losing to other teams isn't that great either tbh
at least there's
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmpzzNiCIAAmatT.png
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 May 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
PNC Park is surprisingly empty.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
walk-off replay challenge
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
That was a strange play -- if Posey just stands there, Marte slides into the tag and is out, there's almost no way to avoid it. But then Posey would be blocking the plate and the runner could have been called safe because of that. But because of the new plate blocking rules, Posey has to get out of the way while trying to make the tag, which is probably why he couldn't make a better tag.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 10:16 (ten years ago) link
you can still block the plate with the ball, or am I crazy?
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 10:29 (ten years ago) link
ok, the rule is fucking stupid
i think the plate-blocking rule had much less to do with it than the replay rule (unless you want posey to be able to stand up the third-base line from the plate). if marte slides feet-first he goes right into the tag, but a head-first slide allowed him to reach around the tag.
before instant replay, the ball being there first gets the benefit of the doubt (which i'm pretty much okay with). but being able to inspect tags at one's leisure shows that they miss a fair bit. and this happens at other bases that have no new blocking rules.
also tim hudson was awesome last night, but maybe next time he'll hustle a little more to back up third base
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 13:49 (ten years ago) link
Now I'm confused about the rule, so you're allowed to stand on the plate without the ball as long as the ball arrives before the runner (which is what Posey did)? If so then how is it really different from the old rule? I thought you had to receive the ball and then move to block the plate.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pirates-giants-starling-marte-instant-replay-buster-posey-050714
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington had little reaction to reports circulating of a seven-year, $25 million offer to Gregory Polanco that was rejected by the club's top prospect.
smh
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
pirates trolling polanco/everyone by optioning phil irwin yesterday and not announcing a callup until today, when they summoned . . . brent morel, who has a .591 ops in triple-a
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 May 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Way to go, Ike.
― Andy K, Monday, 12 May 2014 03:43 (ten years ago) link
pleased that they took four of six from good teams, but smdh at the way they lost the other two
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 May 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
aw the pirates have an early lead in milwaukee, how cute
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
8-6 after two in pittsburgh
wandy might be headed for another 'dl stint'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
can gregory polanco pitch y/n
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
wandy and his $8m salary dfa'd
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
pirates' starting pitchers have five wins
gerrit cole has four of them
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
now i need a pound of fatback drums
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
five errors today
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 June 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
polanco me
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bpy4UobCIAAVRvK.jpg
― Andy K, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
six homers, six doubles for cutch in 9+ june games
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 June 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
six straight multi-hit games
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
ffs
god knows i love middle-aged long-time minor-league relievers who inspire weird slogans like 'grilled cheese time' but
five (combined) walks in the ninth
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
EL_COFFEE
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 03:38 (nine years ago) link
*completes follow-through with bill-of-cap adjustment*
― Andy K, Saturday, 14 June 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
polanco 5-for-7, 36 pitches seen <3 <3 <3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
.500!
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
gregory polanco is the first pirate to have a hit in each of his first six games since roberto clemente in 1955
kind of a bad loss today tho
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 June 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
that kid just might be alright!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 15 June 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
i guess getting a solid two months out of edinson volquez was more than i'd expected, so
maybe jeff locke has a couple weeks in him? nah
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 June 2014 01:05 (nine years ago) link
rip jason grilli
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 June 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
lol <3
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
change of scenery doesn't seem to have helped ernesto much
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 July 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
http://www.searchamelia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/broom.jpg
― mookieproof, Sunday, 6 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/not/ironic-jersey-omnibus-pittsburgh-pirates
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Spanky!
― Andy K, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Fun 1st inning.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link
i know!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
Bumgarner: 3 H, 2 BB, 4 ER, 0.2 IP.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
one can only imagine what the VANIMAL will do having been spotted four runs
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
I like Neil Walker, I want him in our team.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:48 (nine years ago) link
he is a perfectly decent second baseman, kind of having a career year
but he is from pittsburgh and it's gonna get weird when he asks for too much money as a 31yo free agent
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 02:55 (nine years ago) link
VANIMAL
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
Here we go again!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
pirates just made possibly the dumbest play i've ever seen
and that was *after* the guy who hit a homer earlier bunted to get to the backup catcher + pitcher's spot
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/video/v34943983/pitsf-giants-get-two-rundowns-for-odd-double-play
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
yakety sax*
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
i believe it. somehow it doesn't seem to be translating to wins the way one might hope
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
i was hoping the pirates could be one win away from the Cards by the end of the weekend but ... the rockies.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
that and being stymied by felix doubront
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 September 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
triple play tho
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 September 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
that outfit is one of the best in the league.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 September 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
on Pirate health, and Russell Martin's Arc Reactor.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-healthy-season-playoff-chances-future-impact/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 September 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
http://famousiconswearingpghpiratehats.tumblr.com
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
a little late, but let us pause to recognize that the pirates have guaranteed their second winning season since 1993
if only they'd won a single fucking game against the cards 10 days ago they'd even have a shot at the division. good thing clint barmes totally owns madbum
http://m.mlb.com/pit/video/topic/0/v29981085/pitsf-barmes-drills-a-threerun-homer-for-the-lead
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 September 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
Still a long shot at the division... that's really the only suspense left in the NL.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 September 2014 11:49 (nine years ago) link
McCutchen with two HBPs tonight, Garza ejected
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 September 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
it seems possible that he didn't mean to do the second one, but
he'd previously only hit two batters all year
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 September 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
#buctober
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
congrats you buckaroos
― True Defective season 3 spoilers, also guess papers (WilliamC), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
boctober
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
let's just get through bleptember first guys
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--mRAEcguN--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/cejy5z1c42xg5jetbjyh.jpg
http://deadspin.com/the-pirates-locker-room-celebration-looks-like-so-much-1638494944
ps john steigerwald sucks
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
5 years ago would not have imagined a world in which the o's, nats, and pirates were contenders. i guess the competitive balance stuff does work after all
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
getting multiple extremely high draft picks is a big help
which makes the o's success even more impressive, because they didn't quite have that
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
tbh i kinda agree with him, just that it seems silly to have a huge champagne celebration after every single advancement
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
Sending my congratulations from Milwaukee; I'm rooting for you guys
― Evan R, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah i think going nuts for winning a wild card game or a division series is kind of lame, and a pennant doesn't mean so much anymore, but making the playoffs postseason after 150+ games is a good moment imo
it's kind of like when i come home and my cat is all purr-y and rubbing up against me and i'm like dude chill, you're gonna get trod upon, i'm *trying* to get to the food. but it's nice to know that he appreciates it
okay it's not really that much like that, but still
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
let's send mookie to the LCS
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
(if the fates allow)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
ok seriously a champagne celebration after clinching the wc AND the division, two times!! before the postseason begins!! is ridiculous
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 25 September 2014 05:36 (nine years ago) link
re the dodgers
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 25 September 2014 05:38 (nine years ago) link
well shit
and now we're looking at vance worley or edinson volquez in the wc game
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 September 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
(who have actually pitched very well lately, but still)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 September 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/udtLSCx.jpg
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link