Bucs' Bullpen Blows It
by Charlie Wilmoth on Sep 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT
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Print8-4 Dodgers, thanks to some truly lousy pitching by Denny Bautista, Phil Dumatrait and Steven Jackson in an eighth inning that began with a 4-3 lead. I wasn't totally sure why Bautista came in to start the inning instead of Jackson (I'm guessing Jesse Chavez wasn't available after pitching two innings yesterday), but after Jackson came in later and walked in two batters, well, I guess it didn't matter much... can we have Joel Hanrahan back? Please?
Anyway, the Bucs wasted a brilliant throw by Lastings Milledge and a great diving catch by Andrew McCutchen, not to mention Andy LaRoche's tenth homer of the year. Oh, and McCutchen got a huge hit with the bases loaded, which is the sort of thing the Pirates have seemed to consistently fail to do over the past month or so.
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I seem to only see Jackson when he’s good. This was the first time I’ve seen him struggle and I thought he got squeezed a bit. Whatever. With the exception of the 8th, it was pretty good game to watch. Glad to see Andy break double-digits in homers. Ties him with David Wright, but it would be better to see him match Wright’s OBP.
Or...
I think botlon and I are like ships that pass in the night. I’ve only seen Jackson when he was bad. I usually miss the games where he’s good.
by IAPiratesFan on Sep 27, 2009 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Missed opportunities...
it’s a shame but something this team knows all to well of.
Danny goes on today. Good day for him if he doesn’t give up a homer. Great day if he can finally get a win ;)
by dulciusEXasperis on Sep 27, 2009 11:07 AM EDT reply actions
Belisario thinks its crazy that the Pirates cut him.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09270/1001104-63.stm?cmpid=pirates.xml
Wasn’t this the same guy that was mediocre at best in our minor leagues?
At the bottom of that article:
“The Pirates plan to have several conditioning camps in the offseason, as well as a minicamp in January in Bradenton, Fla.”
Matt Capps, we’re looking at you.
Sorry, left off a part:
Matt Capps, we’re looking at you, butterball.
"Anyway, the Bucs wasted a brilliant throw by Lastings Milledge...."
Very true, but they were also hurt by him throwing to 3rd one time when he had a snowball’s chance in hell at the runner, instead of 2nd to keep a DP chance alive.
One assist, one screw-up.
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