Game 76 77 Thread: June 25 26 @ Pirates, 4:155p

This is what we want to kick today.Kenta Maeda (6-4, 2.64) vs Jeff Locke (6-5, 5.44).

The Dodgers are 4-2 in their series so far this month, but they'll need to take three in a row from the Pirates to make it 5-2, due to yesterday's slugfest of a loss. Thanks to the team's day off this last Thursday, Maeda will be pitching on six days' rest, so let's hope he goes deep and the bats go deep too. Arrrrrr

In the dead of winter, there's not much baseball to talk about. So we turn our gaze upon ourselves. Longtime readers of SoSG—hi Mom!—may recognize the individual styles of my esteemed colleagues, but for those who don't, here's a SoSG primer:

STEVE SAX: Saxy is prolific and thoughtful, and a bit…