Official Pittsburgh Pirates Thread

[jimreb]

Jason Grilli is chilling in the Italy bullpen while crappy career minor leaguers are trying to blow the game in the 8th because the manager can't imagine using his best reliever before the 9th inning. Grilli should get used to this scenario.

Since when did Clint Hurdle become the manager for Italy

[Rocco]

Jason Grilli is chilling in the Italy bullpen while crappy career minor leaguers are trying to blow the game in the 8th because the manager can't imagine using his best reliever before the 9th inning. Grilli should get used to this scenario.

Since when did Clint Hurdle become the manager for Italy

I was just about to make a joke here about Italy getting Hurdle'd.

[Rocco]

And now Italy are trailing because the 3rd baseman has no range and the 1st baseman apparently has never played 1st before. This is like watching a Pirates game. I'm getting twitchy.

[canaan]

All this game needs is boys II men to put on a performance afterwards and it'll feel like summer.

[Rocco]

There was even a pitch down the middle inexplicably called a ball by the home plate umpire.

[Rocco]

Now Punto is rung up on a pitch outside. Someone make the flashbacks stop.

[columbia]

Was it Piazza that started the loose affiliation trend?
Grilli playing for Italy seems silly, though I know it's not the first time.

[Rocco]

Was it Piazza that started the loose affiliation trend?
Grilli playing for Italy seems silly, though I know it's not the first time.

I think it goes back to soccer. The US used to have guys on their team who had American wives even though they didn't speak English.

[canaan]

Il Hurdlino

[FreeCandy44]

I found a Stan Belinda autographed 1991 donruss card. I still can't forgive this man.

[pfim]

Was it Piazza that started the loose affiliation trend?
Grilli playing for Italy seems silly, though I know it's not the first time.

I think it goes back to soccer. The US used to have guys on their team who had American wives even though they didn't speak English.

To be fair, at least those guys were citizens.

There aren't 16 baseball nations in the world good enough for the tournament, so they had to get some players in on the sly. The rules are quite ridiculous but so is the tournament.

[Pensfan2010]

http://espn.go.com/blog/spring-training/post/_/id/969/pirates-practice-walk-off-homer-drill

Interesting practice drill...

[KennyTheKangaroo]

lets hope jose tabata went through all those running drills without hurting his hamstring.

[ulf]

As easy as it is to complain about not using closers, it doesn't always work. Kimbrel got shelled in the non-save situation and took the L for USA tonight. Take that sabre-nerds

[Rocco]

As easy as it is to complain about not using closers, it doesn't always work. Kimbrel got shelled in the non-save situation and took the L for USA tonight. Take that sabre-nerds

Kimbrel's a Brave and therefore a choker.

[Rocco]

Pirates/Astros is on MLB Network right now. It's the Houston feed. Jonathan Sanchez survived the first inning. El Blimpo just legged out a double.

[since1970]

Wandy throwing a nice game for the DR thru 3

[Rocco]

McDonald's first inning- a walk, a triple, and 2 singles, accounting for 2 runs. Add McDonald to the list of derisive nickname candidates.

[Kovy27]

Explosive Diarrhea

[schreibdog]

Buccos with a "2nd Alternate" jersey this season? I did not realize this:




Evidently they're keeping the black alternate as well.

[Idoit40fans]

That one should be the primary jersey.

[Rylan]

That one should be the primary jersey.

This. Maybe they are looking to phase it in?

[KennyTheKangaroo]

so a lot of people on sports radio 93.7 the fan are irate that gerritt cole got send to AAA. any thoughts?

[DudeMan2766]

so a lot of people on sports radio 93.7 the fan are irate that gerritt cole got send to AAA. any thoughts?

I have no problem with it. I'd like them to just admit why they did it tho instead of pretending we're all stupid but im used to that. Apparently Cole isn't too happy about it, but i havent heard or read what his comments were .

[Rocco]

so a lot of people on sports radio 93.7 the fan are irate that gerritt cole got send to AAA. any thoughts?

A lot of people on sports radio are dumb.