I have fond memories of the Fort thanks to that homer against the Cubs in 2011.

Funny to look back and see what a huge deal was made out of a pre-all-star break homer now. And yes, he did suck.

Andy Laroche is a good one. I don't understand the Sean Rod hate. He spent two years here, and in one of them he was really good. If you want to hate anyone, hate the Pedro Alvarez V.2 - inept first baseman. I thought he had a punchable face, that was the root of my hatred. It was furthered by the ...

Lol. Matt Diaz and his 216 ABs as a Bucco must have left a hell of a negative impression.

I was actually surprised that 216 AB's was all he had, it felt like a whole lot more.

In fairness to him he faced way more righties than he should ever should have, thanks Hurdle. But my hatred stands.

C - Barajas
1B - Lyle Overbay
2B - Aki Iwamura
SS - Ronny Cedeno
3B - Sean Rodriguez*
OF - Nate McLouth
OF - Alex Presley
OF - Matt Diaz
SP - Tie - Jeff Locke and Kevin Correia
RP - Jared Hughes

*Even though he didn't play a ton he deserves a spot in my most hated 9

About the second base thing. I always feel like MLB's solution to what they see as a problem is the dumbest/weirdest idea they can come up with.

I'll take my ring off if when I go to the gym or if I'm working outside/around the house but that's it. The first few weeks to a month it bugged me and I constantly fiddled with it. Now when I don't have it on it bothers me the same way.

Ford City HS

1 game is light, but because of the team he plays for no amount of games would have made people happy. That was the first Pitt game I watched all year, I liked that they didn't stand around willing to play UVA's 45-40 crapfest. Get into your offense early and even if you don't take a quick shot at l...

i received an iphone 7 plus for work. it appears the new iterations of iphone have super security that require an actual touch of a finger to activate the phone. ergo, gloves will not work?? it doesn't require a finger print, you can disable that How Settings > Touch ID & Passcode > and then disabl...

The more I think about a potential Quintana trade, and also keeping in mind what was wanted for 2 years of Cutch. I can't see Glasnow and a bunch of next tier prospects doing it. If the Pirates are only looking at giving up one major prospect then I think that deal has to start with Meadows, otherwi...

I'd be more than fine including Glasnow for Quintana, it just comes down to how much more it takes. I don't think it really has anything to do with Nova though. With or without Nova I don't think they let Glasnow be the piece that keeps them from someone like Quintana. Really like the Nova move at t...

Also, Quintana would make me very happy but the Sox have been killing it on their trades this offseason so I can't see the asking price being reasonable.

http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1189259-report-pirates-worked-hard-to-land-quintana-from-white-sox The Pirates worked SO HARD guys. So hard. This story has been happening since 1992. The PR Machine is real. Since when is Buster Olney part of the PR machine Absolutely any report that comes out were...

The weird thing is trading Cutch for prospects would've played exactly into the always playing for the future narrative. Holding on to him because they couldn't get enough/improve the deficient area of the team (pitching) is not cheap nor is it playing for the future. Nobody wanted Cutch traded a we...

At this point I think he's worth more to the Pirates than other teams. It's worth the gamble to keep him and see if he can straighten himself out. I also think the Pirates can protect his defensive numbers, regardless of which OF position he plays by playing him deeper again. I don't think he's any ...

Don't know much about Dunning but good on NH to hold his ground. I think Eaton is underrated and given his contract situation he's pretty desirable. I don't think he's worth significantly more to acquire than Cutch though. This might be selling Giolito short but given the Nats being so comfortable o...

Heyman said this morning the Nats "Haven't given up on chisox pitching. Talked late last night about Quintana"

Always difficult to tell whats true or not. They certainly don't need Quintana, CF and late innings seem to big much larger holes.

Yeah ChiSox are definitely in prospect mode, that's why Troy said make it a three teamer with the Nats. Nats give the prospects to CWS and get Cutch, Quintana comes to Pittsburgh. Seems like the Nats are in on Quintana though so I don't see that scenario happening. It almost seems like the Nats are ...

If they could get Giolito and Lopez/Ross for Cutch I'd be happy.

Also, I'd be on board with Troy's idea, I love Quintana.

Doesn't even have to be elite. Does that bullpen get close to the one considered one of the best only 2-3 years ago? Was that bullpen considered great going into 2013? Mazzaro, Wilson, Watson, Melancon, Grilli - even if not great. Still better than Pirates current situation. Hughes was the only guy...

Doesn't even have to be elite. Does that bullpen get close to the one considered one of the best only 2-3 years ago?

Was that bullpen considered great going into 2013?

From Jon Heyman's latest article http://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/heyman-latest-chris-sale-derby/: McCutchen does seem likely to be dealt, and the Nats and others are talking to Pittsburgh, which has payroll limits and may want to make a deal while McCutchen still has two years left (one guaranteed a...

It was amusing to see Pirates fans say it better be Robles+ and Nationals fans say it better not be Robles at all.

That happens in just about any trade though, regardless of the teams involved.

The only one of those trades that is comparable to Cutch is Bay. That was a disaster and the biggest mistake was probably putting him in a three team deal where he wasn't the best player being moved. The team was also in a disaster and probably looking for something a bit different. Quantity over qu...

In some ways I think having such success on the pitching projects has been a bad thing. There's always a place for projects but I feel like their past success had them lean too heavily on fixing pitchers instead of just signing talented ones. I don't think that's a problem. I think that the general...