The final day in Bradenton: Words only update

I still have lots of pictures and other things to share from my time in Florida but today (meaning yesterday, as in Wednesday) was pretty hectic. I'm back in North Carolina now and I won't have time to start putting stuff together until later tomorrow (meaning today, as in Thursday) night after I get home from work. Until then, I wanted to jot down some quick thoughts about Wednesday's game against the Astros. Let's use some bullet points: Brian Burres should not be starting for a Major League team. He was mince meat out on the mound today. The home run Hunter Pence hit off of him was probably the longest I've seen in person since I saw Jose Castillo crush one off of the third level of the rotunda at PNC. The wind was blowing out at McKechnie today, but Pence's homer did not need it. Back to the point; pitching is obviously the Pirates' huge weakness in 2011. Hopefully having James McDonald and a hopefull re-invigorated Charlie Morton and some actual de...