Stephen J. Nesbitt: Hey all, thanks for dropping by today. At Comerica Park in Detroit, and finally ready to take your Pirates and MLB questions. Drop a few in the hopper, if you would, and we'll get going in a few moments.
BlogCog: Does management really understand how poor our offense has been? We can't score runs except for an occasional game every 8-10 days and we are now 9 games behind St. Louis. Will this be the year that Nutting finally opens his wallet and brings in a bat or 2 before the trade deadline?