2020 Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club Thread

Postby **MR25** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:58 pm

Didn't Matt Morris sign a giant contract, pitch like 3 games, then retire?

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:03 pm

Didn't Matt Morris sign a giant contract, pitch like 3 games, then retire?

No, for reasons unknown, they traded for him at the deadline when they were not in contention.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:03 pm

No we just cut his ass and ate 11 million bucks. Imagine how bad he was for the pirates to do that

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:05 pm

who was the vet from the tigers i believe that retired after getting traded to the pirates? darrin or derrik or something like that. had a pretty good career prior to retiring before playing for the pirates. didnt craig monroe also do something similar?
Darren Lewis. Acquired from the cubs for Chad hermansen

when a guy with a career ops of 645 retires instead of playing for your organization, you got some real problems.

also, lewis made over 13 million in his career. good for him

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:06 pm

This was also I think the same year that they drafted Danny Moskos over Matt Wieters.

Postby **King Colby** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:07 pm

I think Matt Morris was one last middle finger by David Littlefield who knew he was getting fired

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:11 pm

This was also I think the same year that they drafted Danny Moskos over Matt Wieters.

no this was in 2002. we drafted brian bullington instead of:

bj upton
zack grineke
prince fielder
etc

Postby **faftorial** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:37 pm

There was another Pirate (right fielder maybe) who was a real dog when he signed here. Barely made an effort to run to first on easy outs. George Hendricks comes to mind but I don't think it was him. Maybe late 80's?

To answer my own question, Derek Bell with "Operation Shutdown" in 2002.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:56 pm

lol Derek Bell was trash.

Postby **the wicked child** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:38 pm

lol Derek Bell was trash.

I attended a game where the fans actually applauded when he was announced as a scratch.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:31 pm

Man this was a great homestand before the break that year. I was there the night before and it was a wild walk off as well. Brown may have went a tad overboard but whatever

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:08 am

A "tad" overboard?

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:03 am

“The best game of all time in Pittsburgh?” WTF. It probably wasn’t even the best game that season.

He’s ridiculous.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:03 am

Lol yeah he's nuts but I love him. Calling pirate games for that long would make me crazy too

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:59 am

Headline on the post gazettes website (thankfully i do not pay to read this "news")

"Shelton expresses confidence in Colin Moran's defense"

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:00 am

Headline on the post gazettes website (thankfully i do not pay to read this "news")

"Shelton expresses confidence in Colin Moran's defense"

Returning to normalcy

Postby **King Colby** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:29 am

Colin is a very good defender on balls hit from 6 inches outside his left shoulder to 6 inches outside his right.

Postby **Beveridge** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:45 am

What's the coach suppose to say to the media? "This guy is trash, I don't know why he's even playing baseball."

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:02 am

Well, chuck noll once said about running back sidney thornton: His problems are great and they are many

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:04 am

IIRC, they hid his limited range by shifting him and SS shifting. But yeah, range is his problem.

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:07 pm

congrats for being honest I guess.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:23 pm

Dude earned $16 million prior to this year. But i'd take another mill on top of that at age 35.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:15 pm

Dudes trying to get that 10 years of service time.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:21 pm

Dyson is about 2 months younger than the kangaroo, so I'm pulling for the man to earn his cash and squeak out one more somewhat respectable year while maintaining his pride.

Postby **King Colby** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:12 pm

Has he had a respectable year?