Jack Wilson's Return: How Much will it Help?

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Pirates Win In Extras, Part II
Published 5/25/2008 by UtesFan89 at Playing For Pride
... The Pirates now get tomorrow off before starting a 7-game road swing (3 at Cincy, 4 at St. Louis). Jack Wilson should be back for the game on Tuesday. Good or bad? I’m leaning towards good, but we’ll see. Oh, and Charlie at Bucs Dugout looks at his return using numbers. Bah… who needs numbers? All you need to know is that 24 (Pirates wins) is 26 (Pirates losses), and that’s a bad thing. Numbers. Psshh… ...

Both Pirates and Reds fans will get a treat tonight
Published 5/27/2008 by Deaner (noreply@blogger.com) at Blue Collar Baseball
... (my favorite Bucco). This will make a big difference for the Pittsburgh infield defense that has been atrocious since Jack's departure to the DL. Pittsburgh shortstops (not Jack) have made 13 errors in 47 games. The Pirates also have the ...

Jack's back
Published 5/27/2008 by Pat (noreply@blogger.com) at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
In addition to the Reds' Jay Bruce making his big league debut tonight, the Pirates are making a nice addition to the lineup with the return of Jack Wilson after he's missed most of this season with a calf injury. Charlie did some quick math and decided that Wilson at short might be worth three wins over Rivas and Bixler over the remainder of the season. Sometimes, you just don't know what you've got 'til it's gone and Wilson's injury was certainly one of those cases. ...