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In Praise of the LOOGY
It's a slow day, but I enjoyed this article about LOOGYs (which stands for "Lefty One-Out Guys," for the uninitiated) over at the New Republic. It's not particularly Pirates-related, since the Bucs don't have a LOOGY right now (the Pirates used Damaso Marte as one for a while, but he's gone now)...
Cardinals 11, Pirates 6 - The Bullpen Strikes Again
You know, these 1990s-Rockies-style games the Pirates have played recently are exciting occasionally, but they're exhausting, and you feel for the pitchers, and there reaches a point where you think, "Another home run? Booooring!" Ian Snell got through the first couple innings of this one without...
Brewers 11, Pirates 6
The Brewers had a remarkable twelve extra-base hits today, and the Bucs piled three errors on top of all that, so maybe we're lucky Milwaukee only scored eleven runs. The first four innings were just exhausting; the Brewers hit a bunch of balls very hard, and even the ones they didn't seemed to...
Rays 10, Pirates 5
This could be a pivotal series for the Pirates. Jimmy Barthmaier made his major league debut tonight, and the results were predictable. He looks like he's got major-league stuff, but his minor league numbers indicated he wasn't ready. He had to be removed from the game after a couple innings, and...
Sean Burnett Resurfaces
Yeah, not so good. The reports about his velocity appear to be true, though -- if FSN's gun is to be believed, his fastball hit 92.
Pirates Recall Sean Burnett, Dump Evan Meek
The Pirates have designated Evan Meek for assignment, which means he's very likely to head back to Tampa Bay unless the Pirates can work out a deal with the Rays to keep him and stick him in the minors. This really isn't a big deal -- Rule 5 picks don't often work out, so teams like the Pirates...
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