Pirates vs. Astros, 7 July 2009
by Charlie on Jul 7, 2009 7:00 PM EDT
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Lineups
McCutchen CF
Wilson SS
Moss RF
Adam LaRoche 1B
Jones LF
Andy LaRoche 3B
Vazquez 2B
Jaramillo C
Maholm P
Bourn CF
Tejada SS
Berkman 1B
Lee LF
Pence RF
Rodriguez C
Matsui 2B
Keppinger 3B
Moehler P
by shayborg on Jul 7, 2009 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is this the first day I can post things with my phone?
by Steve In on Jul 7, 2009 7:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Power surge...
well…if we need a power hitter…we can always call up this guy from Indy that has hit HR’s 3 games in a row.
Bad news…it’s Brian Bixler.
by Thunder on Jul 7, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And all three have been the opposite way. WTF?
by shayborg on Jul 7, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are they sitting Freddy
To make sure his option doesn’t vest, making him more valuable to a trade partner?
by thecheeseisblue on Jul 7, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
……and because they believe he was the 2nd gunman on the grassy knoll….
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5:16 p.m.: No Sanchez in the lineup for the fifth consecutive game with the back injury (he also sat out Thursday, but was a healthy scratch). Good news though, he said that he took some swings today and, although he didn’t hit any live pitching, he got in some work off the batting tee and also some soft toss. Manager John Russell said Friday in Philadelphia remains a possibility for Sanchez’s return.
from the PBC Blog
So it looks like he’s on board with the plan too. :)
by shayborg on Jul 7, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like
Freddy won’t play tomorrow either
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Freddy
Has a bad back. With his All Star selection, he is all but assured to get enough PAs now to make his extension vest.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Crappy pitcher starting…Jack at #2, Brandon Moss batting third….my guess is we get 3 hits, 0 runs. :-( I do hope I am wrong.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wowsers, he’s now tied for first in the NL with 11 errors
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moss
didn’t hit a home run, bench him forever
(sarcasm)
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
we are killing the ball
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow Mario
that was a nice pitch to watch
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
2K's so far.......
I’m thinking more than 10 for the game.
by Krazybuc on Jul 7, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One cannot hit a baseball without swinging at it, Adam.
by Thunder on Jul 7, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mario hits dingers with his mind.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh...
Maholm on the mound, JJ behind the plate.
We all know this is a problematic combintion…
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Pirates
have the two worst ERAs for starting pitchers in the NL with Ohlie and Maholm having above a 6 ERA…any ideas why?
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you forgot to say "on the road"
Maholm was the same way last year so it doesnt surprise me.
As for Ohlie, I think it being his first full season and being comfortable in PNC is the answer. Wehner attributes it to the big left field
by Jett on Jul 7, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jones
way to take it opposite field
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Garrett Jones
gets the first hit of the ball game
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
THAT
is why JR is so excited…
Nice hit, Jones.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Luigi
takes a page out of his brother’s playbook…Great.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
erased.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
houston’s training staff out looking at Moehler
by Jett on Jul 7, 2009 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
erased!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't make an effort
or anything Vazquez, you might throw out your back
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As much as I think we should trade Freddy
It frightens me to have to watch Vazquez the rest of the year at 2nd
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It could be worse:
Think DY….
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least DY can hit
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey,
Vazquez has a homer…
…
um – and 2 “Z’s” in his name!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I concede to you sir
I would like 2 Z’s
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
See?
see how how are?
Y’know, if you’d just sit and think a minnit before you fly off th’ handle…
;-)
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I, for one, would love to see the PBC go all out to get Sean Rodriguez from the LAA for Grabow (and probably a low level prospect). Slick fielder, good hitter in minors, totally buried on the LAA depth chart.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vazquez is a 3B at best. We need guys who can field the positions if Freddy/Jack are gone.
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
welcome Luis Cruz
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, welcome Eric Young Jr. (if Freddy gets traded). It’s been reported that we are interested in the Rockies’ prospect.
by mspirate on Jul 8, 2009 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
On Lameday,
none of those pitches crossed the plate.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thought there might be a triple there.
by Charlie on Jul 7, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He has freakish speed
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never make the 1st or 3rd out of the inning at 3B?
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think it would’ve been that close
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Cutch could've had 3
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Stupid Bourn
and his speed keeps Cutch from getting another triple
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Turns out that the only thing that can kill McCutchen’s speed… is more speed.
by Charlie on Jul 7, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jack Wilson!
2 run hr!
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude, it looked like a golf swing on that sinker.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen Jack hit this many
home runs in half a year for a while
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess the whole double/triple thing was irrelevant.
by Charlie on Jul 7, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just ups Jackie Boy’s trade value.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
there’s a La Roche College in Pittsburgh
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oy,
AGAIN with the leadoff walks…
.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d fear Bourn’s bat too
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Why didn’t they wave Bourne around…
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GRRRRRRRRR…..
