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Final: Braves 11, Pirates 3 129
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS Getting ready for the first pitch … Game: Pirates (64-61) vs. Atlanta Braves (64-60), 7:05 p.m., PNC Park Pitchers: LHP Francisco Liriano (3-9, 3.78) vs. RHP Aaron Harang (9-7, 3.51) TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Online: Live box score / Multimedia / Official media notes Related
Cutch and Jordy in the lineup!! Excellent news!
I guess Cutch really was close, eh?
And the GM says that we have guys in AAA that can help pirates…. Tired of being lied to… I will not renew my season tix.
What’s wrong with Lambo, Tabata, d’Arnaud and Mazzaro..?? Now this new post season ticket policy has changed my mind about supporting this franchise under this current ownership. It’s not about winning a Championship, it’s all about the $$. No chance of signing R Martin now…
Steelers and pirates can be trusted…. Something shady going on within management of pirates… Nix, morel, Martinez, in heat of pennant race and no moves were made at trade deadline? I feel bad for Mr. Hurdle
Braves Lineup
1. Jason Heyward (L) RF
2. Phil Gosselin (R) 2B
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Justin Upton (R) LF
5. Chris Johnson (R) 3B
6. Evan Gattis (R) C
7. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
8. B.J. Upton (R) CF
9. Aaron Harang (R) P
Pirates Lineup
1. Josh Harrison (R) 3B
2. Travis Snider (L) RF
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) CF
4. Neil Walker (S) 2B
5. Russell Martin (R) C
6. Starling Marte (R) LF
7. Ike Davis (L) 1B
8. Jordy Mercer (R) SS
9. Francisco Liriano (L) P
So, is tonight a pretty much must win?
How about a must play well, for starters?
It’s only August… But YES!!
Two games back of the team you are playing. And at home. You don’t want to be 4 back on Thursday. Two must win games!
To correct myself, we are one back of Braves. Still a must win.
YES, Bucs need to play well , play better and win this series.
Just thought. It’s pretty cool to have two legitimate LH 1b. lets them start Ike, PH with Gaby vs Lefties, and bring Pedro back when lefties are gone.
Cool is one four-letter word for it.
Small favor to ask: If possible, let’s keep the stuff about the season-ticket thing down in the related post. Plenty enough related to the team and the game for right here. Thanks!
As if it matters, what roster move did they make when McCutchen came off of the DL?
Martinez down, McCutchen activated. Next on the demotion block needs to be Morel. Good to see Polanco get a night off, he’s been scuffling a bit.
I’m thinking a pitcher goes down when Cole gets activated tomorrow. Morel goes when Barmes comes here
I agree
Wrong. Morel will go. Pirates are at regular-size bullpen right now as they called up Morel to replace Morton. Sending a pitcher down leaves them a pitcher short. Bench, for now is:
Ike/Gaby/Pedro (2)
Stewart
Snider
Nix
Marcus Gilbert signs 6 year extension.
Now we return you to your regular programming.
30 million for 5 year extension
With an average viewing age of 54, perhaps an Obit thread is in order?
Sarcasm…Milo please keep steeler related posts in the steelers threads…end sarcasm.
Hey, I haven’t posted a death in days.
Don’t think you can use “Milo” and “end sarcasm” in the same sentence.
37 games left. Now with Cutch back, along with healthier Mercer and Walker, Bucs need to go 22-15 the rest of the way to make playoffs.
Liriano may set a personal strikeout record against this lineup.
I would just like him to get to 7+ with less than 2 runs scored.
Glad to have cutch and mercer back. 2 games back of wc. 6 back of the brewers. The division is likely out of reach. Second wild card looks like best bet.
I’m not ready to give up on the division, but the Brewers need to slip a notch or two to make that a reality for anyone, even the Cardinals. The Reds may be almost out of it at this point. ANY chance at ANY division competition requires series win at the HoH this weekend.
You said when you started this site you would be announcing a corporate sponsor “next week”. Did that fall through? Where is this sponsor?
I actually could easily block this trolling. Too much fun to let it in. And it’ll only become more fun in the days and weeks ahead.
I feel like an idiot for only now noticing these questions are trolling.
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The amount of sad, sad people on the internet and what they get a kick out of will never cease to surprise me.
