Official 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Thread

[NashvilleCat]

0/5, 5K. Holy ****

What comes after the Golden Sombrero?

The Alvarez

5's a reach even for Pedro, still can't complain about Marte's play this year. This team needs some arms and better use of the ones it has.

[Tim Thomasen]

Looking back at the days of Poser and Juan Cruz fondly.

Think Houston will trade J-Truth back?

Let's reunite them all.....what's Chad Qualls doing these days.

Playing for Miami.

Is he really...LOL I guess it could be worse.

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/team/playe ... evel='ALL'

Yeah I couldn't believe it either.

To answer Mr. Colby, yeah this loss is frustrating because it didn't have to be this way. If Hurdle can just realize what he can realistically get out of his RPs and put his best RPs in no matter what we probaly win this game.

Oh well, on to tommorrow.

[Rocco]

The "they need to keep Melancon's innings down" excuse would carry more weight with me if Hurdle didn't feel like he had to use Melancon to close out the Reds game when they were up by 4 or go to him last night up 3. Hurdle tied his hands behind his back with bad decisions in past games.

[jprolley]

all pitchers should wear bob walk jerseys next game

[schreibdog]

Tonight's is the Pirates best chance at winning a game this series so Hurdle yanks his top hitter out of the lineup. I don't care if Marte went 0-10 with 10K's yesterday I think he should stay in for awhile...dude just had a 10 game hitting streak.

Tabata LF
Snider RF
McCutchen CF
Jones 1B
Walker 2B
Alvarez 3B
Martin C
McDonald SS
Wandy P

[jimreb]

Tonight's is the Pirates best chance at winning a game this series so Hurdle yanks his top hitter out of the lineup. I don't care if Marte went 0-10 with 10K's yesterday I think he should stay in for awhile...dude just had a 10 game hitting streak.

Tabata LF
Snider RF
McCutchen CF
Jones 1B
Walker 2B
Alvarez 3B
Martin C
McDonald SS
Wandy P

When you said top hitter, I thought you meant Barmes

[Rocco]

Eh, Marte needs a game off eventually. And really last night was their best chance against Teheran.

[Rocco]

Wandy with a 1-2-3 inning. Locke, Sanchez and JWalk are baffled at this concept and believe it to be the work of an evil sorcerer.

[Rocco]

You won't believe this but the Pirates just got the raw end of a call.

[Rocco]

Cutch and Jones smoke balls right at infielders. And the Pirates would be leading 1-0 if not for bad umpiring. Gonna be one of those nights.

[Rocco]

El Blimpo must murdered a ball out of the park. Didn't make the river but it was Stargell-esque.

[shafnutz05]

El Blimpo must murdered a ball out of the park. Didn't make the river but it was Stargell-esque.

Did he finally get his favorite doll back?

[shafnutz05]

Nice to see Russell Martin coming alive

[NashvilleCat]

From Spahn and Sain and pray for rain to Wandy and AJ and pray for a no-play day.

[NashvilleCat]

TSnizzle has it dialed in right now. Good on him.

[NashvilleCat]

Ducks on the pond...and the warning track too.

[FreeCandy44]

Ducks on the pond...and the warning track too.

Highlight of the game for me.

[Rocco]

It appears the Pirates have 2 good starters, half of a good lineup, and 2 good relievers. How far can a team go with that? Can you get to 82 wins with that?

[shafnutz05]

Regardless of what happens, outstanding outing from Wandy.

[NashvilleCat]

Ducks on the pond...and the warning track too.

Highlight of the game for me.

Only in baseball...

[shafnutz05]

Where is the excitement!?!?!? The Braves are 13-2

[columbia]

Oh ****....I can watch this game.

[Rocco]

Where is the excitement!?!?!? The Braves are 13-2

It's like there's something else going on tonight that's distracting everyone.

[Rocco]

Hurdle can't use Melancon in a tie game. He will use him when leading by 6. I swear to God he is the dumbest human being on the planet.

[NashvilleCat]

7 innings, one hit, and 82 pitches against that lineup? Outstanding work tonight by Wandy. Outstanding.