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Pittsburgh Pirates (5x WS Champions) Ain't Nutting happenin'

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Jeff Locke and his 5.00+ ERA versus Madison Bumgarner and the Giants 8 game winning streak. So, of course, the worst hitting catcher in baseball (Erik Kratz) takes Mad Bum yard and Locke leads a 1-0 shut out win. :lol:
 
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Jake said:
40 starts by guys with ERAs of 5.17 or higher, and another 14 by a guy sitting at 4.74. :bonk:
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They're unwatchable right now. Still waiting for Glasnow to get the call from AAA but management is making excuses as to why he isn't ready even though he pitched 7 hitless innings last night and hasn't given up an earned run over his last 21 innings.
 
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NYBuckeye said:
They're unwatchable right now. Still waiting for Glasnow to get the call from AAA but management is making excuses as to why he isn't ready even though he pitched 7 hitless innings last night and hasn't given up an earned run over his last 21 innings.
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Glasnow is a machine over here in Indy. He needs a callup now, but I'm enjoying each extra start I get to watch in person.
 
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The Bucs have quietly won 7 of their last 9 to get back to .500 (41-41) but a tough final week before the AS break looms - 4 at St. Louis followed by 3 at home versus the Cubs. If someone offered me 4-3 in those games I'd jump at it.
 
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It took 13 tries but the Bucs finally beat Jake Arrieta and wiped that smirk off his face, 8-4. When they launched a couple homers off him in the 2nd inning it felt like this:

 
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Jake said:
The Bucs have quietly won 7 of their last 9 to get back to .500 (41-41) but a tough final week before the AS break looms - 4 at St. Louis followed by 3 at home versus the Cubs. If someone offered me 4-3 in those games I'd jump at it.
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Glad it wasn't offered since the Bucs went 5-2. Nice run to end the first half (12 wins in 16 games) but the way it was done is not sustainable. The pen isn't going to only allow 1 run every 40 innings and starters have to go more than 5 innings - some days they aren't even getting to 5. Starting pitching, a strength in recent years, has become the weakness. Fix it or forget about 2016.
 
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Jake said:
Glad it wasn't offered since the Bucs went 5-2. Nice run to end the first half (12 wins in 16 games) but the way it was done is not sustainable. The pen isn't going to only allow 1 run every 40 innings and starters have to go more than 5 innings - some days they aren't even getting to 5. Starting pitching, a strength in recent years, has become the weakness. Fix it or forget about 2016.
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Cole had a nice couple rehab starts down on the farm. Also, good to see Josh Bell make some impact in his first week. He'll make a mess of things at 1B every now and again, but the kid is talented.
 
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The Pirates have lost 63 of their last 80 games at Miller Park. That's fucking ridiculous against a crappy Brewers team. :ohbrother:
 
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Somehow the Bucs are only 1.5 games out of the wild card after taking 2 of 3 in LA, winning the season series 5-2. Now they go to San Fran and won't have to face Cueto or Bumgarner. :pirate:

Go figure. :lol:
 
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Well, that was a bummer of a season. 78 wins, also known as 20 fewer than last year, but not entirely unexpected looking back at what I said in February. :ohbrother:

Jake said:
Let's see, so far this off season the Bucs have given Pedro Alvarez his walking papers with no immediate plan on how to replace him. Josh Bell probably needs at least a half season at AAA before he's ready, if not an entire season. Similarly, Neil Walker was peddled to the Mets for pedestrian lefty Jonathan Niese even though Alen Hanson is also a year away. It seems like one more year of arbitration with Walker and Alvarez would've been prudent but I guess we needed a fifth starter. Speaking of which, Charlie Morton was shipped to Philadelphia for some 34th round draft pick named Whitehead. Giving Chuck an extension was as foolish as I suspected at the time, but giving him away for next to nothing doesn't seem wise either.

Anyway, while the Cubs and Cardinals are making moves (and spending money) to improve themselves the Pirates are being the Pirates. Billionaire Bob Nutting wants to keep the profits coming and is betting on Bucs fans being content with finishing above .500, more free t-shirts, and having post game concerts summer Saturday nights. He'll probably win that bet even if the team slips below .500 in 2016 because PNC Park is so gosh darn pretty.

Who needs to ever actually win anything again? Once those young players get old enough to be paid let 'em walk or ship them out for scraps. Bring up the next group of kids, cross your fingers, and repeat the cycle.
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Niese turned out to be even worse than I thought, Cole spent half the year on the DL and the other half being an average pitcher. Liriano turned back into the wild man he was when the Bucs first got him, eventually getting shipped off to Toronto with a pork chop tied around his neck so the dog would play with him. Amazingly, he's pitched much better for the Jays. Hmmm...oh well, better luck next year. :pirate:
 
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On this day in sports history....





ESPN's Greatest Home Rum Of All Time:

1. Bill Mazeroski wins Game 7, 1960 World Series (Pirates)
2. Bobby Thomson wins 1951 playoff (Giants)
3. Hank Aaron, No. 715, breaks Babe Ruth's record (Braves)
4. Joe Carter, wins 1993 World Series, Game 6 (Blue Jays)
5. Mark McGwire, No. 62, 1998 (Cardinals)
6. Carlton Fisk, 1975 World Series, Game 6 (Red Sox)
7. Roger Maris, No. 61, 1961 (Yankees)
8. Kirk Gibson, Game 1, 1988 World Series (Dodgers)
9. Barry Bonds, No. 71, 2001 (Giants)
10. Bucky Dent, 1978 playoff game (Red Sox)

http://www.espn.com/page2/s/greatesthomerunslist.html
 
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