Pirates vs. Rockies, 13 August 2009
by Charlie on Aug 13, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
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Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies, Aug 13, 2009 3:10 PM EDT
Paul Maholm vs. Jason Marquis, 3:10 PM.
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No Edge today
Moss gets the call in left. Also, Doumit gets the day off. For the Rocks, Stewart and Iannetta sit.
Pirates’ lineup:
1. McCutchen – CF
2. LaRoche – 3B
3. Young – 2B
4. Jones – RF
5. Pearce – 1B
6. Moss – LF
7. Cedeno – SS
8. Jaramillo – C
9. Maholm – P
Rockies’ lineup:
1. Fowler – CF
2. Barmes – 2B
3. Helton – 1B
4. Tulowitzki – SS
5. Atkins – 3B
6. Spilborghs – RF
7. Torrealba – C
8. Gonzalez – LF
9. Marquis – P
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hmmm...
I guess it’s just me and the crickets…
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
I'd say its not a popular time for a game lol
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I like Luigi batting 2nd
He seems to be one of our more patient hitters, which should give Cutch more time out on the bases.
That’s not saying much, is it?
Say hello to the Bad Guy!
by Pirates4Life on Aug 13, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Fowler always annoys me
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Moss and Pearce both starting
They must be ice-skating in Hell today.
Next thing you know JR will give MVP a day off. Nah . . . couldn’t happen. :)
I'll take that
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damnit
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With Marquis' post all star break history
Not necessarily
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that just means that he'll throw a shutout.....
remeber who he’s playing. We don’t do well against struggling pitchers.
Haven't we seen this movie before...
like about 18 hours ago??
Just like last night...
first Pirate hit goes to a player that “hasn’t earned the right to be starting every day”
Patience...
only 4 1/2 hours till first snap.
as much as i absolutely love the steelers
That irks me when drunk people chant that at PNC
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That’s the real reason they’re playing this game at 3:10. Don’t want to compete with a Steeler preseason game.
charity standing orders
Or maybe
they just wanna give the PBC a chance to get to Wrigley for a game tomorrow afternoon?
There are 6 afternoon MLB games today, and several teams (Dodgers, for example) are enjoying a travel only day. They all can’t be scared of a couple NFL pre-games.
Nice shot JJ
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Why can no one bunt?
That’s one problem we’ve actually not had
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yes very strange this
i did remember the pitchers could bunt- at least the ones who ve been around, duke, maholm
They've always been relatively consistent.
Course Duke can have a base hit with about the same consistency as bunting
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Yeah Marquis doesn't have his best stuff today
They need patience today
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Hey ya'll
Doesn’t seem like I missed anything exciting
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If you joined in the 3rd inning last night...
today is almost an instant replay.
Oh thank god
I was afraid something might have happened. Same stuff different day…
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Only difference...
JJ, Moss and Pearce in…Milledge and Doumit collecting splinters.
wasn't a 4-6-3
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Looks like
he caught the bug from his brother.
I'm thinking...
a Brewer is going to go after a pitcher later today. They’ve hit 5 HR against the Padres in 5 innings. I can’t imagine the Padres not going inside a few times in the next few innings. Fielder’s gone deep twice…Braun once and Mike Rivera twice.
Then again…even if a Brewer does charge the mound…we know he won’t get suspended anyway.
I'm hoping to heckle Fielder to the point where he yells at me when I go to the game next week
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Yeah that's BS
All he did was defend himself. He just automatically retaliated I guess they think
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He did completely own Youk.
First of all, grow a pair Youk, don’t throw the helmet. Secondly, when you charge the pitcher, you shouldn’t get slammed like that
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That made my night.
Youk gettin slammed by a 20? year old. I know he’s young but I don’tknow his exact age.
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Barmes pulled a Nyjmo
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Well, this has been fun
but I better get goin. Get us a win ya’ll!
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Who is Walk talking about with Florida?
