Rob Mackowiak had a big day yesterday; birth of a son in the morning, a walk off grand slam in game 1, and a game tying HR in the bottom of the ninth of game two. This has other Pirates thinking.

In the locker stall next door, Wilson sat amazed: "Good friend has a kid. Goes deep twice in a night. Two walk-off homer victories. Pretty good night.

"Some of us are going to be talking to the doctor to see if we can have kids now, too."

There were five walk-off HR's last night, including one by Barry Bonds. It was good to see the Rockies pitch to Bonds with a man on first and two outs. It looks bad when it doesn't work, but I still feel it's the right strategy. Giants have won seven in a row.