never forget
pirates' combined record after august 1 over the last two seasons: 38-77 (.330, or 108.5 losses over a full season). and they won't have the astros to beat up on this year, after winning 12 of 17 against them in 2012.
clint barmes (66 OPS+ in 2012, 76 for career) is still the starting shortstop. should be better at catcher, if only because rod barajas put up -1 war last year. liriano, jmcdonald, who knows.
go bucs
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:16 (thirteen years ago)
now with more russ martin
I wonder how he will fare outside of yankee stadium. when he left the dodgers he looked like he was done-zo.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:49 (thirteen years ago)
if he is merely competent, he'll be a significant upgrade (if perhaps not worth $8.5m).
in the pirates' recent history with canadians, let's hope he's more like jason bay than erik bedard
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:59 (thirteen years ago)
was Chief Dan George a Pirates fan?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 February 2013 03:23 (thirteen years ago)
“I can tell they’re in the transitioning stages right now,” Inge said.
― Andy K, Monday, 18 February 2013 14:11 (thirteen years ago)
aren't we all
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Monday, 18 February 2013 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
after the two epic late-season collapses mentioned above, pirates to extend clint hurdle through '14 with a '15 option. i guess jim riggleman is the curt flood of managers?
For his managerial career, Hurdle owns a 685–798 record, good for a .462 winning percentage.
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Monday, 18 February 2013 17:17 (thirteen years ago)
Russell Martin ... shortstop?
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pittsburgh-pirates-catcher-russell-martin-shortstop-canada-world-baseball-classic-021813
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 00:48 (thirteen years ago)
awesome
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 01:48 (thirteen years ago)
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/8324293/gyi0063608694.0_standard_352.0.jpg
i always worry about clint hurdle's health
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:54 (thirteen years ago)
kind of unbelievable that he's only 55 years old.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 21 February 2013 02:55 (thirteen years ago)
he has one winning season in ten as a manager
probably just as well that he hasn't been in any actual pressure situations
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Thursday, 21 February 2013 03:05 (thirteen years ago)
After the season-opening series against the Cubs, Pirates have 29 straight games vs. teams that contended last year.
― железобетонное очко (mookieproof), Sunday, 24 February 2013 16:27 (thirteen years ago)
BP annual's comment on McCutchen invokes Audrey Hepburn on Cary Grant: "You Know what's wrong with you? Nothing!"
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 February 2013 17:08 (thirteen years ago)
brandon inge, who will be 36 in may, has a career obp of .303, and hit 162/.205/.162 in spring training, has made the club.
what a joke team
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 22:51 (thirteen years ago)
Inge was a monster for the A's last year. That was a crazy month.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 23:09 (thirteen years ago)
1st half Tigers all star.
repeat fluke?
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:46 (thirteen years ago)
uh he hit .226/.286/.389 with 85 strikeouts in 74 games for the a's last year. and the pirates already have clint barmes.
52 rbi tho -- must be clutch
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:50 (thirteen years ago)
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18jb80qmgw7qggif/ku-xlarge.gif
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 1 April 2013 19:52 (thirteen years ago)
this is my favorite ilbb thread title
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 April 2013 20:01 (thirteen years ago)
uh he hit .226/.286/.389 with 85 strikeouts in 74 games for the a's last year.
Yeah but we'll always have May and early June when he had all those random 4 RBI games.
― polyphonic, Monday, 1 April 2013 20:04 (thirteen years ago)
gif as omen
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 April 2013 20:14 (thirteen years ago)
hahaha, is that rosin gif from today?
― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Monday, 1 April 2013 20:51 (thirteen years ago)
raise the jolly roger
not sure how i feel about 36-year-old closer jason grilli wearing dave parker's #39 tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:04 (thirteen years ago)
That's foul.
― Mesclun United (Andy K), Thursday, 4 April 2013 02:11 (thirteen years ago)
after three games, the pirates are hitting .150/.227/.200
nice outings from wandy and j mcdonald tho
pirates' next 29 games: dodgers/d-backs/reds/cardinals/braves/phillies/cardinals/brewers/nationals
miss u astros
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:18 (thirteen years ago)
after six games, the pirates have 8 runs on 21 hits
as a team, they are batting .119
and as much as i lol at francisco cervelli, russell martin is thus far 0-for-pittsburgh
maybe we can get rid of clint hurdle, at least, although i shudder to think who he'd be replaced with
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2013 23:30 (thirteen years ago)
pirate fans have taken over the pool in arizona
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 04:24 (thirteen years ago)
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHikdR_CIAAW0gM.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2013 04:07 (thirteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_WcvwFPUg
― Mesclun United (Andy K), Thursday, 11 April 2013 16:55 (thirteen years ago)
26yo phil irwin is making his big league debut for the bucs today
it is not going well; his era was briefly infinite
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:47 (thirteen years ago)
well, still a happy ending.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 14 April 2013 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
that was p. stunning tbh
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 April 2013 00:09 (thirteen years ago)
you can't really run out phil irwin, james mcdonald and jonathan fucking sanchez on consecutive days and expect to win
when is the arb clock deadline? bring up cole, i don't care if he only went two innings in his last start with indy. taillon looked good in the wbc. if miami is willing to bring up fernandez for a team that is (even more certainly) going nowhere, then wtf
btw russell martin and pedro alvarez are hitting .086/.200/.143 and .073/.174/.073 respectively. they're making clint barmes (.121/.171/.182) look like el oso blanco
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:24 (thirteen years ago)
geez I did not know Garrett Jones hit 27 HR last year
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:27 (thirteen years ago)
o shit pedro got a hit
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:31 (thirteen years ago)
with two hits today (and two rbis! including the game-winner!) clint barmes has reached the magical 801-hit plateau in his 948th major league game.
at his current career pace (.247/.296/.386), if he plays every game for the next 25.2 seasons, he'll catch pete rose
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2013 22:24 (thirteen years ago)
Jonathan Sanchez pitching for PittsburghM Carpenter homered to center.C Beltran homered to left.M Holliday singled to center.A Craig hit by pitch, M Holliday to second.Pittsburgh's J Sanchez ejected by T Timmons in the 1st.Pittsburgh's Manager C Hurdle ejected by T Timmons in the 1st.
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:49 (thirteen years ago)
poor man's aaron laffey
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:56 (thirteen years ago)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j3BDaJQHj2w/UXsg19lweBI/AAAAAAAAAsc/NwJhNjm1jZ4/s500/sanchez.gif
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:57 (thirteen years ago)
embarrassing
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:58 (thirteen years ago)
Pittsburgh - Top of 7thJoe Kelly pitching for St. LouisJ Kelly relieved J Westbrook.
P Alvarez singled to center.R Martin homered to right, P Alvarez scored. PIT 2, STL 2C Barmes singled to right center.J McDonald hit for A Burnett.J McDonald struck out bunting foul.
jesus christ clint hurdle
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:47 (thirteen years ago)
@JonHeymanCBS 4hsteve grilli @GrillCheese49 very symmetrical start. 10 for 10 in saves, 0.82 WHIP, 0.82 ERA. #bucs
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/steve_grilli_autograph.jpg
― Andy K, Monday, 29 April 2013 18:03 (thirteen years ago)
sanchez dfa'd, thank god
liriano had a solid outing in triple-a today, might be up in 10 days
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:51 (thirteen years ago)
so russell martin's kinda streaky
nevertheless, fuckin ppl are gonna make me update the pirates' ridiculous litany of failure vs. the brewers going back an unreasonable number of years
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:05 (thirteen years ago)
http://dealbreaker.com/uploads/2013/03/drudge-siren.gif clint barmes has homered off stephen strasburg http://dealbreaker.com/uploads/2013/03/drudge-siren.gif
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:22 (thirteen years ago)
now with Jose Contreras
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 May 2013 12:02 (thirteen years ago)
clint barmes?!
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 May 2013 17:53 (thirteen years ago)
Clutchen
― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 03:21 (thirteen years ago)
RJ Bell @RJinVegas 3h
#Pirates -210 over #Astros at MGM. Pittsburgh has not been a bigger favorite since 2004.
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2013 19:50 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks, Choo.
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:11 (thirteen years ago)
sid bream is crawling around in my head
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:12 (thirteen years ago)
This game has been pretty great
― polyphonic, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:14 (thirteen years ago)
hate u
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:14 (thirteen years ago)
omg Farnsworth
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:18 (thirteen years ago)
can't even watch tbh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:22 (thirteen years ago)
Don't look.
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:23 (thirteen years ago)
Joey V-oppo
― polyphonic, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:24 (thirteen years ago)
at least i didn't pick the wrong day to stop drinking
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:32 (thirteen years ago)
I tuned away to Tampa... Votto is back to swingin' eh?
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:35 (thirteen years ago)
i was gonna make a stan belinda reference, but he has ms
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:36 (thirteen years ago)
the nats are gonna win out now, right
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 02:46 (thirteen years ago)
kent tekulve suggesting that dusty is calling for cutch-plunking
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2013 03:09 (thirteen years ago)
I'd say this was one of the better and crazier games I have seen all year, any club.
That play Tony Watson made on Choo was pretty amazing in the smoke of all that went down tonight.
