2022 Pittsburgh Pirates thread
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My personal goals for this season.. (Been a loyal fan since age 6-1975)
1, Develop a very strong farm system.
2. Win around 75 games.
3. Demand that ownership be FORCED to SELL the team to someone committed to winning.
I am totally sick and tired of the Nutting charade. It wouldn't surprise me if he is the least admired man in all of Pittsburgh.
1, Develop a very strong farm system.
2. Win around 75 games.
3. Demand that ownership be FORCED to SELL the team to someone committed to winning.
I am totally sick and tired of the Nutting charade. It wouldn't surprise me if he is the least admired man in all of Pittsburgh.
I believe the Pirates and the Orioles have both been mathematically eliminated from the post-season.
Wake me up when cheapskate Nutting sells the team to someone with a vested interest in winning. Until then, boycott all his business endeavors.
Anybody use mlb.tv? My issue is blackouts, live in the eastern panhandle of WV, O's and Nats actually our local teams, but they still blackout the Bucs.. I know T Mobile did something with MLB.tv last season, but not sure oit would do me any good.
Got you bye a yr or so, still have a 73 program from one of my first gms ever. Nothing better growing up than hitting a game on a Sunday afternoon with the fam, tailgating etc..
Desparately want to see the Bucs and Phils in the same division once again. One of the highlights of my childhood was our family reunions in the 70s where around 500 relatives would attend 4th of July weekend. It was always the weekend of the Phillies/Pirates series and everyone would be outside drinking, grilling, pitching horseshoes, and transistor radios would be blaring the game. So many times we would hear Schmidtty just got his pitch and drilled it... or Willie just hit it in the upper deck there they go for the chicken! Also, if I became the new owner of the Buccos... I would bring back this logo!
Unfortunately 3 can't happen. And then he went and voted for the labor agreement that ensures the Pirates and every other small market will remain irrelevant most of the time. All the small market owners just told us fans that they don't give a crap about us as long as they're getting rich. So I'm going to return the favor and not give a crap about baseball as much as I can anymore.
I have this problem in Columbus too. The problem is that you get blacked out if any TV carrier in your market carriers the AT&T Pittsburgh sports network. So in Columbus for years, DISH Network carried it. That meant that I was blacked out from all Pirates games, even on mlb.tv. I got excited when DISH dropped it in Columbus this year, only for DirecTV to pick it up. So once again in Columbus, the only way to watch the Pirates is if you have DirecTV, otherwise you're blacked out on any other service. And I live in the woods, so satellite isn't an option.
Here’s where I, personally, struggle with this. I love the game. I also seem to always root for the under dog. I can’t stand the Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox of the world who just try to buy what they want. I like the home grown teams that put the work in and earn it. Unfortunately, my Buccos are a disaster from the top down. I’ll still watch because I can’t ignore something that I spent 10 years participating in as a kid, but I will turn off the playoffs when all the under dogs are knocked out.
Got to be a way to use someone's email and password for mlb.tv I would think..
Would have to use a VPN tool, otherwise it checks your location regardless of whose login info you use.
Any other suggestions on how to get Fox Pittsburgh without buying extra innings with a vpn etc?
Could try to tie into someone else's Sling Box that has the Pittsburgh sports channel if you have a friend who let you do that.
I have beena long term Pirate fan. I attended World Series games in 1971 and 79, in grade school for 1960 games. In have not attended a home game in about 5 years, but did see a Pirate game in St Louis recently. I anticipated when the Pirate lease at PNC Park is up, Nutting will sell the team to folks who will move the team.
The Pirates and thier best player (Reynolds) are heading to arbitration over a difference of $600k in annual salary. If they do end up in arbitration this tells me two things; he is not in thier long term plans (trade bait) and/or they have not changed their approach to spending money.
Tony.
tony is an idiot. They've been rebuilding like this for 30 years.....
Has it occurred to anyone that if the Pirates cared about winning they could have a team that would start Brian Reynolds, Marte, and Meadows in the OF? Then add in Hayes and a few of the upcoming INFs they drafted and they may have something. I guess that is asking too much of a “professional” team.
Well, at least they haven't signed Mitch Keller to any long term contract as yet. Just another Pirate AAAA pitching bust.
At least they scored. Up to averaging 1.0 runs/game. ERA also dropped to under 1.0/inning.
Diego Castillo ropes a double for first career hit | 04/09/2022
Diego Castillo enters as a pinch-hitter and drives a double to right-center field for his first Major League hit
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I think they sort of let themselves get bullied into that by the Pittsburgh fans and media. Still on them, though.
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