The Pirates traded a couple of players yesterday - Bruno St. Jacques & Pierre Parenteau - and I talked to the girls last night about it.

L. said that not only was she sad, so was her stuffed lion. Hmmm, they're recruiting more Pirates fans by the minute.

G. is having a heck of a time talking about the trade, well actually the name of the team (the Admirals) the players were traded to. It seems to be a tongue twister for her so it's a good thing we don't have to cheer on that team.

They agreed that they're going to miss yelling, "Bruuuuunnnnooooo" in the stands. And when I asked G. to demonstrate, she jolted Toddy out of his slumber with her enthusiasm.

And according to G., St. Jacques was, "almost as famous as Shane O'Brien." The girls still miss watching him play at the games (but they have seen some short clips of O'Brien doing what he does best for Anaheim).

And the girls couldn't let the moment of reflection pass without also checking in with Toddy (which they did separately and I didn't see until I downloaded the video clips today). He had a few meows of sympathy thanks to G. and let L. talk again about the former number 55.