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Pirates vs. Rockies, 20 July 2008

Pittsburgh @ Colorado


Zach Duke vs. Aaron Cook, 12:05 PM. Here's an interesting matchup, because Cook represents a sort of best-case scenario for Duke's career.

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Holy line-up....

2 Rivas
3 Eye Chart
CF Nate
LF Jason-ity
RF X-Man
1 Black Hole
C Chavez
P Duke
SS Wilson (1-7 in his career against Cook)

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 2:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Small sample sizes, but...

as stated above, Jack is 1-7 against Cook.
X-Man is 3-12.
Freddy is 3-6.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 2:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Freddy finally seems to get something going...

maybe… so JR gives him an off day.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 2:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The Brewers have just traded for

Ray Durham.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 2:16 PM EDT   0 recs

ESPN News says

Yankess interested in Nady or Bay. Names being mentioned in return include Ian Kennedy, Jose Tabata and Austin Jackson.

by Brakeman8 on Jul 20, 2008 2:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Aren't those like

the Yankees top prospects?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 2:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not sure

Kennedy was expected to be in the MLB rotation, but failed. He has done well at Scranton since being sent back. Tabata looks like he is having a bad year at Trenton and Jackson just an ordinary season at AA.

by Brakeman8 on Jul 20, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Sickels

Rates Kennedy and Tabata as B+ and Jackson as B-. Kennedy and Tabata were the #2 and #3 propspects in the system behind Chamberlain going into 2008. Jackson was #5.

by Brakeman8 on Jul 20, 2008 2:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nate!

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 3:10 PM EDT   0 recs

The first 3 guys on to start the game!

When was the last time that happened?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 3:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Jason-ity. :(

Ends that with a run-scoring DP.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

nice inning

duke’s looking good…hopefully he can keep it up

by northsidenotch on Jul 20, 2008 3:36 PM EDT   0 recs

Chavez!

if he doesnt slow down hes safe

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

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Jul 20, 2008 3:51 PM EDT   0 recs

wayyy

too quick of an inning there

by northsidenotch on Jul 20, 2008 3:51 PM EDT   0 recs

tough luck

Jack shoulda made that play and Holliday drilled a nice pitch

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

by Raise the Jolly Roger on Jul 20, 2008 3:59 PM EDT   0 recs

Not good.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:01 PM EDT   0 recs

In my dreams, I keep hearing...

“Nice one stupid. You live in Utah and could’ve picked any single team to root for… and you pick the one team that doesn’t seem to give a sh** about winning.”

Okay, not really… I don’t remember dreams long enough to know what I hear in my dreams.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

At least they seem to be making an effort...

now.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ugh...

DP wasting a hit by Duke.
You have to take advantage of hits by the pitcher.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Lead-off triple...

Rockies 1 semi-deep fly away from tying it up.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:16 PM EDT   0 recs

jeez

there goes that lead.

by northsidenotch on Jul 20, 2008 4:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Why didn't I just turn the game off after the top of the first?

You know it can only get worse for us after that.

by jonoz13 on Jul 20, 2008 4:17 PM EDT   0 recs

I left after the top of the 1st...

and then made the mistake of coming back after the 4th.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mr. Duke...

please lose the rocket launcher ASAP.

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 4:21 PM EDT   0 recs

goodness

is it just me, or do all of our pitchers just fall apart in the 4th-5th innning.

that’s if they aren’t apart to begin with.

by northsidenotch on Jul 20, 2008 4:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Are the Pirates

in THAT much of a hurry to get to Houston?? How about making the pitcher work a little?

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 4:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Let Laroche pitch.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 20, 2008 4:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Um... Duke was done 2 innings ago.

Why is he still in?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:35 PM EDT   0 recs

this was

a pretty terrible series

by northsidenotch on Jul 20, 2008 4:36 PM EDT   0 recs

This series should

end any discussion whether this team needs to be blown up.

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 4:38 PM EDT   0 recs

I remember

When the Pirates didn’t suck. It was 1992, I was 19 and Clinton was president.

by jonoz13 on Jul 20, 2008 4:40 PM EDT   0 recs

At the end of the '92 season, I was 6

I didn’t start paying attention to baseball (at all) until like 10 years later, when the Diamondbacks won it all.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I got to see the Pirates on opening day

a couple years back.
I was on campus in between classes, and the game (vs. Cincinnati???) was on ESPN.
The team lost.

The first (and only) time I’ve seen the Pirates on TV.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:52 PM EDT   0 recs

I remember

Dave Parker as a promising rookie.

Never could I have imagined such futility from my beloved Bucs.

This really sucks.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 20, 2008 4:56 PM EDT   0 recs

That's like

the 2nd straight game with that.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wreck specs

Decides he will pitch scoreless innings when we are behind by fifty. Nice.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 20, 2008 4:59 PM EDT   0 recs

Please

Someone, anyone, make it stop.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 20, 2008 5:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd like to help

but if I went and pitched, we’d give up 20 runs in the first inning before JR decided to pull me.

And if I was manager, the “starters” would never win because they’d only pitch 3 innings (max), pissing them all off to the point of revolt, leaving the team with no pitchers.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why is Freddy

the first pinch-hitter off of the bench?

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Ah.

I guess that’s a good enough reason.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Different pitcher

same result…Freddy flies out on 2nd pitch.

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 5:02 PM EDT   0 recs

They've still got

2 hours.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah

but it takes a while to get to DIA from downtown.

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This team isn't worthy of plane tickets.

I say we shove them on the first train to Houston.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That could work too...

they could duke it out to see if anyone can survive.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know! I know!

Throw the starters down there.
Survivor starts tomorrow. :)

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Forget .500

lets just try to avoid the NL Central celler (and a bottom-5 record in the majors).

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:04 PM EDT   0 recs

The 3 batters that inning...

Freddy, Jack & Rivas.

Oh boy.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:06 PM EDT   0 recs

On the plus side, if we're going for at least 6 runs in the 9th

the good part of the line-up (is that possible?) is up…
Eye Chart, McLouth, Jason-ity, X-Man, Black Hole, Chavez… you’d have to imagine Doumit or Nate Sr. would bat there…

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That assumes

that we’re only down 6 in the 9th.

by Thunder on Jul 20, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't drink

:\

I’m just trying out this whole “optimism” thing, just randomly.
Probably the wrong time (& team?) to try it out on.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah

I try that every year….It usually disappears around this part of the season, if not sooner.

by Hitman Easler on Jul 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I normally avoid it.

I occasionally get the desire to try it.
Normally just for the humor that comes with it.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Optimism for me at the beginning of the season

is a World Series win.
After the first series, it’s finishing at 81 (or 82) wins.
After the first week, it’s avoiding the MLB cellar.

Yeah… exponential decline.

The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".

by UtesFan89 on Jul 20, 2008 5:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs