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Pirates vs. Nationals, 3 May 2008

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Washington Nationals


Paul Maholm vs. Matt Chico, 1:05 PM. Here's the box.

Jonah Keri has a new article at ESPN.com about "the failure dynasties." Amazingly, the Pirates aren't the first team on the list, and Keri predicts them to have a winning season in 2010. That looks optimistic to me, if anything, but I'll take it.

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I think

he just listed the teams in alphabetical order.

Also, I couldn’t help noticing the three sponsored links at the bottom of that story, geared I suppose to the average Pirates fan, are for Pirates ringtones, Pirates tickets and medical hair restoration. I could draw some conclusions from that but I think it speaks for itself.

by bucdaddy on May 3, 2008 10:51 AM EDT   0 recs

For the Buccos

CF McLouth
SS Gomez
2 Sanchez
LF Jason-ity
RF X-Man
1 Black Hole
3 Bautista
C Paulino
P Maholm

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 12:55 PM EDT   0 recs

For the Nats

2 Lopez
SS Guzman
3 Zimmerman
CF Milledge
RF Kearns
1 Boone
C Lo Duca
LF Pena
P Chico

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 12:56 PM EDT   0 recs

And we're underway.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:09 PM EDT   0 recs

whoooooooa

x drilled in the head…......

Raise the Jolly Roger!
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:15 PM EDT   0 recs

X-Man hit.

& hurt?

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:16 PM EDT   0 recs

it nailed him right on the helmet

hes fine now it appears

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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bases juiced, 2 outs!

Black Hole up.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT   0 recs

And Black Hole

sucks it up.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

groundout

1st pitch

Raise the Jolly Roger!
http://raisethejollyroger21.blogspot.com

by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guzman homers.

The Nats have a lead in the 1st inning.
Surprising.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:23 PM EDT   0 recs

maholm

dominant at home….terrible on the road

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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:27 PM EDT   0 recs

The Nats announcers are clueless. They keep calling Paul Malholm “Pat.” They’ve been screwing stuff up since the first game of this series.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 1:28 PM EDT   0 recs

yeah

they are terrible…last night they even called Millidge “Lastidge”

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that was a ball

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 1:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Oh, geez… Lo Duca went digging for that hit.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

This

is not looking good.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:49 PM EDT   0 recs

Not in the least…

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 1:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

JVB warming up...

Argh…

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 1:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Truthfully...

it probably can’t get much worse.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I hope.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maholm

I know he is always worse on the road…but i was at the game on Sunday and he was SO good….how can he be so much worse? ugh

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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Bases loaded again

for Boone.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 1:56 PM EDT   0 recs

Boone

stinks. If he gets a hit, forget it

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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 3, 2008 1:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Got out of that

without giving up even more.
That’s gotta be good, right?

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah, I’m not giving up on this game quite yet… then again, I bumped my head pretty hard this morning, so I might just be suffering some sort of brain damage.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

All things considered

we could be down by a whole lot more than we actually are. For now.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:00 PM EDT   0 recs

and it's not like

Chico is going to shut us down…at least he better not

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah...

nor were Dempster or Odalis earlier this year though.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Chico

was 0-5 with a 6.68 ERA to start the day.
Just FYI

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

according to the Nats announcer

2 runs is “a bunch” while 1 is not

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Come on

lazy ground ball

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Or a K

Surprising it took so many pitches though.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

LaRoche?

WHy not start Doumit at first and Paulino behind the plate. THis is ridiculous

by JimBibbySweat on May 3, 2008 2:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Agreed.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The Pirates are 11-11 and LaRoche is 0-6 for a team record of 11-17

by JimBibbySweat on May 3, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm pretty sure

LaRoche is worse than 0-6.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He’s already stranded five batters. Is there any way the Pirates can get Mike Gonzalez back? BTW, Bucs 12-17 not 11-17 as I suggested.

by JimBibbySweat on May 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Same here.

Especially with Doumit sitting on the bench and Pearce in AAA and all that jazz.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The Nats

have only stranded 6 runners so far.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maholm

What’s the record for hits given up in one game?

by Hitman Easler on May 3, 2008 2:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Rally time

Jose K, Ronny Ballgame and …......?

by Hitman Easler on May 3, 2008 2:20 PM EDT   0 recs

I bet they leave Malholm in… so… Paul Badbunt

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:21 PM EDT   0 recs

At least we got LaRoche’s bat out of the way for this inning

by JimBibbySweat on May 3, 2008 2:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Jose K!

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Nice!

Coulda used that last inning :P

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Ballgame K's

Maholm batting…

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Gah.

Nate… we expected better.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

1-2-3 inning for Maholm.

1 more inning max for him I suspect.

by Hitman Easler on May 3, 2008 2:34 PM EDT   0 recs

1-2-3!

Needed that desperately. Wonder where is pitch count is hovering…

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Come on

X-man!

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Please X-Man...

Do not leave it up to LaDouche

by Hitman Easler on May 3, 2008 2:39 PM EDT   0 recs

hahaha

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

1 run in...

1st & 2nd for Black Hole…
Not good.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Here comes the double play.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:42 PM EDT   0 recs

OMG

did frazier just pull out his wallet?

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Black Hole

gets a hit!!!
And a RBI on top of it.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT   0 recs

And...

he got the hit first-pitch swinging.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ha! Ugly, but effective!

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT   0 recs

I like

that Bautista is the most feared hitter in the eyes of the Nationals

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Whatever it takes

we’ll take it.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jose K!

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Why not pinch-hit

for Maholm here?

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:50 PM EDT   0 recs

2nd & 3rd, 2 outs...

go for the run, or let your pitcher pitch an extra inning?

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guess it's a moot point

Maholm out, end of inning.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Zimmerman made a great play there. Maholm really smoked that ball!

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 2:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Jack, please come back soon

by poorboywilly on May 3, 2008 2:56 PM EDT   0 recs

Bullpen

Is the bullpen that tired when we send Maholm to pitch the 5th and is already around 90 pitches?

by Thunder on May 3, 2008 2:56 PM EDT   0 recs

Well that or the fact

that the bullpen is more or less crap.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Never mind

a 4 pitch inning is worth it.

by Thunder on May 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Stop calling him Jose K this instant!

Jose K is, and always will be, ONLY Jose Hernandez. I’m not even just saying that because he’s hot.

by azibuck on May 3, 2008 3:10 PM EDT   0 recs

He probably shouldn’t have even started that inning.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 3, 2008 3:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed.

The quick inning probably resulted in him coming out in the 6th.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

6th inning

implosion?

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 3:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Bases loaded, no outs

for Guzman.

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 3:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Fu**

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by UtesFan89 on May 3, 2008 3:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs