Bucs Win; Up Record vs to 5-13 All-Time vs Yankees

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1927: Bucs go 0-4 vs Yankees in World Series
1960: Bucs go 4-3 vs Yankees in World Series
2005: Bucs go 0-3 vs Yanks in Yankee Stadium
2007: Bucs go 0-3 vs Yanks again in Yankee Stadium
2008: Bucs are 1-0 vs Yanks at PNC Park

That makes them 5-13 vs the Yankees All-Time In Games That Matter (or don't include old comedians batting leadoff).

Where to rank last night's win? It was a great performance by the Bucs offense and Gorzo lucked into a couple DP's and got out of self-made trouble early. And Osoria's damage was forgotten 5 minutes after the game by everyone except Damaso Marte.

But let's not get too excited here: last night's win stands as the 5th all-time greatest Pirate win vs the Yankees. Out of 5. A game in June pales in importance to any game in October and so even though the crowd was the 3rd largest in PNC Park history and the Bucs cruised, let's remember that there is still a long way to go until the Bucs play in one of those October games.

Still, before we get too far, let's take a look at the ALL-IMPORTANT STANDINGS as of this morning:
Yankees 41-36 - $209M
Mets 37-39 3.5 $138M
Pirates 37-40 4.0 $49M
Tigers 36-40 4.5 $139M

Some things I found interesting:

• In all the runup to the series, much time has been spent on the 1960 World Series (none on the '27 series BTW), and it shed a light on another of the many astounding facts and tidbits that made Game 7 of th '60 Series the greatest World Series game, and maybe the greatest baseball game, ever played:
  

  There was not a single strikeout in Game 7, the only time that has happened in 601 World Series games.

• Spotted behind home plate: Dave Wannstedt in a rependant salmon colored shirt. Dave stayed through the whole game. I think if you're sitting in the first row and are a somewhat celebrity, you pretty much have to stay the whole game no matter what.
  
• Kevin McClatchy!! Sitting next to Franco! After years of trying to get the Yankees to visit Pittsburgh instead of the absurdity of the Bucs visiting the Bronx, Kevin was seen enjoying the game.
• With Franco sitting with McClatchy and Maz throwing out the first pitch, the authors of the two greatest plays/moments in Pittsburgh sports history were in attendance. I'm sure they've been in the same place before, but this wasn't an autograph signing at the Monroeville Mall.
• Meaningful baseball in September & October in PNc Park would be a lot of fun.

• Last night wasn't the night to get suicidal. The Bucs won! There were a lot of Yankee fans in town though, so maybe he was a pinstriper.
• I wish I could argue with the writer of this, but 15 years of losing means you have to take whatever they throw at you. Really all I can say is that this guy has to tell people he works for the New York Post:
  

  They have done what was required against the dregs of Bud Selig's world, taking seven of nine from the awful Astros, putrid Padres and rancid Reds.

  And while the pitiful Pirates are on the docket for the next three games beginning tonight in Pittsburgh.