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A brain that’s wired for baseball does funny things. For instance: While looking at the MLB standings, a thought occurs. Man, Houston sure has turned it around. They’ve won eight of the last 10. They started like 0-8? … Doesn’t hurt that former Jackson General Lance Berkman is back in the lineup. … Didn’t he homer on Sunday? … Saw a replay of Berkman’s shot off the head of that Pirates pitcher. Ouch. … Who was the Generals pitcher who got nailed in the noggin? … Oh yeah, Brian Sikorski. Ball bounced into left field. Left stitch marks below his right ear. Whatever happened to him? … Sometime later, surfing a Japanese baseball website, a name jumps out. Brian Sikorski. Got his Pacific League-leading 11th save today for the Seibu Lions. … Wow.
P.S. Wondering what will happen to former Mississippi Brave Brandon Jones, designated for assignment by Pittsburgh on Sunday. He was playing at Triple-A Indianapolis. Surely the Pirates will keep him if he clears waivers. Atlanta doesn’t have roster room to bring him back.