What Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke noticed something during last night’s Pirates broadcast:

One other thing I noticed last night during the game: the FSN cameras got a good shot of Joe Kerrigan in the dugout, studying some incredibly detailed batters’ charts. Who remembers Andrews or Colborn doing any such thing? The most impressive thing about the pitching staff to me this year is that they just seemed much more prepared to exploit hitters’ weaknesses. Last night, Duke was great at catching Padres’ hitters off balance just like Ohlendorf did against the Marlins. Maybe we should stop being so surprised when we see this sort of thing.

The Pirates pitchers still need to execute, but could a big problem have been lack of preparation? I wonder if the hitters are looking at the same kind of charts for pitcher tendencies?

Meanwhile, DuckSnorts tweets:

That was sweet of the Padres to honor the inaugural 1969 team by getting beat 10-1 last night. Just like old times…