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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...
Game 118: Pirates 5 Brewers 2
August 18, 2009 by
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First off, we won again. Second off, I didn't see any of the game. Thirdly, the response thread full of haikus made my night. So why mess with a great theme?
We scored five more runs
Ohlendorf hit ninety-five
Two-game winning streak.
Thank you all for your patience during my exams...
A gamethread haiku
August 18, 2009 by
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I'm done with my test.
And so now I'm at the bar.
Let's go Ohlendorf.
Game 117: Pirates 9 Brewers 5
August 17, 2009 by
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See, games like this one are why I'm not convinced that we're going to catch the Nationals for the worst record in the league. Clearly, we're not a very good team. Still, we're much better than the club that cratered with 12 losses in 13 games and at some point, everyone...
Well, this is just what we need
August 17, 2009 by
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With the Pirates mired in an ugly 12-losses-in-13-games skid, just about the last team in the world that I want to see is the team that's owned us unlike any other in the past few seasons, the Brewers. I don't care if Kevin Hart vs. Claudio Vargas is a favorable pitching matchup...
John Russell will return in 2010
August 17, 2009 by
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That's the word from on high this morning, and it shouldn't be surprising to anyone. Russell was hired by Huntington because of his extensive experience with young players as a minor league manager for the Twins and Phillies. The team that's on the field now and the team...
Bryce Harper?
August 16, 2009 by
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With the Pirates falling apart right before our eyes, it makes sense that focus is really turning to the 2010 draft. That makes sense if Bryce Harper is half the prospect everyone says he is (I've wanted to write this post since well before both Pittsburgh papers wrote about Bryce...
A trainwreck
August 16, 2009 by
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Ross Ohlendorf and Rich Harden at 2:20. The only reason to watch today is if you're some sort of rubbernecker. I suppose Ohlendorf is the only pitcher to win a game in the last twelve, so maybe there's some kind of hope for today.
Game 116: Cubs 4 Pirates 1
August 15, 2009 by
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To begin with, there's no point in complaining about not having Tom Gorzelanny today. This team was almost no-hit by Yusmeiro Petit just over a week ago. No pitching performance shy of a perfect game against them will impress me. I'm not kidding.
Actually, there's not a...
Surprise start time
August 15, 2009 by
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I saw the commercials yesterday for today's 2:00 start time ... and I forgot Chicago's in another time zone. Zach Duke tries to put yesterday's disaster behind him against Tom Gorzelanny, Brian Bixler and Denny Bautista are up with the Pirates (shudder), and I'm blacked...
Game 115: Cubs infinity Pirates 2
August 14, 2009 by
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The second inning of this game was bore a striking resemblance to the Gas House Gorillas early-game rally against the Tea Totallers.
Hat-tip to Walkoff Walk's @iracane for the in-game Twitter inspiration.
A series of afternoon games
August 14, 2009 by
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The Pirates and Cubs kick off a series of three straight afternoon games today at 2:20 at Wrigley. Charlie Morton and Randy Wells take the mound. I also posted an epic-length Futilitywatch at FanHouse today with some stuff that I thought was interesting about the other longest losing...
Where do we go from here? Part 3
August 14, 2009 by
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The Pirates are a wholly depressing team right now, so I'm just going to keep plowing on with this whole "thinking about the future" thing. Today, we move on to what's potentially the most interesting part of the Neal Huntington rebuildapalooza, the outfield. Again...
Game 114: Rockies 10 Pirates 1
August 13, 2009 by
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Well, uh, at least we scored a run? This baseball team is pretty hard to watch right now. I don't have anything else to say about this.
The late afternoon specialty
August 13, 2009 by
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Paul Maholm and Jason Marquis at 3:10 as the Pirates try to bounce back from last night's debacle. I feel like Marquis sold his soul to be able to beat the Pirates and that doesn't chance since he's actually having a good year this year.
Where do we go from here? Part 2
August 13, 2009 by
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Since we started this series off with the corner infielders on Tuesday, I'll do middle infielders today, outfielders tomorrow, and then close out the position players with catchers and utility guys next week. Pitchers are more complicated, but I'll do something about them...
Catching up; Jon Meloan claimed and Ross Ohlendorf's fastball
August 12, 2009 by
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Two quick notes to catch up after spending all day in my "written comps deprivation chamber."
The first is that the Pirates claimed Jon Meloan off of waivers from Tampa today. When I saw Tampa DFA'd him last week, I thought to myself, "the Pirates should claim him...
Game 113: Rockies 8 Pirates 0
August 12, 2009 by
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I think that the highlight of this game was Chris Bootcheck striking out two hitters in the sixth inning to drop his ERA to 21.60. That should pretty much tell you exactly what you need to know about this one. We did manage to draw four walks off of Jiminez in his eight innings, but...
Let's go for two
August 12, 2009 by
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I have the next installment of "Where do we go from here" almost done, but I spent most of this afternoon working on my exam and didn't have time to finish it. It'll definitely be good to go tomorrow morning.
Tonight, the Pirates shoot for an unfathomable two-game...
Game 112: Pirates 7 Rockies 3
August 11, 2009 by
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It's hard to believe that a team that did so many things wrong for so many days in a row got so many things right tonight. It's easy enough to see where things started going right tonight; right at the top of the lineup. Andrew McCutchen put on a leadoff hitting clinic tonight...
Into the mountains
August 11, 2009 by
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This is a bad time for the Pirates to be heading to Coors Field. We're on an ugly eight-game skid, while the Rockies just got done whupping the Cubs and valuting themselves into the wild card lead. This losing streak does have to end at some point (at least by conventional wisdom...
Where do we go from here? Part 1
August 11, 2009 by
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We all know how bad the Pirates have been over the past week. They're not actually the worst baseball team in the history of the sport, which is sort of what they've played like, but they're certainly a long ways from anything good. That's not a bad thing; the team...
Dave Kerwin strikes again!
August 10, 2009 by
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Remember when Ryan Braun was whining about being beaned by Jeff Karstens? Do you remember who he blamed for the incident? It wasn't Jeff Karstens, it was Joe Kerrigan. And no one could possibly forget Jason Kendall's insane, angered rantings directed towards Karstens after...
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