riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 16, 2011 10:16pm
$1.00 dogs night and fireworks on Friday if any Pirates fans are going.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Jun 16, 2011 11:06pm
Should be a great series this weekend with the Buccos in C-town. This series probably means more than any of us thought it might at the begining of the season.
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 16, 2011 11:16pm
Both teams over .500, you would have never thought that in March, time to get my Pirates hat out and go eat $1.00 dogs on Friday night and fireworks. I think I enjoy the fireworks at Pirates games a little more, probably because they shoot them off from the barge on the river and seem to reflect off all the glass downtown.
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Gardens35
Posts: 4,929
Jun 16, 2011 11:21pm
After Saturday's game.....Michael Stanley and Resonators & Donnie Iris and The Cruisers.
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jun 16, 2011 11:33pm
There is no firework show better than the ones the Indians put on. It was the only thing worth watching last season, and is heading that way this season lol.
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 16, 2011 11:37pm
They have to many shows and they are not as good now as they were a few years ago.
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Jun 17, 2011 12:02am
Donnie Iris = King Cool. Puts on a good show for an old guy. Actually this is a pretty good Cleveland/Pittsburgh band matchup.Gardens35;805189 wrote:After Saturday's game.....Michael Stanley and Resonators & Donnie Iris and The Cruisers.
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 17, 2011 4:39pm
Got my Pirates hat and off to the game, $1.00 dogs here I come!
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Jun 17, 2011 8:17pm
riders1;805206 wrote:They have to many shows and they are not as good now as they were a few years ago.
Dude, STFU.
It's obvious you're just anti Cleveland... You're a Twins fan with a Yankees avatar wearing a Pirates hat...
Non
Posts: 9,517
Jun 17, 2011 10:52pm
Buccos drop to 35-34 on the season.
It's been awhile since they lost a game and still were over .500!
It's been awhile since they lost a game and still were over .500!
killer_ewok
Posts: 11,379
Jun 17, 2011 11:07pm
Yeah, it almost doesn't seem real. LOLNon;806122 wrote:Buccos drop to 35-34 on the season.
It's been awhile since they lost a game and still were over .500!
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 18, 2011 8:55am
Pirates fans , who has the better fireworks? Sick featherhead's mind is full of smoke and hasn't seen a real fireworks show!
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Jun 18, 2011 9:00am
hoops23;806020 wrote:It's obvious you're just anti Cleveland... You're a Twins fan with a Yankees avatar wearing a Pirates hat...
Pirates fans , who has the better fireworks? Sick troll featherhead's mind is full of smoke and hasn't seen a real fireworks show!
Seen them both and Pittsburgh's are longer and better
also #1Yankees, #2 Reds, #3 Pirates , # 4 Tigers, #5 whoever is playing the featherheads and don't even own any Twins gear!
Non
Posts: 9,517
Jun 19, 2011 7:02pm
Pirates 35-36 after getting swept in Cleveland.
They were overmatched this series.
Big question now is where do the Pirates turn for offense? Possibly Alex Presley at AAA. He's hit about .330 this year, good spray hitter, good speed but may not have much power at the MLB level.
Pirates aren't in a position where they have to go for it this year but the lack of power is so significant that they may put together a trade in the next month or so to get another bat.
They were overmatched this series.
Big question now is where do the Pirates turn for offense? Possibly Alex Presley at AAA. He's hit about .330 this year, good spray hitter, good speed but may not have much power at the MLB level.
Pirates aren't in a position where they have to go for it this year but the lack of power is so significant that they may put together a trade in the next month or so to get another bat.
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Thinthickbigred
Posts: 4,148
Jun 19, 2011 7:21pm
Our offens is pretty shabby but our bull pen other than our closer is just about as sorry as it gets ..Good job American league umps in puulling out the tarps befoire it was even raining so our starting picture who was in the groove would have to leave ,.... Yep we got jobbed all weekend with bad plate umping .. even though Cleveland would have taken 2 out of threee anyway we got hosed and I noticed it
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jun 19, 2011 7:26pm
Thinthickbigred;806977 wrote:Our offens is pretty shabby but our bull pen other than our closer is just about as sorry as it gets ..Good job American league umps in puulling out the tarps befoire it was even raining so our starting picture who was in the groove would have to leave ,.... Yep we got jobbed all weekend with bad plate umping .. even though Cleveland would have taken 2 out of threee anyway we got hosed and I noticed it
QQ. Do you realize there are no more AL and NL umps? They all work both leagues. smh.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Jun 19, 2011 7:27pm
Non;806965 wrote:
Pirates aren't in a position where they have to go for it this year but the lack of power is so significant that they may put together a trade in the next month or so to get another bat.
