Outbluffed by AJ Burnett: The 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates

yes

as is the other run that cole put on base

i like ike

ike is testing my love with his fielding

sorry i doubted u

loved how it hit the speaker

greg brown + steve blass is a pretty terrible broadcast team, but karl has scared me off the cardinals' dudes

welp

Guess.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-surprising-best-hitting-team-of-2014/

i believe it. somehow it doesn't seem to be translating to wins the way one might hope

i was hoping the pirates could be one win away from the Cards by the end of the weekend but ... the rockies.

that and being stymied by felix doubront

triple play tho

that outfit is one of the best in the league.

on Pirate health, and Russell Martin's Arc Reactor.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-healthy-season-playoff-chances-future-impact/

http://famousiconswearingpghpiratehats.tumblr.com

a little late, but let us pause to recognize that the pirates have guaranteed their second winning season since 1993

if only they'd won a single fucking game against the cards 10 days ago they'd even have a shot at the division. good thing clint barmes totally owns madbum

http://m.mlb.com/pit/video/topic/0/v29981085/pitsf-barmes-drills-a-threerun-homer-for-the-lead

Still a long shot at the division... that's really the only suspense left in the NL.

McCutchen with two HBPs tonight, Garza ejected

it seems possible that he didn't mean to do the second one, but

he'd previously only hit two batters all year

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show

#buctober

congrats you buckaroos

boctober

let's just get through bleptember first guys

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--mRAEcguN--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/cejy5z1c42xg5jetbjyh.jpg

http://deadspin.com/the-pirates-locker-room-celebration-looks-like-so-much-1638494944

ps john steigerwald sucks

5 years ago would not have imagined a world in which the o's, nats, and pirates were contenders. i guess the competitive balance stuff does work after all

getting multiple extremely high draft picks is a big help

which makes the o's success even more impressive, because they didn't quite have that

tbh i kinda agree with him, just that it seems silly to have a huge champagne celebration after every single advancement

Sending my congratulations from Milwaukee; I'm rooting for you guys

yeah i think going nuts for winning a wild card game or a division series is kind of lame, and a pennant doesn't mean so much anymore, but making the playoffs postseason after 150+ games is a good moment imo

it's kind of like when i come home and my cat is all purr-y and rubbing up against me and i'm like dude chill, you're gonna get trod upon, i'm *trying* to get to the food. but it's nice to know that he appreciates it

okay it's not really that much like that, but still

let's send mookie to the LCS

(if the fates allow)

ok seriously a champagne celebration after clinching the wc AND the division, two times!! before the postseason begins!! is ridiculous

re the dodgers

well shit

and now we're looking at vance worley or edinson volquez in the wc game

(who have actually pitched very well lately, but still)

http://i.imgur.com/udtLSCx.jpg

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