Losers lol
Simply put, NMR, there are always going to be sad, lonely, bitter people who want to see a venture like this fail. So, seeing that subscriptions have been great, they think they can pick on the sponsorship deal. Except for one thing: They’ll be wrong.
I thought trolling was something you did while fishing, but I’m old.
I thought it was sitting under a bridge too long?!
What’s the population of Yorba Linda?
According to the 2000 Census – 58,918. Probably Closed to 65-70,000 now.
Why do you ask?
Here is the cities link
http://www.ci.yorba-linda.ca.us/
I just wondered if you might be neighbors with Tarek and Christina from Flip or Flop. Thanks.
Neat sight, tooch. I’m guessing they aren’t as popular out there as on HGTV.
Didn’t even realize they lived in my town. They definitely aren’t in my immediate neighborhood. I’m sure I’m not in their “tax bracket” either.
What does it mean exactly? I’m old, too, in comparison.
a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people
Thanks. Couldn’t find it in the slang dictionary I use.
Sorry for the interruption, but Brett Keisel is coming back to the Steelers. Deal should be completed in the next couple of days – per Eddie Boo.
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As you were.
Any idea on the contract particulars?
Haven’t seen it anywhere. Probably 1 year at the veteran minimum. This was always about missing training camp. Once Arizona made an offer the Steelers felt they had to act before he got on the plane.
Last thought – I think this is bad news for Steve McClendon.
You’re assuming Thomas become the starting NT then?
The thought had crossed my mind about Thomas playing the nose, yes. McClendon is just getting moved too easily.
Ok. First reply I started to type out was along the lines of “But they don’t play the same position” then realized that there is some positional flexibility available.
And – he sadly avoided any damage in training camp!
Sorry, Milo. Didn’t see you had called this already.
No worries Bill. This just shows we’ve been around so long we know how these old vets think.
Rumor has it they are not happy with guy from San Diego??
Not at PNC Park tonight. Working on a Steelers ‘News and views’ piece for the morning. Will cover Pirates-Braves finale tomorrow.
Saw on Eddie B’s chat on the P-G that there’s a guy who uses my moniker and asks really stupid questions. That is not me, folks!
Wasn’t me, either.
On this day 63 years ago, the 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel stepped up to the plate
Wow, great pitch there to get Cutch looking. I think Cutch didn’t like it, but pitch fx showed it right on the outside corner at the knees.
More atrocious fielding by Walker.
How?
He should get that tag down 9/10 times.
Listening on MLB app. Don’t have the luxury of TV yet.
The tag play looked like a man with a sore back.
Aaron Harang looks like he ate somebody since we last saw him, but he got himself an RBI.
Old movie starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes fighting an ugly adversary known as the “Dulwich Horror”- looked just like Harrang, before the beard.
I think a troll can also be loosely defined as 1 person that posts the same old tired drivel under 3 or 4 different names.
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But I could be wrong.
yeah we got a few of these, and they even answer their own posts and agree with their alter egos…really stupid
Trolls frequently live under bridges where they can watch and listen without being seen or heard.
We have a lot of trolls here. Many including myself read everything, but pick our spots to comment.
I personally enjoy the whole blog, but can’t help dropping a sarcasm once in
A while. Some of the trolls only comment on a particular subject like BMTIB usually negatively. Probably 95% on this blog are fans of one or more Pittsburgh sports teams.
Stuart
Say it ain’t so.
Does saying that the Pirates really suck make me a troll?
I’m afraid it makes you right.
not tonight it doesn’t.
Frankie’s location is TERRIBLE tonight. Bad. Starting pitching is killing this team.
That doesnt match the rhetoric. They didnt need price and were stupid to spend all their energy pursuing him.
Thats a half truth. Needed something in all facets not JUST starting pitching and thus should have put a little energy into morw than JUST price.
my comment had nothing to do with the deadline pursuit or lack thereof. Just in this last brutal stretch the starters are killing this team.
Both 2013 NL Wild Card teams are playing woefully right now.
OK so I get tagged for the ice bucket challenge, and I dutifully do it, post it on FB, and do my donation to ALS. Then I turn on the game, to THIS? Not fair!!! >:<
I guess getting someone up in the pen here would make too much sense ?
its like playing russian roulette at this point.
snyder has been ripping it…there I said it, lol
so has Snider. (sorry, Snyder is the former catcher and the super on One Day at a Time)
funny
Boy the Bucs are bashing it but have a bad case of the ‘at ems’ Harang is making quite the impression (on the mound surface that is).
