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Bucs and Reds: Game 1
August 31, 2009 by
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If you want reasons that the new front office is at least moving things in a different direction than the past, all you have to do is look at today's pitching matchup. The Reds are sending the one and only Kip Wells to the mound, the Pirates are sending Daniel McCutchen out for...
Don't look now, but here comes Lastings Milledge
August 30, 2009 by
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Lastings Milledge can hit. In 59 games as a 22-year old with the Mets in 2007, he put up .273/.341/.446 line with 7 homers in just 206 plate appearances. After August 1st of 2007, he hit .318/.378/.485 with 7 of his 14 homers for the season. I know I've pointed this out a couple...
Game 128: Brewers 4 Pirates 1
August 30, 2009 by
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Nothing quite like a trip to Milwaukee to put a damper on a streak of good baseball, eh? Ross Ohlendorf showed what was his best velocity of the year today (his fastball averaged 94 and topped out at 97), but the Brewers made the most of the five hits and two walks he surrendered,...
Let's win one in Milwaukee
August 30, 2009 by
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Forget a sweep or a series win, the Pirates just badly need a victory in Miller Park right now. Today represents a pretty good chance to do so. The ever-evolving Ross Ohlendorf takes the mound for the Pirates, hoping that his increase in velocity can translate to another win over the...
Facing the losing streak
August 29, 2009 by
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As I'm sure you know, the Pirates have now lost 19 straight games in Miller Park. Tonight's pitching matchup doesn't really do much to favor the Pirates, as Kevin Hart takes the mound against Brewers' ace Yovani Gallardo.
As a few of you have already noted, Ryan Doumit...
Ryan Doumit gets benched mid-game
August 29, 2009 by
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I suppose we all should've seen something like this coming after the house-cleaning that the front office did last month, but last night something triggered in Ryan Doumit and caused John Russell to bench him mid-game. Russell is refusing to talk to anyone about it, but from the...
Trying to keep a good thing rolling
August 28, 2009 by
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One thing that never fails to amuse me is when people rant and rave about being unable to see a good team play baseball at PNC Park. In actuality, the Pirates have a very good record at PNC this year (35-29, with a pythag to back it up) and the worst winning percentage they've...
How good has Andrew McCutchen's rookie season been?
August 28, 2009 by
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While working on today's Futilitywatch, I had considered doing the history part of it on what seems to me to be a pretty unique line that Andrew McCutchen has put up during his rookie season. I scrapped that in favor of something more futility-related, but that doesn't mean...
Game 124: Pirates 3 Phillies 2
August 27, 2009 by
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In three games against the Phillies, the Pirates hit six home runs, plating nine of the ten runs they scored in this series. Of those six home runs, three were in the eighth or ninth innings, tying or putting the Pirates ahead in each game. So with those six homers and ten runs, the...
Philly finale
August 27, 2009 by
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Charlie Morton goes against one of the guys that could keep 'Cutch from winning rookie of the year, JA Happ. A win steals us a series against one of the best clubs in the National League.
On Matt Capps' struggles
August 27, 2009 by
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Today, John Russell said this to the Post-Gazette about his closer:
"One of the things I think has hurt Matt is the consistency of his save opportunities. You go three, five, eight days between saves, and that adrenaline rush changes. You look back, and I think you'll see...
Game 123: Phillies 4 Pirates 1
August 26, 2009 by
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Internal monologue during the top of the tenth inning
Optimistic Pat: Extra innings? What if this goes on forever? Trivia's at ten, I might miss something really awesome.
Realistic Pat: Well, Chavez and Hanrahan both pitched already and we have to bring a new pitcher in. Who&...
Can they keep this up?
August 26, 2009 by
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One night after very nearly avoiding one of the worst losses of the season by producing one of the best wins of the season, the Pirates have to actually get back on the field and play the Phillies again. I know. It seems unfair, doesn't it?
Paul Maholm goes against Cole Hamels...
New poll
August 26, 2009 by
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Hey! I remembered to make a poll this week! I'm just trying to take the public temperature on Garrett Jones right now. As always, vote on the left and click the comments to tell us why you voted the way you did.
WHYGAVS 1,000,000
August 26, 2009 by
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I wasn't going to say anything, but a few people have already pointed it out to me in the comments and otherwise and so I just wanted to quickly mention that sometime while I was eating my Cheerios this morning, WHYGAVS got its millionth visitor. I honestly can't think you...
Game 122: Pirates 6 Phillies 4
August 25, 2009 by
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After Andrew McCutchen got caught stealing in the fifth, struck out swinging in seventh inning, and badly misplayed Shane Victorino's flyball to center into a go-ahead triple for the Phillies tonight, for the very first time this year I thought that maybe he was starting to get...
Bring on the Phils
August 25, 2009 by
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It's weird that I'm excited to watch the Pirates play tonight, right? After not seeing them at all over the weekend, I'm honestly curious to see what they do against the Phillies this week. I'm not optimistic about the result, I'm just curious to see how these guys...
An interesting tidbit
August 25, 2009 by
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I had a long post about minor league stats and how their value differs with context and what I thought were some interesting examples from the Pirates and then right as I was putting the finishing touches on it, I accidentally opened up my RSS reader in the same browser window and...
Quick links
August 24, 2009 by
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I'm working on a post, but it won't be done until later. Until then, here are some fun links:
National Sports Rankings has an inexplicably captivating "no-hitter" game.
After reading Charlie's post this morning, I spent a decent chunk of the afternoon playing...
I'm Baaaaaack
August 24, 2009 by
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Sorry about the lack of posts this weekend. I had meant to write up gamethreads for Saturday and Sunday on Saturday afternoon before the wedding, but time sort of got away from me and suddenly I was staring at 12 different pieces of a tux on my bed wondering exactly what went where...
The series of the year
August 21, 2009 by
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I believe the following two things:
No 16-year old can be as much of a "sure thing" as most people think Bryce Harper is. I'm sure he's a great prospect, but baseball doesn't have an equivalent to LeBron for a reason.
Finishing in last place absolutely sucks...
Lazy Thursday
August 20, 2009 by
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Sometimes, even someone like me has a day without much to say. I'm headed to the DC area for a wedding this weekend; there will be a Futilitywatch at FanHouse tomorrow and gamethreads here for sure. I may get another post in edgewise tomorrow afternoon. For now, links!
If you&...
Game 118: Pirates 3 Brewers 1
August 19, 2009 by
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SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP!
I still think that this team isn't as bad as their recent skid indicated and this sweep of the Brewers certainly makes things seem a little better after 12 losses in 13 games. Paul Maholm pitched well tonight and got some nice defense behind him. Delwyn Young...
Going for the sweep
August 19, 2009 by
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The best part about baseball's long season is that you can be two days removed from losing 12 of 13 games and have a chance to sweep the Brewers. We have to go through Yovani Gallardo to do that tonight, so it won't be easy. Paul Maholm takes the mound to try and give the team...
Ross Ohlendorf's velocity
August 19, 2009 by
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After Ross Ohlendorf threw gas in the mountains last week and followed that up with a start last night in which he averaged around 92 mph and topped out at almost 95, I thought it would be a good idea to go into the PitchFX (thanks to Brooks Baseball, as always) and track his average...
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