2020 Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club Thread

[King Colby]

Sid bream was out. Theres no doubt in my mind

[dodint]

It was big for a Pirates game, for sure.

[faftorial]

Sid bream was out. Theres no doubt in my mind

Never liked him as a Pirate. Jason Thompson >> Sid Bream.

[robbiestoupe]

Sid bream was out. Theres no doubt in my mind

Never liked him as a Pirate. Jason Thompson >> Sid Bream.

Oi, where's the bad takes thread?

Just the stache alone puts him in the upper echelon of Pittsburgh staches with Wanny and Spanky LaValliere.

[faftorial]

JT is no slouch in the stache department.

[robbiestoupe]

Wait so JT was a bust and they put it right on his baseball card?

[iamjs]

Anybody who plays 11 seasons in MLB as a 15th rounder and also puts up four 90+ RBI seasons doesn't qualify as a bust.

The card above is from 1983. The previous season, Thompson was an all-star and picked up some MVP votes (12 votes, tying him for 17th place with Keith Hernandez.) Of all the years to pick, they picked the one where he had his highest average and his highest RBI total with the Pirates.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ja01.shtml

[robbiestoupe]

I was just toying with n!

Jason Thompson was one of my favorite players as a kid. But I still stand by Sid Bream >> JT

[faftorial]

JT career war: 25.0
SB career war: 11.1

[Dickie Dunn]

Happy opening day!

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

harpumph

[King Colby]

Was scheduled to go to FL saturday. Was attending game vs rays sunday and then spending the following week with friends in Bonita Springs.

[RonnieFranchise]

Game 7 1960 WS on the Fan now

[nocera]

FYI: ATTSN is showing the game 7 of the 1960 World Series - Maz's HR game at 7pm tonight.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

hey man the pirates huh what do you guys think about the pirates

[willeyeam]

Undefeated

[Dickie Dunn]

Winless

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Winless

how have you been coping without the pirates to complain about

[willeyeam]

Winless

how have you been coping without the pirates to complain about

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=68&p=773230#p773230

[willeyeam]

an A+ rant btw

[Dickie Dunn]

As someone who generally dislikes most people and loves working from home, I find myself to be significantly less stressed and irritated than usual. Part of that might be the lack of Pirates sucking, but I generally attribute it to not having to go into my shitty office and deal with my shitty co-workers face to face. Instead of missing the Pirates because my outlet for (sometimes) misplaced anger is gone, I think I genuinely just miss baseball.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Yes definitely a top of the line rant. On par with a DD late pitt season "fire narduzzi" rant after a disappointing loss. Better than a run of the mill pirate rant.

[willeyeam]

As someone who generally dislikes most people and loves working from home, I find myself to be significantly less stressed and irritated than usual. Part of that might be the lack of Pirates sucking, but I generally attribute it to not having to go into my shitty office and deal with my shitty co-workers face to face. Instead of missing the Pirates because my outlet for (sometimes) misplaced anger is gone, I think I genuinely just miss baseball.

This makes me sad

[Ad@m]

Jason Kendall on stealing signs: ‘I would have hit .400’

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pir ... 2004050100

Jason Kendall’s Pittsburgh reputation is an interesting one.

Some see the former catcher as a throwback, a hard-nosed ballplayer who didn’t take any [stuff] from other teams or players and gave it everything he had each day. It’s hard to say any of that is wrong.

Others get hung up on the fact that he didn’t hit for a ton of power late in his career while carrying a fairly sizable contract or had the reputation — fair or not — as being something of a malcontent in the clubhouse.

But give Kendall this much: The guy is strikingly honest.

Appearing Sunday with host Dan Zangrilli on 93.7 The Fan FM, the former Pirate addressed the Astros cheating scandal and said what many around baseball have probably been thinking.

“I think first of all there’s probably about 40 people, maybe more, that are probably happy the coronavirus is going on right now,” Kendall said. “They’re all in the Houston Astros organization, because obviously there’s a lot more important things going on now. But that story is not going to be leaving them.”

It’s a fair point by Kendall, and it wasn’t meant to offend. It also should not be interpreted literally. It’s more a point about news cycles.

A career .288 hitter who six times in Pittsburgh hit .300 or better, Kendall brought up another interesting point. How, if he knew what pitch was coming, he would’ve hit .400, something no Major League Baseball player has done since Ted Williams (.406) in 1941. (The next-best was Tony Gwynn’s .394 for the Padres in 1994.)

“You hit over .300 in the big leagues, you have an idea of what’s going on,” Kendall said. “If I had known what was coming for a full year, I would have hit .400, I’ll guarantee you. Now, look at George Brett, Tony Gwynn or Mike Trout. I think you know what I’m saying, the elite of the elite. They’d hit .550.”

Stealing signs without the use of technology has been around forever, though Kendall said he never trusted a runner at second base giving him a heads up on what was coming.

“If he messes up and I’m looking for a breaking ball and get a heater up by my neck, I’m not going to feel good,” Kendall said.

Zangrilli also asked Kendall what he would’ve done if he noticed some sort of trash can-banging cacophony coming from the opposing dugout. In typical Kendall fashion, he said he would’ve taken immediate and decisive action.

“If I was catching and I heard it, after the first couple ones where a guy’s throwing a nasty slider or a good fastball [and it’s getting hit], I’d walk over to the dugout and say, ‘Hey, I’m gonna tell you what. Everybody is getting hit in the neck until this stops.’ ” Kendall said. “That’s my short version.”

[Freddy Rumsen]

Kendall would have been a Hall of Famer if he didn't break his ankle.