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Link Roundup, 8/23/08: More Roster Moves

-P- I answered some questions about the Pirates for the Brewers blog Right Field Bleachers earlier this week.

-P- Tom Gorzelanny will start tonight against the Brewers; Paul Maholm and Jeff Karstens will each be pushed back a day. Also, Matt Capps should be activated today. The Trib reports that Romulo Sanchez and Nyjer Morgan are will be sent back to Class AAA to make room, but that doesn't seem right to me. If Morgan is sent back, then it's possible the Pirates' centerfielder the rest of this series could be Jason Michaels. Nate McLouth had blood tests done on Thursday, but it could be several more days before the results come back. He could be out for a while. If Morgan is sent down, that leaves the Pirates with just two outfielders--Michaels and  Brandon Moss--plus Doug Mientkiewicz, who can handle a corner outfield spot. I doubt Morgan will be sent down, unless Steve Pearce is recalled.

UPDATE: T.J. Beam, and not Morgan, is the one to be demoted.

-P- Gorzelanny at Indianapolis: 35 innings, 33 strikeouts, 4 walks, and a 2.06 ERA. Not bad at all.

-P- Quinton Miller was just about to depart for the University of North Carolina when the Pirates called and made a last-minute, $900,000 offer. Miller's wording--he says the Pirates told him they "had the money"--makes it sound, in contrast to what the Pirates said at the time, that they had probably decided early on the deadline day not to sign Tanner Scheppers and to sign Miller instead.

-P- Via Primer, Frank Thomas calls out umpires:

Thomas said that as the season draws near an end and two non-contending teams are playing, umpires often start calling more strikes. That's one of the things that's happening to him lately, as the A's DH has gone hitless in 23 consecutive at-bats.

"That's just the way it is," Thomas said. "Right now, with two teams out of it, it's all about pace of game, so they call a lot of first-pitch strikes so everyone starts swinging the bat. It's a frustrating way to hit."

Having seen a lot of September Pirates games in my lifetime, one would think I'd know a lot about this phenomenon, but this is actually the first time I've ever really thought about it much. Has anyone else noticed this in Pirates games against non-contenders?

-P- Posting will be a bit sketchy again this weekend; my band is playing in Wheeling tonight and Brooklyn tomorrow. Here are details if you feel like coming out. Thanks for your patience.

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Good catch re: Q. Miller

Perhaps Kovacevic will pursue this lead.

Steve Z

by steve_z on Aug 23, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Outfielders

If they got really squeezed, they could use Doumit in a corner and have Chavez catch for a couple of days. Not ideal, but it’d be enough to get through the day, anyway.

by Vlad on Aug 23, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Doumit may not even be healthy enough to play tonight

he left with flu related symptoms last night.

by Thunder on Aug 23, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pirates press notes indicate

Sanchez was sent down to activate Capps. Move for Gorzelanny to be announced before gametime. I do note that the same source indicates starter for Wednesday against the Cubs is TBA, and not Jason Davis. So he may be the move. Just as elsewhere, no word on McLouth, Doumit, etc.

by Thunder on Aug 23, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Charlie,

sorta off-topic (but not really, since you posted your band link), but having listened to “Kill Them With Kindness,” I wonder if you’re at all familiar with Trotsky Icepick?

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- HST

by cocktailsfor2 on Aug 23, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Trotsky Icepick?

Isn’t Ramon Mercader the lead singer for that band?

Steve Z

by steve_z on Aug 23, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ba-dum

Ching!

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- HST

by cocktailsfor2 on Aug 23, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah, I’ve never heard them, although I feel like I’ve heard the name. I’ll check them out when I get back on a faster internet connection.

by Charlie on Aug 23, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you do,

try looking for stuff from the album Baby.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- HST

by cocktailsfor2 on Aug 23, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does seem to me

like many September games between non-contenders go fast, but there’s a chicken-and-egg thing in play. Do the batters start swinging at the first pitch more because they want to get the games over with or because they know the umps want to get the games over with?

by bucdaddy on Aug 23, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Does anybody know...

when a player is eligible for free agency? Is it after his fifth year or after 60 calendar months? If it’s years then does a September call-up equal one year or one month?

I’m trying to undeerstand the rationale for some of the things NH does and this might explain them.

by Illinois Pirate Fan on Aug 24, 2008 11:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

A player needs six years of major league service time

to become a FA. ML service time is measured in days on the active roster or disabled list. I think ithey use 172 days equals one year of service time even though the actual season runs for about 180 days.

by WestCoastBuc on Aug 24, 2008 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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