We're ready for our sophomore slump! Pirates Roundtable Live returned to the Internet on Wednesday night. It's a live videocast with a budget of $0, so anything can and did happen. You will be gazing upon the faces of these panel members for Episode 2:

Jim Rosati from North Side Notch
Ed Giles from In Clemente Weather
Me, James Santelli from little-known Pirates Prospects

David Manel from Bucs Dugout separated himself from Excel long enough to talk. There was also a surprise guest! Well, not really a guest. But I was certainly surprised.

Topics included: What Jeff Locke will become, Pirates' possible All-Stars, potential pitching acquisitions, infield shifts, Pedro Alvarez socking dingers. Dingers! Plus we took your questions from Twitter with the hashtag #PiratesRoundtable.
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