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Leadoff walks that turn into runs make me die a little on the inside.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It irritates me 10x more
when a reliever comes in and walks the first guy of the inning
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could Vazquez
have made that more interesting?
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That would've been
penne, anyway.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, hey, great...
now I’m hungry.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just thinking the same thing…I really appreciate you both bringing this up
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha. I take the blame.
I’m pretty hungry too, if that’s any consolation. Only one real meal today. But I’ve got to prepare to teach for a few hours while I watch the game before I can go home.
by Charlie on Jul 7, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so no penne for you? too bad
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GF is ordering pizza even now.
Thank heavens for GrubHub!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow great turn there for 2
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So
I get home late, and I miss an Angry Jack homer?
Man…
True Blue Jazz
Bucco Ball
I'm on Twitter
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Angry Jack
is angry.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was speed reading through the comments on other posts before...
Eric Young Jr. = good or bad?
True Blue Jazz
Bucco Ball
I'm on Twitter
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was curious on that too
as well as the Doug M. helmet problem… what was that?
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
attaboy, Pauly!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Un be lievable
Jack you are an amazing defender
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s the best defensive SS in the game. I can’t think of anybody else I would chose over Jack defensively. Simply the best.
by mspirate on Jul 8, 2009 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does jack have a gold glove? And if not why? Don’t tell me cause of his bat because I feel like I remember rey ordonez getting gold gloves and usually hitting around .200
by Steve In on Jul 7, 2009 9:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
He does not
and it’s because of his bat
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason those are linked
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It didn't use
to be that way. But now, it’s the person who gets the most exposure and is at least decent defensively (as far as fielding % wise). And a player gets more exposure by being good offensively.
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Case in point McClouths gold glove last year I guess
by Steve In on Jul 7, 2009 9:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
You mean
Penne.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure if that was just hit in the right spot
or Vazquez is running with cinder blocks
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wha hoppen?
Vazquez couldn’t handle it?
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Blooper
in exactly the right spot scores a run
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm impressed with Moss's D
he doesn’t have a lot of speed but he makes good reads on balls and takes good routes
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yup.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moss didn't continue the inning
bench him
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
85 pitches for Paul
Might pitch 1 more unless the O somehow gets goin this inning.
by BadAndy on Jul 7, 2009 9:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Odd..
Mario grounding out to 2B like that…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Moehler's
first BB.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
there you go Jones
SB
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I do enjoy watching him at the plate
he’s got a nice swing
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he must move
his legs faster than he moves his arm.
by BlindSquirrel on Jul 7, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Mario's is prettier
that’s why I’m glad he doesn’t waste it smacking baseballs with it
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
- the “with it”
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moehler out
Bydrak in to face Vasquez
by BadAndy on Jul 7, 2009 9:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Time to light these suckas up!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Vazquez is just the guy to do it!
2 Z’s!
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It irritates me 10x more
when a reliever comes in and walks the first guy of the inning
“Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat.”
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 7:57 PM CDT
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would be yelling at the TV
if I was an Astros fan…please give Veal back to the Cubs
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NICE!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A reliever comes in
and walks the first batter he faces on four pitches
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and
it wasn’t one of the Pirates’ relievers
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good for us
but absolutely brutal…every manager has to want to punch his reliever after that
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta PH for Maholm
if JJ does nothing.
Team needs some runs!
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Better to be lucky...
…than good.
We got lucky there.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad they scored...
but WTF is JJ doing swinging at the first pitch from a new reliever??
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, who is in last place?
3-2 bucs!
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What I Like
Is when the other team does dumb things.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yea Young! They only thing he CAN do well!
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cutch Takes A Pitch
I do like this kid.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yea Cutch! Boo JJ!
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cutch
with a RBI, and JJ gets thrown out
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Beasley is an idiot
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Beasley might be the worst base coach in baseball.
WHY do you send the catcher with one out and your second hitter coming up?
HE’D HAVE SCORED RIGHT THERE.
by Suffering Buc on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
HEYO!!!!
4 consecutive RBI singles?!?!
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
But got lucky the second time. Bad throw by Lee.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fire the base coaches already; it’s bee too many times this season we’ve given away outs
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
BEASLEY needs to go
Bones can stay another 5 years
by BadAndy on Jul 7, 2009 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
another hit
that would’ve scored two if JJ hadn’t been sent earlier
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Moss
0-3..and swings at the first pitch. And people wonder why I am down on the guy. sigh
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Leave it to Moss to kill it...........sorry Cocktails
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
s'ok.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really think it would do the kid a world of good to put up a great season at AAA to get his confidence up rather than continue to struggle at the major league level.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think they can send him down
can they?