What sort of trade do you envision them making?
Non
Posts: 9,517
Jun 19, 2011 7:59pm
Commander of Awesome;806986 wrote:What sort of trade do you envision them making?
Tough question because they're not in a position where they expect to contend this year. They don't have to "go for it" this year.
Because of that I don't see them acting like a contending team trading for a rent-a-player for a couple months.
They're not going to do that.
If they make a trade it might be a combination of veterans and prospects to another team for a mixture but with a bat being the primary target to receive in return.
Non
Posts: 9,517
Jun 19, 2011 8:05pm
It's difficult to acquire power hitting.
The Pirates won't spend the money in free agency on a legit slugger.
And like I said, they don't have to panic and try to get one guy that may help them for just this year.
What they'll probably end up getting is somebody who they think might breakout still and become more of a power threat than the original team projects.
They had Jose Bautista and traded him to Toronto. They're not going to get that lucky but that's the type of player they'll probably trade for.
The Pirates won't spend the money in free agency on a legit slugger.
And like I said, they don't have to panic and try to get one guy that may help them for just this year.
What they'll probably end up getting is somebody who they think might breakout still and become more of a power threat than the original team projects.
They had Jose Bautista and traded him to Toronto. They're not going to get that lucky but that's the type of player they'll probably trade for.
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Thinthickbigred
Posts: 4,148
Jun 19, 2011 9:11pm
like_that;806984 wrote:QQ. Do you realize there are no more AL and NL umps? They all work both leagues. smh.
Nope I didnt I guess they just stunk then calling for the tarps in the bottom of the 8th before it even rains on the last game of a series while our starting pitcher was in a groove .. that was just bogus .. everybody knows our bull penn other than our closer is at the HS level
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Jun 19, 2011 9:11pm
Well that weekend sucked. Hopefully get back on track at home vs. Baltimore.
killer_ewok
Posts: 11,379
Jun 19, 2011 10:03pm
GoPens;807065 wrote:Well that weekend sucked. Hopefully get back on track at home vs. Baltimore.
This.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jun 20, 2011 12:22pm
Karstens had thrown 98 pitches through seven innings. He wasn't coming out for the eighth. At least I wouldn't think he would be. He's not the sort of guy who you really can count on for going above and beyond that 100-pitch limit. For his career as a whole, he usually starts to falter around the 70-80 pitch mark, but he's improved on that this year.Thinthickbigred;807064 wrote:Nope I didnt I guess they just stunk then calling for the tarps in the bottom of the 8th before it even rains on the last game of a series while our starting pitcher was in a groove .. that was just bogus .. everybody knows our bull penn other than our closer is at the HS level
GoPens;807065 wrote:Well that weekend sucked. Hopefully get back on track at home vs. Baltimore.
Yes. Hopefully more than 4 runs in 3 games during that series. This one was just sad. Tolerable (Maholm) to decent (Correia) to good (Karstens) starting pitching, but no offense to back them up and some of the newer guys called up to fill in as far as the bullpen goes get rocked (Moskos and Wood).
Wooball
Posts: 1,325
Jun 20, 2011 1:21pm
Thinthickbigred;807064 wrote:Nope I didnt I guess they just stunk then calling for the tarps in the bottom of the 8th before it even rains on the last game of a series while our starting pitcher was in a groove .. that was just bogus .. everybody knows our bull penn other than our closer is at the HS level
Was Karstens going to throw the entire game? It was questionable if he would have even come out for the 8th, let alone the 9th. And you would now probably have a new manager if he sent him back out for the 10th and 11th.
From the games I saw, the Pirates are getting closer to snapping their streak of consecutive losing seasons but probably not quite this year. The injuries to their top 2 catchers was glaring this series. So was the lack of a power stick in the middle of the line-up. A guy I'd like to see the Indians pursue this year via trade is Hunter Pence. I wonder if the Buccos would look at a guy like that?
GoPens
Posts: 2,339
Jun 21, 2011 2:00pm
Pirates re-acquire Josh Rodriguez from the Indians for cash. They must really like this kid.