Prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong.

In a response to some of the thoughts posted yesterday, a couple of organizations were out to Prove me wrong. We'll begin today with one of my favorite exchanges from the Simpsons. This features Edna Krabappel and Seymour Skinner (with a cameo from Lunch Lady Doris) from "The PTA Disbands" episode from Season 6:

Edna: Seymour, the teachers are fed up. You have to start putting money back into the school. You've cut back on everything: salaries, supplies, the food -- [takes a bite] -- I don't care what you say, I can taste the newspaper.

Skinner: Posh. Shredded newspapers add much-needed ruffage and essential inks. Besides, you didn't notice the old gym mats. [Lunch Lady Doris feeds some into a grinder]

Doris: There's very little meat in these gym mats.

Edna: Our demands are very reasonable. By ignoring them, you're selling out these children's future!

Skinner: Oh, come on, Edna: we both know these children have no future!

[all the children stop and look at him]

Skinner: [chuckles nervously] Prove me wrong, kids. Prove me wrong.

Among those out to Prove me wrong last night were the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers.

In my opinion, the Pirates had nowhere to go but up following Tuesday nights game against the Dodgers. And go up they surely did. As a follow up to Doug Mientkiewicz's comments following Tuesday night's loss to the Dodgers, and a guarantee of "superior effort" from manager John Russell earlier on Wednesday afternoon, the Pirates responded with one of their best offensive outputs in recent memory, a 15-6 drubbing of the NL West leading Los Angeles Dodgers. This included an 8 run 7th inning by your Bucco's. The offense was led by Adam LaRoche's 2 home runs, one of which being a grand slam. Adam is now hitting .348 in September.

The Bucs finish up the series with the Dodgers today at 12:35 as they send Paul Maholm (9-8, 3.68) to the mound against Clayton Kershaw (4-5, 4.41).

The Brewers were also out to Prove me wrong yesterday. They defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-2 to give Dale Sveum his first win as a Major League Manager. The bad news for the Brew Crew is that the Mets and Phillies also won. Oh yeah, Ben Sheets left the game with an injury as well. Not that that should come as a shock to anyone...but it may put yet another damper on their playoff hopes. The Brewers remain 1 game behind the New York Mets for the NL Wild Card spot.

On the other hand...

Among those who may have agreed with me include Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress. The Vikings announced yesterday that Tarvaris Jackson would be benched, and that Gus Frerotte would assume the QB duties for the remainder of the season. Fantasy Footballers Nationwide rejoice.

Tonight's College Football game features the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Colorado Buffaloes. West Virginia has looked pretty overrated thus far, but I can't claim to know anything about Colorado's team...so my apologies to you gamblers out there, but I got nothin in terms of a prediction for tonight. My only thought is that it's tough to fly cross country and win, even against whats supposed to be an inferior opponent. Right Cal?

OTHER NEWS & VIEWS

• Those of you in the Gaithersburg, MD area, make an effort to get out to the "Celebrate Gaithersburg" event (which I always knew as "Olde Towne Day" but oh well...) happening this Sunday from noon -5:00 PM. Musical Performances from The Rembrants (no doubt singing the theme song from Friends...) and the Gin Blossoms. They finally made it!

• Three of these guys started the season on my fantasy baseball team. Ugh. I'm still alive in the race for the championship, somehow.

• All I can say to this is Wow. Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow...

• NFL Week 3 Picks and Fantasy Predictions coming later today or tomorrow.