By the way, that was Schneider on One Day
ah, thanks for the trip down memory lane and the spelling tip. I bet John Wehner loves that version of spelling that name.
So how many weeks until football season?
9 days from College Football and 16 days for the NFL.
How about at least putting up a fight? Getting sand basically kicked in their faces in a critical game?
From the “is there hope” department: This Braves team, which is 7-4 since August 8, recently had an 0-8 road trip and scored a total of 19 runs on that entire trip. Now they are hot, just swept the A’s and are throttling the Bucs.
Can we score that last one to Walker an E-(4-6-3)? That could’ve and probably should’ve been a double play.
That’s a tough call cmat.
yes, its tough but it’s MLB and it’s how I saw it. He is hobbling though so I cut him some slack but his feet were slow there.
Last year they struck a bunch of guys out & caught the ball. This year looks like 2011 & 2012. Feh.
A cold shiver went through my spine at mention of 2011. Still think they may acquire some people before 08/31. By waiting one month after the trade deadline, that’s one less month of paying the guy! They are not out of the race yet.
It really is startling how the Braves are just teeing off on the Pirates pitchers, like they know what’s coming and where. this is a team that has really really struggled at times this year and strikes out a ton.
When BJ Upton gets 2 hits off of you, it’s time to wave the white flag.
yes that is so TRUE. One of the worst signings in MLB in the past decade. Truly.
“know what’s coming”…does any relative of Belichick work for the Braves??
When you’re not playing well and have buzzard’s luck at the same time, the opposition has ten runs by the 5th inning.
Ok…..
DK says don’t talk about Pirate finances when discussing player acquisitions…it’s a ‘tired’ subject. No problem.
DK asks that we keep the season ticket stuff out. No problem.
There are trolls agitating about this site’s corporate sponsors. DK just can’t win.
So, channeling my inner Milo, I will describe this whole day in Pirate happenings :
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STINKS.
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Now back to our regular scheduled blog.
Calling Jandy for a miracle.
Planimal, I don’t have any miracles. These guys just have to do better. And they need some help.
Jandimal ………
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“We like the team we currently have, blah, blah, …. and we felt the best move was no move, blah, blah.”
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Get those rosary beads ready !!!
Mind numbing. The 2013 feeling is gone. Feels like 2011 and 2012.
This makes me sad
And I’ve been agitating him all night with emails because the site bumped me (it was all a confused, email address misunderstanding). So if he can’t get his column written, it’s all my fault.
No Karen, it’s all my fault.
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Never blame a lady for anything.
You, Jandy and Barb (any any other ladies out there), are safe.
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I in turn blame everything on my dog, so it’s all good.
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HI FRANK !!!!
Meanie
Cumpton swings the bat harder than Davis.
Antonio Brown swings the bat harder than Davis.
I wonder what football’s unwritten rules call for regarding Manziel’s really mature gesture last night. Baseball’s rules cost us Andrew.
He ought to be fined and made to play against the Steelers in the opener where they can devour him.
There is supposedly a standard fine of one game check or 11K for what he did
I’m pretty sure you have to actually DO SOMETHING in the NFL before you go off with your gestures. But this kid is in for a rude awakening when he gets into a real game. He said it best: “I’m not ready for Pittsburgh”. That be damn sure Johnny.
This kid is a total douchbag.
Just thought I’d check in to say, WOW, glad I’m still reading that good book….
So, a couple of more losses, do you think NH will be a seller come Aug 31st?
Cmat, I just saw your reply to my first comment… The information I received was incorrect.
I was wrong and gladly.
Ike Davis – Strikeout with the usual whining to the umpire, 2 weak pop ups…yeah Clint you’re right, Lambo can’t help.
Ballgame. Ballweek. Ballmonth. Ballseason.
I have no idea why when the game was 10-1 Pedro wasn’t subbed in for Davis. Game is already lost. You might as well get him the at-bats and practice at 1b in a already lost game.
Hurdle waved the white flag when he brought Crumpton in, should have went all in with Pedro