True Blue Jazz
Bucco Ball
I'm on Twitter
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, everyone else (but Cutch) swung on the first pitch. The guy was basically throwing batting practice.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Several guys swung at the 1st pitch…doesn’t make it right for any of them. But, if you are hitting .300 and get a hit it sure is better tha if you are hitting .260 and make an out.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
okay, now…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
for those who want Moss to sit
its not going to matter in a few weeks: Milledge in LF, Moss in RF, Jones at 1st and DY at 2nd…
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DY at 2nd = worst of all time for Pit?
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take it
I like DY…it will be terrible fielding though
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t think of anyone worse, offhand…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He could make Jose Castillo look like a wizard.
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did
Bixler ever play 2nd? Or Cruz? Or whoever the back-up was last year?
True Blue Jazz
Bucco Ball
I'm on Twitter
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It will matter if he is still in the line up and still not doing well. I don’t care who else is or isn’t playing.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That groundout by Moss
will get all the Yinzers in a tizzy
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GD Yahoo boxscore...
It’s still at the end o the 6th.
I might as well just close it and read what you all have to say.
by BlindSquirrel on Jul 7, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully big Joe proves me wrong here.
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or, makes progress towards it.
by Gorkys n' Beans on Jul 7, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AMIRITE?
Time to light these suckas up!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 8:51 PM CDT
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Obviously
You need to make that comment every inning, and we’ll win a lot of ballgames.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Until the opposite happens and he will be a jinx………
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Takes one to know one.
Heh.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Very true my friend. Very true.
I also learned another important lesson that day. Don’t try to spell responsible when recovering from a 2 day drinking binge.
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
1st mistake: ending th’ binge.
2nd mistake: spelling.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ran out of days off…… Not like I haven’t gone to work drunk before but you know….
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOBODY LIKES A QUITTER.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or a jinx...
My mom still thinks I’m cool though
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda unrelated, but not really
The Brewers are not happy with Ryan Braun’s recent call for some changes.
“It was inappropriate for him to say what he said, and I’m not happy about it,” general manager Doug Melvin told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday.
“To make the statements he made and also get on his teammates like that, it was irresponsible on his part. It just ticked me off.”
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
...
“[The Cubs] starting pitching is a lot better than ours,” Braun said. “They threw the ball a lot better than our starters did. They certainly swung the bats better than we did. Clearly they were the better team. It’s nice to get the one win but they clearly outplayed us and outperformed us all series.”
Braun then called out Melvin, looking for a bit of a shakeup.
“We’re at the point right now where it would be important for us to go out there and acquire somebody,” Braun said.
“I know [Melvin] is trying to make our ballclub better. I know he recognizes the importance of making a move and making it soon, but at the same time I think everybody’s recognized there’s a lot of teams that are still in the race.
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pu$$y.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Because It's True
Don’t mean you’re sup’posta say it.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has a major league baseball player ever been fragged? (And no, Jose Canseco doesn’t count.)
Braun could be the first.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Braun has solidified himself as the biggest bitch in baseball.
by Suffering Buc on Jul 7, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
Astros broadcast explaining that the Nats and Stros have a suspended game to complete on Thursday. Hanrahan could wind up as the winning pitcher. lol
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's Get Physical?
Are they playing Olivia Newton John’s “Let’s Get Physical” at the ballgame?
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
uuummmm......
Dude…. Does that make you any better for knowing that song?
haha.
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Sayin'
Kind of a weird song for a “family atmosphere.”
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on Grabow
Get these guy out to up your trade value.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
whoops.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well,
he did get him out…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully there are no ML scouts at the game.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Berks the tying run
and promptly grounds out!
by BadAndy on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Who’s swinging at the first pitch now
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
,“Where’s your Messiah now?”
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can relate
it’s kinda like Mario.
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least Berkman doesn’t try to pull everything (unlike Rally Killer)
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
except Lance is way cooler and isn't nicknamed LeDouche
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Compare and contrast. Berkman, 1st pitch ground out to 3B. Rally Killer, the old strike out looking.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't wait til he's gone
bring all the stats you want I can’t stand him
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on dude...he has his own hunting show....how could you not like him?
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because I went hunting one time in my life
shot a squirrel and it didn’t die…it just laid there suffering til i killed it with my knife…
Trade him
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
....and how did that make you FEEL?
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never picked up a gun again
It was almost as bad as watching Mario bat
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
killing stuff = cool
Adam = not so much
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every time I watch Mario bat
I feel like that squirrel
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope PETA attacks you with a bucket of paint
or w/e they use.
What’d the gorilla’s ever do to you?
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's a bucket of blood...
and they only do that if you wear animal fur…
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'd rather him swing at the 1st pitch......
