“we bring nothing to the table except the ability to allow our opponents to pad their statistics by playing us”

Off the top of my head, I’d say our starters have done a pretty good job keeping runs off the board this season; better than just about any of us expected so far.

We’ve had some crappy relief performances most of the year, though.

“will continue to be true until such time as the Pirates bring something to the table”

Huntington and Coonelly have been working hard from late in the 2007 season to turn things around. I know that you and your elderly sidekick, the gunner, have little patience, so I guess you’ll just have to suffer til we put a good team on the field again.

I see signs things are getting better throughout the organization, but you two can’t see the forest for the trees.

I would have thought the fact we usually suck would make us an attractive pairing for a team looking to score 2-3 easy wins.

Like I alluded to in Charlie’s post, the Pirates need to get competitive before they can get rivals.

Look to the Steelers for an example (sorry), the Ravens despite being a new-ish team are the Steelers biggest rivals while an historical rival like the Browns is much less so due to crappiness.

The Pirates don’t need to play historical rivals like the Mets or Phillies in order to create modern rivals, they need to compete.

This is my first post. Came across the Buc’s Dogout by accident. I have Nate McLouth in a fantasy league, so i started getting into the Pirates. I think the Buc’s have some good young talent, but it takes time to develop. Do they really have anyone to give up for an established player to build around, or tough it out. How good is this McCutchen? Stats don’t seem that great. Buc’s outfield is kinda crowded right now. Who is gonna go, or sit on the bench. White Sox are trying to get some young guys in their lineup, and it’s been tough to watch at times. Someone said the Buc’s should move to the East. There’s nothing wrong with the NL Central. When were the Red’s Pitt’s biggest rival? Musta missed that one. Just some things i threw out there. Good series coming up with the Cubbies starting tonight. Couple games might get rained out. Chance for the Buc’s to turn it around. Cub’s are in a huge SLUMP!!!!!!!!! Come on Nate, start hitting for me.