This is going to be an intense 10 days or so for Pirates and Reds fans, as we are going to play this series in Pittsburgh, then play next weekend in Cincy and then most likely play that one game playoff.
― earlnash, Saturday, 21 September 2013 05:34 (thirteen years ago)
Thought I had dreamt this when I woke up. :(
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Saturday, 21 September 2013 09:23 (thirteen years ago)
relax, unless you were planning on catching the Cards
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2013 14:40 (thirteen years ago)
I'm not sure what that means, Doc. We're tied with the cards after losing that game, I think.
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Saturday, 21 September 2013 22:16 (thirteen years ago)
2 behind, tied w/ Cincy. After 20 years, I think a play-in game is nothing to sneeze at.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2013 22:36 (thirteen years ago)
Ah, I get you, sorry. For some reason I read your 'Cards' as 'Reds'.
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Saturday, 21 September 2013 23:15 (thirteen years ago)
http://imgur.com/7DJY9bQ
Watching the game on an old laptop with my dog. I think that, like snoopy, he's more a fan of the participatory sport.
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Saturday, 21 September 2013 23:43 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/7DJY9bQ.jpg
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Saturday, 21 September 2013 23:44 (thirteen years ago)
How many games are left after tonight, anyway? (I tried to work it out but my brain sucks)
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Sunday, 22 September 2013 01:43 (thirteen years ago)
seven
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 September 2013 01:52 (thirteen years ago)
Thanks!
― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Sunday, 22 September 2013 01:56 (thirteen years ago)
jeez what happened here
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 September 2013 17:55 (thirteen years ago)
jeff locke
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 September 2013 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
then Arroyo throws 33 clueless pitches and they don't score
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 September 2013 18:12 (thirteen years ago)
After 5 runs scored in the first inning I just decided to give in and get some sleep (not much, as it turns out, but still).
― What I cannot bear is "normality." (dowd), Sunday, 22 September 2013 20:31 (thirteen years ago)
@Sawchik_TribAnd, yes, that's a .303 OPS for Liriano vs. left-handed hitters. A MLB single-season best, according to research by @jonahkeri
Dayum
― Andy K, Monday, 23 September 2013 23:16 (thirteen years ago)
90
wild finish, some nice glove work by morneau in the ninth
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 02:52 (thirteen years ago)
#Buctober
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 04:18 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/how-the-pirates-built-a-playoff-team
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 16:59 (thirteen years ago)
Congrats from Milwaukee. We're all sincerely (if somewhat passively) rooting for you guys
― Evan R, Tuesday, 24 September 2013 18:04 (thirteen years ago)
for giving you a step up toward WC homefield, the Mets say you're welcome.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 September 2013 03:24 (thirteen years ago)
thank u mets
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 September 2013 03:41 (thirteen years ago)
Any thoughts before the long weekend?
― What I cannot bear is "normality." (dowd), Friday, 27 September 2013 17:47 (thirteen years ago)
It's my bday so I have a whole mess of stuff on, but gonna find a way to fit staying up til 4 in the morning every night into my plans. Maybe try to make my bro (who is visiting) stay up and watch Saturday night's game - not sure if I can persuade his wife.
― What I cannot bear is "normality." (dowd), Friday, 27 September 2013 17:50 (thirteen years ago)
if that was aj's last start as a pirate it was a good one
need one of two for home field on tuesday
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 September 2013 02:12 (thirteen years ago)
If Bucs win the next 2 to finish 4 ahead of the Reds, it's gonna feel awfully contrived for them to have to beat em again to gain entry.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 September 2013 13:00 (thirteen years ago)
homerfest
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 September 2013 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
My awesome brother got me a Pirates shirt for my birthday! So they better win the playoff...
― What I cannot bear is "normality." (dowd), Sunday, 29 September 2013 01:21 (thirteen years ago)
It's beyond strange that a game that means everything between the two teams will be preceded by a game that means absolutely nothing.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 September 2013 07:06 (thirteen years ago)
pirates' 2013 payroll was $67m and they have $32m committed for 2014
it's going to be frustrating when they refuse to spend anything
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 20:48 (twelve years ago)
Congrats McCutchen!
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 November 2013 01:07 (twelve years ago)
congrutchen
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Friday, 15 November 2013 01:09 (twelve years ago)
yay?
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2014-zips-projections-pittsburgh-pirates
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 January 2014 22:42 (twelve years ago)
I was thinking of visiting Pittsburgh in May and catch a Giants game or two, if money allows it.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 January 2014 23:20 (twelve years ago)
Robocop Larish!
― Andy K, Friday, 17 January 2014 23:24 (twelve years ago)
Outbluffed by AJ Burnett: The 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:44 (twelve years ago)