It is almost as sickening as last year.
Yes, the Pirates are playing so much better, and will definitely, although it is pretty easy to surpass 57 wins, but the way they have been playing lately is disconcerting.
Most will say the downward spiral started with Jerry Meals' call in Atlanta, but I will say it was when the Chicago Cubs took four straight from the Bucs at PNC Park.
Couple that with Milwaukee and St. Louis playing well, and Pittsburgh fell out of the division race rather quickly. I can almost accept being swept by Philadelphia, but the seven straight losses, at home no less, are unacceptable.
You can't fault Clint Hurdle. He has been tremendous. The thing that makes me scratch my head is that Pittsburgh came back to take two of three from the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
The Bucs have dropped the first two at Milwaukee and I would be willing to put up some good money on the Brewers completing the sweep. Milwaukee has owned the Bucs and they are starting to pull away in the NL Central race.
The next goal is to avoid a record 19th straight losing season. I really thought they had a chance, but the pitching hasn't been as strong as it once was, and I don't see Pittsburgh putting together a five or six game winning streak.
As of this writing, I would say the Bucs will win around 75 games this season. It isn't great, but it is improvement. I don't know if it will ever happen, but they need a proven commodity.
I'm not saying Andrew McCutchen and Neil Walker aren't legitimate big league players, because they are, but they need to sign a guy that is in his prime. Why not go for broke? What have you got to lose? I'm sick of hearing the "stay the course" speech. We heard it enough when George W. Bush was our President.
In the words of President Obama: "Yes we can."
You need to update the record since this was created.
ReplyDeleteAlso this place needs to liven up, the Pro-Nutters have NUTTED all over themselves about the draft
I love what the Bucs have done in the draft. They have added some real talent. Last year they added 4 great pitching prospects in Taillon, Allie, Kingham, and Hafner. This year they have added Cole, Holmes, Brewer , Burnette, and Glasnow. They finally added a bat in Bell too.
ReplyDeleteI'm also loving the -66 Daquido got on the Smizblog. I am posting there but don't want to give away my new ID.
Dog
That -66 was fucked up. As much as Daq and I butt heads, even I felt bad to see that.
ReplyDeleteNot me. He is a first class asshole along with BFD and Sharky. He believes nothing that he writes and he only posts to stir the pot.
ReplyDeleteDog, get a life.
ReplyDeleteDale,
ReplyDeleteI have a life I just don't like Daq and apparently many others feel the same including the anonymous poster above. That idiot has done nothing but harass me from day one.
Dog
I would like to read what you guys think of the Pirates draft.
ReplyDeleteI also have a question in regards to the Pirates drafting supposed high ceiling HS players.
Over the last several years the Pirates have drafted and signed the following HS guys after the first round: Freeman, Miller, Grossman, Cunningham, ZVR, Cain, Pounders, Dodson, Hafner, Kingham, Allie, Lakind, Bell, Brewer, Burnette, Glasnow, Holmes.
The question is hypothetical. Let's say that most of these guys flame out like say (15) of them. Does more of the blame go on the people who scouted them or the developmental staff? Is the philosophy of going after so many HS guys instead of the "safe" college guys flawed?
Dog
I'm pretty sure Daq. rather enjoyed his -66 post. Nitwit, pot stirrers, with nothing intellegent to say, and spout the same tired venom everday, tend to get a rise out of any attention.
ReplyDeleteKind of like a child misbehaving just to get attention. Negative attention is just as good or better than good attention.
I find it funny when pot-stirrers complain about others who do the same thing. Yes I am talking to both of you, Dog and Fish, but mostly Dog.
ReplyDeleteStick to talking about baseball. The rest of the crap is why I don't post on Smizblog. If you guys are going to turn this blog into the same whine and bitch-fest that Smizblog has become, I will have to go elsewhere.
I would consider your last sentence to be whining as well, so welcome to the club.
ReplyDeletePot/Kettle?
All I've ever tried to do since day one is talk baseball. I posted a baseball uestion for you and others and you chose to ignore it and whine about pot stirring. Here's a suggestion stop whining and try talking baseball or take your own advice and go elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteDog
Hey Dog, please go over to the tavern and show your same blatant disregard for using multiple IDs.