No way in hell there’s a 73 point spread. Absolutely not
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Why not???
Florida’s first game is against perennial powerhouse Charleston Southern.
Well I know they would be playing a D1-AA team
but 73? I’ve never heard of something that absurd. Normally I see 42, 48, an even a rare close to 60. 73 is just saying we could care less how demoralized your teams going to be
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Remember...
Florida tends NOT to call off the dogs against weaker competition. Especially if they are going to be considered for #1 this season. This game isn’t even being listed oddswise…that I’ve seen up to this point.
Those types usually aren't.
D1-A vs. D1-AA that is
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Sometimes a few are...
but not 3 weeks ahead of time. I would agree that a true line will be somewhere in the 40s…but Florida putting up 70+ points in that game would NOT surprise me.
Can he say that more often?
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Wow
Cedeno showing the wheels
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Cedeno is just makin all sorts of things happen
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I never thought...
Jones should get that designation. cutch…maybe.
cutch team mvp
GFJ the past 3 weeks team LVP
…We’re on the board?
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Jones...
sample size alert…
bases empty … .384/.424/.860 for an OPS of 1.284
runners on … .161/.266/.304 for an OPS of .569
RISP … .100/.206/.167 for an OPS of .373
Bases empty…Jones close to Pujols
runners on… Jones=Neil Walker
RISP…Jones=poor hitting pitcher
ay yah.
guess they reswitched with us from friday
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I guess...
the Barmes home run must have woke up Sleeping Beauty on the bench.
Iffy strike calls here in the 8th
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Well if Tabata keeps up what he's doing
I expect a McCutchen-like callup next june
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True but it starts to settle the team.
The pieces start to fit into place. Chemistry starts to be made. The outfield is set at that point and we get to see how they flow.
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argh
why must they continually pitch capps in non-save situations, do they really hat my fantasy team that much?
Jason
The Hanging Curve
Sometime between now and monday...
someone needs to take a trip to the Pirates bullpen at PNC…and put up a sign.
DANGER – CONTENTS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE!!!
Maholm and Capps
What’s to make of these guys?
PM: Fifth consecutive start giving up over 4 ER, hasn’t had a quality start in about a month.
Capps: Although the BS against the cards was only his first in 15 straight attempts, he has an era hovering around 6.00 and his struggles are obvious.
What the hell’s going on? If we traded these guys a year ago we could’ve conceivably gotten a monster deal. Both are relatively young, and though I’m citing a small sample size, I think bigger problems may reside with both of them…
I question...
whether either of them has been totally healthy this season. We know that Capps had elbow issues early in the season…and there have been several reports of Maholm having troubles with his legs…knee or hamstring. I wouldn’t be absolutely shocked to see one or both shut down early.
generally our starters have been okay............
but it’s that our offense is so putrid that they nearly have to throw shutout’s daily.
Have to disagree.
…Maholm, IMO, has been bad, especially with the contract extension and “#1 starter” billing, to have an ERA at about 5.00 with an above average defense for the greater part of this season, can’t blame that on the offense.
He has also gotten decent run support, nothing close to what Duke has had to suffer through this year.
Well...
our offense has been shut out 3 more times than the Braves…and 5 more times than any other team in the majors…14. And we’ve been held to 1 run 16 times…that’s 30 games…well over a quarter of the schedule…that we’ve basically had no chance…short of a shutout…to win.
Nonetheless..
…wins and losses are not what’s important to this team, right now. It’s a matter of consistently improving and getting better.
Would you rather see Paul’s stats remain the same and he have a 10-5 record
OR
Improved statistics across the board, but zero run support?
The scary thing is that Maholm has regressed this year, just within himself, nothing to do with run support, records, or anything. I hope it’s a case of a lingering injury and not major league hitters have caught on to average stuff.
Krazy – I agree, Maholm is a #3 starter, at best really. Even so, his stats barely warrant fifth starter status..
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