The Bucs let another get away, this time in 11 innings. Steve Pearce, who was 3-4 with 2 RBI coming into the 9th hit into an inning ending double play with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 9th and the game tied 2-2.
Jeff Karstens surrendered a 2 run job to Brooks Conrad in the top of the 11th and the Bucs went down in order in the bottom of the inning to take the loss 4-2.
Things aren't looking good for the Nutting Regime Pirates.
ReplyDeleteWe're a little past the 1/3 point of the season, and the losses are starting to pile up like jumbo on a cheap hoagie.
The team can't hit...Which equates to low run production...Which equates to losses.
If it wasn't for a few surprising pitching performances, the squad would be lucky to be sitting in the double figure win department.
I don't blame this on the players.
I put the blame squarely on the Nutting Regime.
They sat on their hands all winter, added a couple traveling salesmen and made sure the payroll was as shiny and thin as a newly sharpened sushi knife.
They've built up the minor league system to be some kind of stupendous, engaging Circus Soleil-like event for elitists....And all it really is is a backyard fair hosted by out of work carney's.
It's the Nutting Regime in all its glory.
They won't let anybody do anything, say anything, move anything or (for that matter) take a swig of nickel-off beer, for fear it won't meet their two bit agenda.
For reasons unknown, they have a small pack of followers that scold people with verbal lashings anytime they as much as hiccup on this so-called organization.
They take geometric angles that barely exist to defend and honor the all perfect Regime, that has now housed losing baseball for the better part of two decades.
I'd like to think it was a bad dream on a short sleep night but it's now fifteen years and counting (to be exact) since the name Nutting wormed it's way into the Pirate wood work.
It's not gonna change till Nutting goes.
Until that glorious day arrives, there's nothing more to do than to go to PNC Park...Pump up on cheap food at high prices.... Twirl a few wheels of fortune for the kiddies....And hope that you might be lucky
enough to see the Pirates gather one of their two token wins of the week.
It's a mess....And it's only going to get worse till the perpetrators are rousted......And ousted.
2 runs in 29 innings.
ReplyDeleteElderly patients have more runs than that, for goodness sakes.
Thank God Opie and Jim Carrey addressed the teams needs this offseason.
I thought Hurdle was a magician & would pull runs outta his ass
ReplyDeleteThis is the worst MLB line-up that I've ever seen. Just look at their stats. One word...Pathetic!!
ReplyDeleteHostage wants to know when is now. According to my calculations, if the moon, the sun, stars and all the planets align just right and the rivers don't rise, we should have winning baseball again in this town by the year 3045.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, not in our lifetime!!