ReplyDeleteThat is unless you are already there as one of the 5 guys jerking each other off
Daq, BFD, roger roger, and others ARE needed for a dose of REALITY. the pumping sunshine-up-peoples-asses Pro-Nutters are a joke
ReplyDeleteWhenever I read a Pro-Nutter post, the Annie song tomorrow keeps runnign through my mind. Tomorrow is always a day away (much like a winning season with Nutting in charge)
The pro-Nutters are like the ugly clueless kid who asks out the one hot cheerleader who isn't stuck up. She acts all nice and the Pro-Nutter thinks he will get lucky with her
The Antis are like your average kid. They know all cheerleaders are nothing but a tease and flirt. They say to heck with that, throw a kegger and nail a hot chick.
Basically the Pro-Nutters are still holding their pecker in hopes, whereas the Antis realize that hot chick didn't look quite so hot the next morning. They are like WTF did I do and think at least I'm not the ugly clueless kid (pro-nutter) still thinking someday he will be laid.
Both are still wanting the cheerleader to nail, but the Antis at least have a shot if she ever stumbles into the kegger, whereas the hapless pro-nutters still hold out unrealistic hopes!
Pittpanther90,
ReplyDeleteI don't post at the Tavern. I don't like Kipper's attitude and quite frankly I don't think he is very bright. Too many people there with the same idea.
My IP addresses got banned at Smiz, but lo and behold all of the people who were accused of being me are still there. I guess that's because none of them were me.
BFD, Daq and Roger offer up no reality. They are too stupid to do so.
The problem with people like you is you have no balance whereas pros do. No pro thinks everything is rosy, quite the contrary. Pros correctly knew that the team was flawed and could not sustain it's winning pct. That is regardless of who was added. At the same time pros can see that the team is moving in the right direction. Pros can also recognize that the draft successes have no impact on the current team. They can actually separate the two. Anti idiots like yourself BFD Daq etc can't see beyond payroll because well you are morons.
Now go on back to the Smizblog and enjoy your threesome with BFD and Daq.
Dog
Dog,
ReplyDeleteSmizik is a Pro-Nutter so I don't know why you can't get along with him.
Unless you are a paid shill of the FO.
Hope he doesn't pay you in 7 Springs Bucks...LOL
Smizik is a pompous windbag who knows very little about sports. He is also a crybaby and hates when people prove him wrong. There are lots of guys who post there on a daily basis pro and anti alike who make him look like a fool. He oftentimes fights with them and then deletes the posts that prove him wrong. I have no clue how he lasted as long as he did in the business being such an ill-informed asshole. The only person who appears to know less than him is Cook.
ReplyDeleteDog
The Dog has ruined yet another blog.
ReplyDeleteHe is such an asshole that he is probably proud of that fact.
signed
Bob Smizik
Bob,
ReplyDeleteIf that is really you, no one is a bigger asshole pompous dickhead than you. I have already said that I am posting on your blog yet again. In a shocker, I'm not ruining anything there.
This place is dead to the world. And PittPanthers, what the hell was that whole messy diatribe about jocks and geeks and pro-nutters about? Pretty lame analogy if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteBob Smizik,
ReplyDeleteYou say I ruined another blog. I guess that's better than having entire websites laughing at you. You are considered the biggest idiot in Pittsburgh sports by 90% of the sports community. You must be proud.
Dog
Christ Dog you really think that was Bob? Lol.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great blog. No posts in days, wrong scores, dipshits bickering about nothing, raging at someone who is clearly not Bob Smizik.
ReplyDeleteChrist, even Sharky has been staying away.
Keep up the great work.
Dog, you are fucking stupid.
ReplyDeletesigned
Bob Smizik
Yeah, so much for this blog being the oasis in the desert of all this Pirate Propaganda. So much for this grassroots movement with the aim of somehow removing Bob Nutting from power by...embarassing him on a blog?
ReplyDeleteSeanAY:
ReplyDeleteI think you need to STFU.
Your post is embarrassing.
If you would have bothered to read the previous blog post, you would have seen this quote:
"To our loyal followers:
I apologize for the lack of content over the past week. The 10 game skid, combined with the West Coast Swing and me scrambling to get ahead at work leading into my vacation this upcoming week has detracted from my posting. "
So he is busy with work, and he is on vacation. Some people have other priorities, ok? I have cut back my blog posting due to family issues, work, etc.
