Slow Day

by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 10, 2007 8:56 PM EST in News

Fortunately, there's a pirates.com article to make fun of:

A $3 million price tag is a bargain for [Xavier Nady, who] showed last season that a 30-homer, 100-RBI season could -- and probably more appropriately, should -- be an expectation.

Yes, definitely let's pencil in 30 homers and 100 RBIs for Nady, who's 29 and whose career highs are 20 and 72, respectively. Also we should count on 40 jacks for Adam LaRoche, a Gold Glove for Ronny Paulino, 150 games played for Ryan Doumit, a 20-win season for Matt Morris, and 97-MPH velocity for Sean Burnett. Also, I'm pretty sure Nyjer Morgan will break Rickey Henderson's single-season stolen base record, Bryan Bullington will become a successful big-league pitcher, Bob Nutting will throw money from a parade float like Jack Nicholson in Batman, and pirates.com will hire a writer who knows how to write propaganda that at least isn't outright ridiculous.

Now maybe I'm just a homer, but I really think the Pirates have a shot this year.

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Sad

I didn't even need to click on the link to know who wrote it. This girl makes me want to vomit when I think of what else she could be thinking that they don't let her put into print. Yikes.

by jeremy @ Bucs Dugout on Dec 10, 2007 10:26 PM EST reply actions

I liked this part

Though Nady was plagued with injuries last year, I wouldn't expect that to be a perennial problem.

Um, hello, it already is a perennial problem.

by WTM on Dec 10, 2007 10:29 PM EST up reply actions

agreed

I think that lady knows almost nothing about baseball and 100% nothing about the Buccos. I am tired of reading her crap.

WE SHOULDVE KNOWN IT WAS GOING TO BE BAD WHEN IN HER FIRST ENTRY, SHE SAID SHE WASNT PREVIOUSLY A PIRATES FAN AND HAD SOME CATCHING UP TO DO....

- Omar Moreno

BRING BACK MATT LAWTON

by omar moreno on Dec 10, 2007 11:32 PM EST reply actions

Not me...

Looks like there's two Omars in town... and this one holds no such venom for a young writer just trying to make it in a tough, male dominated business .

by OmarMoreno18 on Dec 11, 2007 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

Give the girl a break

She's just a little too optimistic. If I was a writer to Pirateball.com I'd be pretty damn optimistic too...

by bryanzane on Dec 10, 2007 11:38 PM EST reply actions

You'd be optimistic . . .

. . . or you'd be fired. They're under orders to write this claptrap. The MLB.com writers aren't journalists, they're PR flaks.

by WTM on Dec 11, 2007 1:45 AM EST up reply actions

exactly

If it's not worth reading, then don't read it. She's being paid by the Pirates to write this sort of upbeat propaganda, so that's what she does.

Just because she shops at the Company Store doesn't mean we all have to do the same.

by bryanzane on Dec 11, 2007 9:58 AM EST up reply actions

Comedy value

Often, the articles are transparent attempts to respond to criticisms of the team in the papers or online. It was some of the articles on the official site that first made me aware that somebody associated with the team was reading some of the blogs and boards.

by WTM on Dec 11, 2007 11:05 AM EST up reply actions