First Pirates game ends with a win!

I'm not sure how they pulled it out, but the second-to-worst Buccos beat the Astros (and a decent pitcher in Roy Oswalt) with 19 hits and a superb performance from Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm, who threw a complete game shutout. Before you get too excited, though, the Pirates are dead last in their division and will certainly end the season still perched in that position.

For us, it was still a chance to get out and enjoy the (hot) weather and expose young Henry to our national past time. He was a real trooper, even though we kept him from being able to take a real afternoon nap. In many ways, he does better when there's excitement and stimulation rather than just staring at his two boring parents all day long. We got some discounted tickets to some club level seats, which was the best decision we could have made (thanks to Val). We received not even a free hot dog for these seats, but they permitted us access to a large indoor air conditioned area and a place to roam to keep Henry happy.

We had fun, the Bucs won and the sun shined all day. Hope everyone else had a good weekend! Now, if only the Pirates could win about 36 straight games...