Dude, your pro-nutterism is getting worse.
Antis such as myself will always be fine.
I applaud the efforts of these guys here.
Irregardless of your snarky statement.
And even when there is no new articles here, this place is still 1000% better then SDmizblog, or the Pirate propoganda rags that populate the internet.
Oh, one more thing................. I agree with the posters that say Dog is an asshole.
Enjoy the corndogs, folks.
I too agree that Dog is an asshole but I'll raise it to a douchebag asshole.
ReplyDelete"So he is busy with work, and he is on vacation. Some people have other priorities, ok? I have cut back my blog posting due to family issues, work, etc."
ReplyDeleteRoger, there are 3 main writers to this blog, not just the one who made that post, none of them post anymore. Face it, they've lost the will and nobody gives a crap.
Only once folks came on here poking fun at the lack of will from you guys did any of you even respond.
Funny how you can say this place is better than Smize when you post there over the last couple days, but not here...
Oops.
I didnt post here because I knew the posters said they were away.
ReplyDeleteAnd I still have cut way back on posting, both here and Smizblog.
Oops.
Sharky Roger,
ReplyDeleteI'm sooo hurt that two of the biggest losers on the planet think I'm an asshole. Oh boo hoo. I guess I took too much pleasure in making you look like idiots, of course neither one of you needed any help.
Your both soo smart neither of you have figured out what my new nam is on the Smiz blog. I've only made about 100 posts under that name, but I guess I'm a real troublemaker. Bye dickheads
Hey dickhead Dog,
ReplyDeleteYou have been busted on Smizblog by Meathead and Yotzee. I quit calling out your other names on there because Bob would delete them even though I was ALWAYS proven right.
The only loser is you. No one else gets banned and keeps going back on the blog like you, That is truly pathetic. Please seek mental help from a professionsl. You really really need it.
Sharky
No I haven't been busted. Meathead said I was Wehner something or other and I'm not him. IT was proven that you incorrectly called Jasonpkerr, thelastpiratefan, fishmonger, dan1283 and I can't remember how many others that were wrong. Basically you have called 20 something pros me. You were wrong everytime but 2, like they say blind squirrel. The only person who has a problem is you. You have this obsession with trying to figure out who I am. You are wrong 90% of the time. I go back because I enjoy the game and I think Smizik is an asshole and I love proving ignorant people like you wrong. I will give you some credit though, you knew you were outmatched and gave up. Again you called out my aliases correctly twice and incorrectly called out at least 18. Don't hurt yourself patting yourself on the back. Now go back to jerking off Roger and your other idiot friends you piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteThe guy who kicks sharky's ass
Dog is wehner fudd, not that it isn't obvious.
ReplyDeleteAs for posters that make you lose it on Smizblog and get banned, I kick ass.
ReplyDeleteBut anyway, I really pity you. You must have no life at all or what you have must be pretty pathetic. You spend hours upon hours posting about baseball on a blog site comment section. You crave attention from other posters so much that you say outlandish things to get someone to pay attention to you. You are like a 5 year old who isn't getting enough attention so he throws a tantrum.
When you are ignored, you sign on as 2 or 3 different posters and have conversations with yourself and congratulate yourself on your great posts. That there was you at your most needy and pathetic. You needed others on there to see that you were smart and that your opinion was shared by others even if the whole thing was a huge farce.
You are nothing but an attention seeking troll. I am guilty of feeding you. I know I have said it before, but I am done feeding you.
Goodbye
No I'm not. I find it so humorous how often people get accused of being me. Do you think that there just might be more than one obnoxious pro pirate fan. Remember when I come on with a new ID, I'm always nice at first. That was the first time I saw him, he isn't me. Just like you thought Jason was and it was proven by Bob banning my IP address that he isn't.
ReplyDeleteDog
Sharky,
ReplyDeleteNot one thing in your post is true not even remotely true. You are the most pathetic person in the world. You were obsessed with trying to figure out my ID's and were proven wrong at least 90% of the time. I never once had multiple ID's and used them at the same time. You never once upset me or had one iota to do with me getting banned. You get upset about me and that Johnny Utah or something. Another example of you having no life. Now go away like you've promised to do ten times, but you're so pathetic you're doing absolutely everything you accuse me of but are too supid to see it.
