2018 Pittsburgh Pirates In-Season Thread

Postby **Beveridge** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:36 pm

Musgrove pitched well. 7 innings, 7Ks, 5 hits, 67 pitches. Even had a single to start an inning. He was lifted for a pinch hitter for some reason.

Less than 10 pitches an inning is crazy.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:45 pm

I was always laugh when people (including myself) use emotes on their phone, expecting it to be normal size on the page

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri May 25, 2018 9:49 pm

Another good game for Meadows. First triple, another SB. Couple of runs scored.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri May 25, 2018 10:10 pm

Lannister rocking the Trump mask during the post game celebration.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:19 pm

They pinch hit for Musgrove becuase it was first and 3rd with nobody out in the 7th inning of an important game. The assumption was that professional hitteradam Frazier, who at this point may not be all that professional, could get a base hit or at least a ball in the air deep enough for pretty fast meadows to score. Of course Frazier popped out, but that doesn’t mean it was the wrong move.

That being said Musgrove pitched a gr8 game. The cards had three guys in the outfield that had played a lot of center field in their careers, and each one of them had at least one really embarrassing play in the field. I’m surprised matheny didn’t just jump off the Clemente bridge after that game after seeing that crappy play in the outfield PLUS joe Musgrove had a 4 pitch inning.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat May 26, 2018 12:55 am

Go Bucs

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sat May 26, 2018 7:47 am

Concur on the bad outfield play. Meadows' triple was... Special.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat May 26, 2018 4:41 pm

Marte just murdered a baseball. Goodness. Cleared both bullpens

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat May 26, 2018 6:49 pm

If Meadows isn’t in the lineup tomorrow I will personally fire Hurdle.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat May 26, 2018 8:35 pm

Jaime Dixon reference on this Indianapolis Indians/Charlotte Knights ball game I'm watching. The color commentator went to high school with him.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun May 27, 2018 12:26 pm

https://twitter.com/darenw/status/10007 ... 13952?s=19

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun May 27, 2018 12:42 pm

Meadows in LF for Dickerson. Polanco still in the lineup. Hurdle is a menace.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sun May 27, 2018 7:08 pm

https://twitter.com/darenw/status/10007 ... 13952?s=19

https://twitter.com/darenw/status/10007 ... 04576?s=21

This was interesting too.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun May 27, 2018 7:23 pm

Interesting.

No loss is a good one but today's was especially bad. Cardinals Devil Magic is alive and well still

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon May 28, 2018 8:21 am

Felipe Lannister looks like he will need a visit from the maester to get his left forearm discomfort taken care of. From his body language yesterday, it looks more like an elbow problem.

The good news for today is that the Cubs played a late night game, and are starting a reliever today.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon May 28, 2018 1:00 pm

Nova to DL. Kingham presumably coming up though I've been on the golf course so it's possible it was already announced

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon May 28, 2018 4:13 pm

Anthony Rizzo is total garbage, as is Joe Maddon.

Chicago Cubs are less than human.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon May 28, 2018 5:59 pm

I pretty much never want to hear about players getting upset about other players breaking the unwritten rules of baseball if they're not going to police the game on a now illegal slide.

Next guy up or Rizzo should have been hit today. Not because it wasn't clean or it was a hard play, it's principle.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon May 28, 2018 7:19 pm

Someone should have taken a fastball to the teeth. Rizzo and Maddon deserve a violent end to their existence.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:21 pm

Pirates had a post-game meeting. Freese needed to be separated from Cora in the dugout, apparently due to anger that Rizzo wasn’t targeted during his next at bat.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/05/pirate ... e-mlb-cubs

Postby **dodint** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:24 pm

*twiddle*

Postby **offsides** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:43 pm

They need to worry about winning games instead of hitting someone with a baseball.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:45 pm

I'm so looking forward to the Tim Benz "If only the pirates kept Ryan Reaves hurr durr" over this. You know its coming.
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Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon May 28, 2018 9:45 pm

They need to worry about winning games instead of hitting someone with a baseball.

Why not both?

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon May 28, 2018 10:00 pm

They need to worry about winning games instead of hitting someone with a baseball.

Well they arent doing either at the moment.