The Shark is an adventurous eater. He drank snake blood at a night market in Taiwan a few years back, and when his cousins offered him a cut of cured python this week, he couldn’t resist. He brought a platter of python jerky to the clubhouse at Safeco Field.
“Anthony Bourdain is in San Francisco,” Mark Melancon said. “I thought I’d be his Seattle rep.”
Melancon, the Pirates closer, is savoring what might be his final season in Pittsburgh. Entering a weekend series in Oakland, he had a 1.48 ERA and 22 saves, with no earned runs on his tab over his previous 16 outings.