In this inaugural edition of the Draft Day Suit weekly roundup of news you may have missed, I’m sticking close to home. There’s a lot going on in Pittsburgh right now. Sue me. And then tell me what’s going on in your fair city so I’ll have more to write about next week.

1. The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the pre-season on Wednesday by crushing the Red Wings 5-1 in the first game held at the new Consol Energy Center. Then everyone held their breath when Sidney Crosby sat out the third period with a sore hip flexor, thought to be a minor issue. The Penguins and Capitals also announced they would be participating in an HBO reality series called 24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the Winter Classic. [Note to self: Call Comcast and see about re-instating HBO. I want to see exactly how Malkin goes from cool to dork in a matter of days and the good folks at HBO are just the ones to show me.]

2. The Pirates swept the Diamondbacks and took two from the Cardinals for their first 5 game win streak in over 13 months. If they sweep the Astros they will finish the season above .500 at home. Heh. Like that’s gonna happen. You know it’s bad when I get retweeted by ThePirateParrot.

3. The New York Times reported a long lost reel of tape containing the greatest home run in Pirates history, Bill Mazeroski’s 9th inning home run in game 7 of the 1960 World Series to beat the New York Yankees, was found in Bing Crosby’s wine cellar, where conditions preserved the only known recording of the series in pristine condition. Crosby was a former owner of the Pirates. The game will be televised by MLB Network in December. My family will be watching.

4. Have you noticed baseball games get longer in September. Why? 40-man rosters mean more available pitchers and that means more pitching changes. It’s merciless. Let it be done already. Now that the Red Sox are out of the playoff picture, NFL and NCAA football and pre-season hockey are a lot more interesting. Not that I’m biased or anything. Spring training gets underway in just five short months!

5. One last baseball note. The Chicago Cubs’ rookie Tyler Colvin had his chest punctured when a teammate’s bat splintered. He spent three days in the hospital with a chest tube to prevent a lung collapse. Owie. This rekindled the controversy over ash vs maple bats. The bat that impaled Colvin was maple, which is prone to splintering. Let’s be careful out there.

6. Moving on to football, I agree with Killer Nuts Tailgating. This was the hit of the week.

7. In the NFL, Jets’ running back Braylon Edwards was arrested for DUI. Yawn. Ordinarily not something I would notice, but this year Edwards rides the pine on my fantasy team in the Draft Day Suit league. The league where I beat the league-leader in week 2 and still dropped from second to third place. Dammit. But back to Edwards. The Jets are handing down a stiff punishment. Edwards doesn’t get to start on Sunday. Boo hoo. Edwards, Cromartie, Holmes…who’s next for the Jets? Quick! Call the Bengals.

8. In some good-guy NFL news, Steelers’ safety Troy Polamalu launched his website this week, Troy43.com. It’s a site nearly as beautiful as he is. Excuse me while I go look at the pictures and wipe the drool from my chin.

9. Wife-carrying, which is totally a sport, was in the news this week. A couple in Maine is training for the North American championship, where couples will vie for a title, as well as five times the winning wife’s weight in cash and her weight in beer. That’s not even the strangest part. If this team wins they are going to auction off the beer.

10. And finally, on the eve of the Ryder Cup, Jim Furyk is still trying to live down last month’s cell phone alarm malfunction that cost him a chance to contend for the Barclays championship. Let’s hope he brings an adapter that lets him plug in at Celtic Manor in Wales. The one that failed him in New Jersey isn’t going to work there either.

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