Roger--
ReplyDeleteManaging a successful blog means putting time and effort into it. I don't fault anyone for being too busy for doing this. It's a pretty thankless job, and for every blog that "makes it," there are hundreds that fall to the wayside for one reason or another. But there is/are what, nine people that even read this blog?
No offense, but again, if you want a blog to succeed, there can't be weeks-long periods of inactivity. If one can't keep up with the demands, then maybe they don't have the time to do it. That's not intended as mean-spirited, just constructive criticism. And I'm as aware as anyone that constructive criticism still sucks because criticism is still part of it, so I apologize.
You say my Pro-Nutterism is worse, but you probably couldn't tell me what exactly my Pro-Nutter-ism is, or how exactly you came to that conclusion. It's an empty statement devoid of any substance.
Roger, what I don't understand is, I never take an uncivilized tone with you. I never tell you to "shut the fuck up," make ad hominem attacks about your posts, etc. Why can't you extend me the same courtesy?
I know the Dog has posted on the same blog entry as more than one name on more than one occasion and I have called him out on it every time I caught him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for ruining my blog, asshole
signed,
Bob Smizik
I know people think they can a rise out of me with this crap, but It never happens. I just sit around on my patio smoking cigars and laughing at how stupid people like Sharky and Roger are. Now I'm laughing at Meathead and Yotzee. I'm so far into their heads and have riled all of you people up w/o even trying.
ReplyDeletePeace.
lol......Who cares who you laugh at, as you are the one being laughed at the most.
ReplyDeleteJust another Pro-Pro-Nutter dopester that hopes to get a rise by acting like he has a Nutting crush....And then some.
Another season....Another ton of losses.
The Regime got scared in June....Did nothing in July....And watched the team go up in flames in August.
They are (and remain) ..... The worst ownership in the history of sports!
Yech......
Actually Daquido you are the one who is being laughed at the most with your posts record breaking minuses. I think you have the 2 highest negative totals. You little girl are a joke.
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ReplyDeletePurely Pro-Nutter hacking from the likes of dopes like yourself.
ReplyDeleteOnly a fat idiot, slumped in his chair eating leftover macaroni and cheese with a slice of stale bread would call someone a little girl.
Go pump yourself full of hogbelly soup...And wipe the bubblegum off your face while you're at it.
You even sicken yourself....lol!
It seems as if I struck a nerve. No one has insulted at a lower level then you have. Get over yourself bitch.
ReplyDeleteNo one is a bigger joke and is laughed at more than the Dog and his many aliases.
ReplyDeleteWhat is his new one, bipolarman?
Teams that spent the most money on draft bonuses from 2008 to 2011:
ReplyDeleteTeam Amount
1. Pirates $47,605,500
2. Nationals $43,202,300
3. Red Sox $39,253,500
4. Royals $38,568,000
5. Orioles $33,238,700
6. Rays $32,558,200
Source: Baseball America
OK,
ReplyDeleteNow why don't you do an in depth look at how much each team spent from 2008-2011 in payroll AND draft bonuses and let's see where the Pirates fall. I would bet that it is in the bottom 25%.
I wonder why you left out THAT part of the money spent? Was it because it made your buddy Nutting look bad?
"So why would teams allocate such substantial resources to the Draft as opposed to their Major League product? Well, for clubs that don't have unlimited resources, [b]it's simply the most logical route toward ensuring a competitive big league product.[/b]
ReplyDelete"Knowing how the economics of this game work, [b]we would rather do that than overspend for middle-of-the-road Major League free agents,"[/b] said Royals GM Dayton Moore, whose team spent approximately $14 million on a 2011 Draft class headlined by first-rounder Bubba Starling. Starling took $7.5 million of that to forgo a scholarship to the University of Nebraska.
"We would rather take our chances with players that our scouts feel can potentially become stars and help us win championships and build a system that has a depth of talent in which we can maneuver and operate from, either via trades or certainly transitioning these players to the Major Leagues, versus bidding on Major League talent where we have very little chance of winning the negotiations. That's why we do it and why we've been very aggressive."