https://i.imgur.com/0GBIX8t.jpg
"As we looked at where our young players are, there wasn't a need to strip it to the core. We have a good core base," Huntington said. "We feel like we can be really interesting much sooner than most people anticipate, much like the Twins and Brewers did, much like we did in 2013."
@stephenjnesbittGerrit Cole, the Astro: "It’s refreshing to come to an environment where the team is willing to continually put resources into the club and continue to move forward and try to provide the best possible product for its fans."
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Never put 2 and 2 together knowing this picture since I was a kid, but this T-shirt of Parker 'has' to be a Funkadelic reference, right?
http://i.imgur.com/9ZzyGeV.jpg
― earlnash, Thursday, 1 February 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
the pirates have a new team leader
“This is a different organization, where if you get drafted, you look at a guy like Jameson Taillon: It sucks that if you pan out, you have your future written for you in an organization like this. You either fold and sign a team friendly deal, or you’re bounced." Freese— Chris Mack (@THEChrisMack) February 16, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 February 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hNGEgaV.png
midseason form
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
not counting Ohtani, pitchers have batted four times this spring, and they've all been Pirates, and they have three hits— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) March 8, 2018
things are looking up
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
LOL I was just about to post something about Airdrie on this thread.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
haha
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX3eHI2U8AAa977.jpg:small
thank you for this insight, The Athletic
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WNT82EH.png
cool story
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DX3hVNUXUAA78jI.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
"Neverauskas about this again."
― Andy K, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
love too start the season with three in detroit followed by a classic home opener matchup with the twins
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZy5KslU8AEow-o.jpg
get a brain! morans
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 April 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
there goes the perfect season
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link
Felipe Rivero has changed his name to Felipe VázquezThe Pirates closer's jersey will reflect his new legal name sometime soon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Uribe#%22The_ultimate_player_to_be_named_later%22
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 01:22 (six years ago) link
btw current playoff odds are at 17.1%! too bad they can't play the tigers and reds all the time
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
offensive juggernaut
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
ok so what is up with this team
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
hitting way over their heads, have played like 1.25 decent teams out of four
the pitching is still near the bottom of the league overall, and while trevor williams seems like a good guy, being 3-0 with a 1.56 ERA is a bit much
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:25 (six years ago) link
you could listen to Mookie’s rational take or you could believe like me that Moran’s .911 OPS will be sustained for the whole season.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
i want to believe! they're a fun team, i think. also it's fun when they beat the cubs, so
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
every team is fun when they're hitting .278/.353/.479 (including pitchers!)
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-pirates-have-some-hope
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
What is worse in life, to have your team have a terrible start and then rise to mediocre baseball or having them get to a good start and then slide slowly back to mediocre baseball?
― earlnash, Friday, 13 April 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
the latter results in several more wins at the end of the season! which is good if the team barely squeaks into the playoffs, and for attendance. and bad in terms of the draft pick at the end of the season.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 13 April 2018 22:57 (six years ago) link
the latter results in two weeks of excitement! so that's cool
and in the pirates' specific case, it earns them some goodwill the franchise desperately needs (but doesn't really deserve) after an ugly offseason
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
rip first place
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 April 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
I’m sure the young man upset at himself for missing the Moran home-run ball will see worse defense from a Tiger by the time he leaves the stadium.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
Third baseman Jung Ho Kang has been granted a work visa to re-enter the United States and will rejoin the Pirates in the coming days.Kang, 31, has not played for the club since being convicted of a third drunk-driving offense in South Korea in January 2017. Without a work visa, he was unable to play for the Pirates last season.It’s not immediately clear how long it will take Kang to get in game shape or when he could be placed on the active roster.
Kang, 31, has not played for the club since being convicted of a third drunk-driving offense in South Korea in January 2017. Without a work visa, he was unable to play for the Pirates last season.
It’s not immediately clear how long it will take Kang to get in game shape or when he could be placed on the active roster.
wau
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
Kang ended up missing the entire 2017 season. He did play briefly in the Dominican Winter League recently, but that stint was cut short when he failed to perform with his new team.
what does "failed to perform" mean?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
he hit .143/.219/.202 in 24 games
i imagine conditions are difficult for korean players in the dominican winter league, but
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
i mean, that's not THAT bad, sheesh. right now adam duvall is hitting .159/.247/.329 in 24 games. ok, i guess that's pretty bad
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 April 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
NEW: Pirates Fan Given Ultimatum: Remove Anti-Nutting Shirt or Leave PNC Park - https://t.co/aRrpZ2Yomz #Pirates pic.twitter.com/PuwkYCeMmb— Pirates Prospects (@pirateprospects) April 28, 2018
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 28 April 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
gotta love these throwback uniforms. the google image search for "Pirates Tekulve Baseball" is so good.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 April 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
the unis are great but the throwback hats are terrible -- instead of wearing the real stovepipe caps they've just put lines around regular-style caps ugh
tbh the 1971-style uniforms they wore on sundays a few years ago were actually classic; these are just 'fun'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
cutch returns : /
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 May 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
The pirates are good
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Thursday, 17 May 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
they've done very well against bad teams and okay against good teams; i guess that's all one can ask
stealing corey dickerson from an even more egregiously cheap team was a nice move!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 May 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
and then they dropped three straight at home to the padres
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 May 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
moe jusgrove
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 May 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
impressive
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
will austin meadows continue to rule so hard
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Sunday, 3 June 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
probably not, but it's pretty cool! he's been up for two weeks and already has more homers than the very disappointing first baseman
― mookieproof, Sunday, 3 June 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
hey, look who's .500
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
The pirates are good― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10:43 PM
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, May 16, 2018 10:43 PM
4-13 since you typed this . . . thank's
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
iirc you weren’t enthusiastic enough about how good they were, causing them to tailspin
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 June 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
god help any team whose record is based on my enthusiasm
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 June 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
three errors in the first inning = five unearned runs = never reaching .500 again
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 02:52 (five years ago) link
pirates attendance down 27.5% from last year
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2018/06/29/pirates-attendance-down-2018-mlb-frank-coonelly-neal-huntington/stories/201807010059
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 June 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
in two games at known launching pad dodger stadium, the pirates have been outscored 25-4 and outhomered 10-2
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
played five games in july
allowed 53 runs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 July 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
well look who's over .500
at least we don't have to worry about the team making bad trades in an effort to compete, because lol
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:32 (five years ago) link
passed St Louis!
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 July 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
thread title sadly out of date : /
the chris archer era has not begun well, but unless he's completely terrible i think he'll fill the role of everyone's favorite pirate since the jettisoning of cutch
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 August 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
Gerrit Cole games with 20+ swing & misses by season2018: 72017: 02016: 02015: 02014: 0— Daren Willman (@darenw) August 16, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 August 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
ahh, back under .500, good job everyone
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 August 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
the most average sports team in modern history?
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-checked-50-years-of-sports-history-to-find-the-team-that-stands-out-the-least/
― na (NA), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm1suvvXcAAGp-D.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
TAKE THAT YOU DIRTY ROYALS
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/8/17/1/anigif_enhanced-buzz-3260-1376716493-12.gif
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
supposedly they're considering calling up kang for their final series
what a tremendous idea, kudos
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 September 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link