Morning Dump, 5/26

Ok, after a long weekend, we're back and ready to go.

- We'll kick off with some Pirates ball, and how can you not start out talking about Freddy Sanchez going 6 for 6 last night in a win against the Cubbies last night? Trib story on it here. It's too bad those bats weren't around over the weekend, they would've swept the ChiSox. As it is though, they're sitting at 2-2 on the trip to Chicago and that's not bad by their standards and their history in that city.

A win tonight guarantees a .500 Chicago trip, and we'd all take that.

- Matt Capps was struck in the elbow by a liner, but his plumpness saved him from a fracture. All kidding aside, I'm sure that a DL stint is in his future.

Now to the big sports' news of the day though: the Pens are trying to break out the brooms against the Drizzles.

Sweeping a team is difficult, especially on their home ice. They'll be playing with pride and emotion, not wanting to go out like that. That's why you have to break their heart and jump on them early. The longer they stay in it, the harder it'll be. Knock them out early, and they'll just skate around aimlessly.

- The Pens power play is plugged back in.

- The Pens are playing "Ruslan Fedotenko Hockey". Which is eerily similar to this here.

- Saying that Malkin is "keeping his critics quiet" is an understatement. I'd say it's more that he's stuffed a sock in their mouth and duck-taped it shut.

- Cam Ward = "subdued". If that's any reflection of how they'll play, then we're in like Flynn. At least he's talking though after being that shell-shocked.

- Finish them. The Pens have had a great killer instinct on the road in these playoffs, wining clinching games in both Philly and Washington. Let's not come back to Mellon til the Cup Finals.

- I expect the fair-weathers to be sitting out tongiht at the RBC. Plenty of good tickets to be had, so expect a lot of Pens fans to be there.