Get The Brooms Ready

The Pittsburgh Penguins are now 1 win from the Eastern Conference Finals after last nights 5-3 in New York.Evgeni Malkin's 2 goals and an assist where all the Pens needed.Marian Hossa,Sidney Crosby,And Georges Laraque also had goals for Pens.A story out of last nights game,Sean Avery,Who has done nothing to earn goodwill ambassador,Sustained a ruptured spleen during last nights game.As much as i dislike Avery,I wish him a speedy recovery.One that will have him watching the Pens move on in the finals.Your Pittsburgh Pirates lost Monday night to the New York Mets by a score of 5-4,The biggest thing about this game?11Th inning,Score tied 4-4.Who would you expect in these situations?Matt Capps? well he was last resort due to a stomach flu,John Van Benschoten would come in for his first relief appearance in 2008,And maybe it was jitters,Or he just didn't have it.. walking 2,1 intentional,and a base hit later we have the bases loaded for David Wright,Who had been 0-4 at this point.I was at my friend Shawn's house watching this,As soon as they showed his 0-4,I decided no time better then now to get ready to head home,Too late..Wright hit the ball just below the wall in right field,Game Over,Drive safe.Today's game was scheduled to start at 1:10pm,Small problem with a water main break held up the start for about 25 minutes,During the delay Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare stated his hatred of the press box at Shea priceless..To days game matched up Ollie Perez against Tom Gorzelanny,And on paper looked like a great afternoon game.Perez,Facing his old team for only the 2nd time since a trade last year,Went 1 2/3 giving up 7 runs on 2 hits,and 5 walks.Gorzo was alittle better,No runs on 1 hit,But again he had 5 walks.He also had a scare in the 5Th,Leaning forward to pitch to David Wright,He grabbed his lower back.The trainers quickly came out and checked on him,But Gorzo stayed in,And got the final out of the inning .Van Benschoten came in and pitched 2 innings,Giving up 1 run on 1 hit ,Walking 1,And striking out 3.Evan Meek got into the act also,Pitching the final 2 innings,No runs no hit,But 3 walks and just 1 K.The Bucs now head to The Nations Capital tomorrow.