Pirates Lose to Manatee Community College

by Charlie on Apr 2, 2009 3:27 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

That's right, a community college. Insert your own joke here.

Thanks to Raise the Jolly Roger.

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To be fair no one from the 25 man roster was playing but that’s still little excuse.

I made most of my life decisions at a Foghat concert... I stand by them.

by Chester J Lampwick on Apr 2, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh, check the box score.

The Manatee guys used a different pitcher every inning. And we got killed by the bottom of their lineup – the 7-8-9 hitters combined for eight of their eleven hits (including all the XBHs).

It’ll be a nice memory for the Manatee guys, anyway.

by Vlad on Apr 2, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, definitely one to tell the grandkids.

by Charlie on Apr 2, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be fair

The main squad beat the Reds 6-5 today.

It was most of the 25 man roster, except somebody named Larry Broadway played RF and in his 0/4 had 5 runners LOB. No starting pitcher played.

by WstCstBucco on Apr 2, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's AAA filler, signed out of Washington's system to play 1B.

Duke alum, pretty much a replacement-level 1B.

by Vlad on Apr 2, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dave Davidson

was the losing pitcher for the Pirate minor leaguers.

Didn’t our esteemed colleague, the gunner, suggest Davidson as a lefty out of the pen, instead of making a major-league acquisition?

Congrats to Manatee Community College!

by patthatt on Apr 2, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When your pitcher is Dave Davidson and you also roster a guy named Henry Henry what do you expect???

by TheGrinch on Apr 2, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually really curious about Henry Henry.

WTM’s description is pretty amusing.

by Vlad on Apr 2, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw a lot of him at Pirate City this month. He didn’t impress me with the bat and defensively I’d rate him somewhere south of Jim Negrych. Short and stocky, not much range or athleticism. He does have a small strike zone, though. No way he’s 5’9", as listed at MiLB.com.

by WTM on Apr 2, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least last year they waited until the opening day to embarrass us...

i know it’s spring training, none of the actual pirates were there and if it happened to most other teams it wouldn’t raise an eyebrow, but still you have to admit that it’s pretty funny considering our reputation.

by johnnycuff on Apr 2, 2009 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, and that’s really all I meant by it. When I saw Stephen Strasburg pitch a few weeks ago, several batters got hits off him even though it was obvious that no one knew what to do with him. These freaky things happen.

by Charlie on Apr 2, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs