I just had to open my big mouth. Yesterday, I complained that I was running out of things to say about how the Pirates have been losing games for the past month, where it doesn’t matter how well the pitching performs since the offense is incapable of scoring. On Thursday, the Bucs finally put 4 […]
I’m running out of ideas for ways to recap these games. It’s not just that the Pirates are losing, it’s that they’re losing in the same way, over and over again. The only difference is that sometimes the pitching staff gives up a few runs, and occasionally they give up lots of runs. But no […]
There are players whose reputation amongst the fanbase seems to be plagued by failing to live up to lofty expectations, and Mitch Keller appears to be one of them. Either because he was once the Pirates’ top pitching prospect or because he looked like a Cy Young contender to open 2023 or received a $77 […]
Every time I see a Bucco fan tweet that the club has hit rock bottom, I can’t help but cringe a bit inside. If there’s one thing I’ve learned following the Pirates for the past 30 years, it’s that this organization can always go lower. Still, dropping a series to the Colorado Rockies — a […]
Over the past few days, it’s been a little frustrating to me to see Oneil Cruz singled out for criticism. I know it hasn’t been an auspicious start to the 2024 campaign for the Bucs gargantuan shortstop, but then again, who in this lineup is off to a good start? Cruz has been exactly replacement level […]
The Pirates have been racking up losses lately — including a sweep at the hands of the Oakland A’s this week, a team that barely exists — and even someone with little knowledge on the workings of baseball like Bob Nutting can probably figure out why: the Bucs aren’t scoring runs. In the 17 games […]
As a Pirates fan — and I assume you’re a Pirates fan, since you clicked on this link and are reading this blog — when did you feel like a fool for caring about this team? Was it when you opened this page? Was it when you checked the final score of Wednesday’s game, and […]
When a team loses over and over again in the same fashion, it becomes challenging to find new things to say about them. That’s why I really don’t have much to say about the Pirates’ latest loss on Tuesday night, which played out like most of their games over the past three weeks. Mitch Keller […]
When I went to bed Monday night, the Pirates were well on their way to dropping the first game of this Oakland series and had only managed one hit. For my recap, I was just planning to post a link to the clip from Major League of Bob Uecker, playing the Cleveland Indians’ radio broadcaster, […]
Sunday was the one-month mark for the 2024 season (which began on March 28) and the first full month of baseball will come to an end on Tuesday. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, this past month was a story of two halves. In the first half, the Pirates raced out to a 9-2 start — their […]
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