Pirates force pierogo to walk plank.

Wow...It's been awhile since I last posted to the blog. Really have had no free time the past couple of months. My wife and I have been working nearly every spare minute preparing our house to sell. Thankfully it's all complete and on the market.

If you are interested in buying a house I think I can hook you up... Just saying!

Onto more serious matters. I saw this and had to pass it along...absolutely hilarious.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates are down a pierogi. The team fired one of the people who races in the dumpling-shaped costumes because he criticized the

contract extensions given to general manager Neal Huntington and manager John Russell on his Facebook page.

Andrew Kurtz of New Brighton participated in the Pirates' in-game pierogi race - a knockoff of the Milwaukee Brewers' racing sausages - about four times a month.

The Pirates said the 24-year-old Kurtz was already under suspension because of a previous violation of team rules.

An independent minor league team, the Washington (Pa.) Wild Things, immediately offered Kurtz a job as one of its racing hot dogs.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

For the uninitiated a pierogi is a boiled or baked dumpling stuffed with items like mashed potatoes, cabbage, meat or cheese.