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains."  - Crash Davis

It is a simple game but the Pirates made this weekend set in Milwaukee look anything but simple. They even made the ways of losing seem difficult. From an outifleder losing the ball in the lights, to the first baseman throwing away the ball, after it was thrown away going to him, to simply imploding with a big lead, to Charlie Morton getting rocked. This weekend seemed to have it all for the club, it was only missing a rain delay.

It is weekends like this that make me think that things are not getting better. Then again it is weekends like this where there are silver linings that tell me things are getting better. Neil Walker had two home runs and continues to pound the ball. Jose Tabata is a machine, he hits and runs like it is the last time he could be at the plate. Watching those two this weekend remind me that things are perhaps getting better.

It is going to take a lot more to see results in the win loss area, but things are getting better. Though it sure would be nice if it could get here quicker.