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You got your choices from Adam:
Strike out swinging
Strike out looking
Ground out to 2B
Ground out to 1B
GIDP
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot meaningless 9th-inning home run
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thought about it, but his meaningless, nobody-on-HR signal to noise ratio is pretty damn low.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
That’s quite a variety. I wish he had a hit on that menu.
"So you think 25 percent of the country is retarded?! Yea. Atleast 25 percent. Well lets so a sample. There are 4 of us an you're retarded. Thats 25 percent." Southpark; Mystery of the Urinal Deuce
by gorillakilla34 on Jul 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha…Yep. Oh, what about the lazy flyout to RF every once in a while?
by mspirate on Jul 8, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jones having a good day
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jones is playing balls to the wall. This is the kind of effort I love to see from my players.
by Suffering Buc on Jul 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup
He’s working really hard to stay with the big club. I’m not sure what kind of future he has, but I’m enjoying watching the way he plays.
by biggyv on Jul 7, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am too
and maybe we have a complementary piece in Jones
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If nothing else
definitely better than signing guys like Burnitz or Randa or someone to sit on the bench.
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jones is the type of player we want to fill the role that Hinske was filling and dirty Doug did last year. Only he’s a younger version that we can keep around for a couple years.
by Brakeman8 on Jul 7, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why don't we move Adam to the bullpen?
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Where is his preordained, promised July breakout????
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
AFTER
the ASB…
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I should just stay drunk until then.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I swear to Jobu
that Grabow cannot stand to pitch unless someone is on base.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This isn’t good. Capps needs at least two runs cushion for me to feel safe.
by Suffering Buc on Jul 7, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Me=annoyed
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
me=slightly less annoyed
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring in Capps
he’s the closer for a reason
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You mean...
we only save our best relief pitcher for the rare times we have a lead in the ninth? Because that’s the only inning where we might lose a game? Don’t let Russell know this info!
by ryebr3ad on Jul 7, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or any other manager
That would be rule #1 I would change if I was a manager. That reasoning makes no sense
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
you turn to your most reliable guy in a time of need. Which is not always in the last inning
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm now irritated thinking about that
how is there not a single manager that thinks that way
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Breathe deep, amigo.
We’re prolly gonna win this one.
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know...I never get too worked up when we are winning
If you could’ve heard me JR’s first game when we blew the 5 run 9th inning when the ball dropped between McLouth and Bay
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because otherwise the agent of the closer
will attack him in public.
Closers are, unfortunately, paid on ‘saves’ it seems.
Not on other numbers
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Borowski
got ya
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Murtaugh knew this.
Some BB knowledge was lost in the 80’s, including the concept of bringing in your best RP when he was most needed.
It’s like in Star Trek where the Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) must have been destroyed in an old world war, so whenever the ship is attacked the monitors on the bridge blow up and kill countless redshirts.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh.
Our pen hasn’t blown one in a while.
by ryebr3ad on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DP!
Grabow pulls it off!
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope Grabow's next manager
smokes. He’ll need to.
Grabow is the reincarnation of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So trade him to Detroit?
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grabow and Jonathan Papelbon are very comparable in the way they get outs. Although Paps is a closer, he also loves to allow a lot of baserunners and then get out of the jam. Paps is a great closer, but he would drive me mad if I were a Red Sox fan.
by mspirate on Jul 8, 2009 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice swing by Salazar. I assume he’ll get the start on Sunday in Philly?
by Suffering Buc on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Did you guys know the Buccos lead the majors in double plays turned? Their 3 tonight puts them at 97 on the season.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I Wonder
If that’s one of those stats that you don’t actually wanna lead the league in.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It Is
But I wonder if it just means that they put too many people on first base to begin with.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pirates fan...
insert some quote about taking the few things you get…
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
’66 Pirates — all time ML best in DPs. (Gene Alley and Maz both were awarded Gold Gloves.)
by WstCstBucco on Jul 7, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How weird
would it be if Jack was traded and won it this year. He’s deserved one for years as a Pirate
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he played
in New York or some other big market, he would have at least one
by Green_Wave on Jul 7, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god Nate could hit a little
or he wouldn’t have one
"Everybody panic! If you have a small child, use it as a shield! They love tender meat."
by BattlinBucs on Jul 7, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh.
While I’m at it, we also lead the majors in OF assists.
by pittbluedevil on Jul 7, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Capps Comes In
But he can’t hear his special song, will he still pitch OK?
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Raise it!!!
Free your ass and your mind will follow.
by cocktailsfor2 on Jul 7, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy Crap
They didn’t blow it.
by Androgen Jar Jimmy on Jul 7, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Game!
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by UtesFan89 on Jul 7, 2009 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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