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<t>2328202C2928337670073E262F2828692428470 wrote: 27,000+ fans today.  Must be school field trip day.  That's a lot for an afternoon game with a weekend homestand.<br/> <br/> <br/> It is, they mentioned something about high school leadership day or something like that. It's student governments and s...

<r>Now this is a weird one. Rinku Singh, reality-show winner, subject of a Disney movie, and former Pirates farmhand is now trying his hand at...pro wrestling??<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <URL url="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/864178855791149057">https://twitter.com/WWE/status/864178855791149057</URL>...

A good friend of mine is a lifelong Cubs fan. Has a Cubs podcast, travels the country to see the team, etc. He isn't concerned. He's not talking title as much as he was a month ago, but he doesn't think the Cubs are a .500 team either. All of the bandwagon fans though, do seem to be losing it.

<t>I don't know that the team is that bad, but the situation is that bad. Two of our best players are out for at least half the season, and we have absolutely no depth. This could have been a special season had everything gone right, but of course that never happens. And so far pretty much everythin...

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ROSTER MOVE: The Pirates have recalled RHP Johnny Barbato (@johnny_barbato) from AAA Indy and place LHP Antonio Bastardo on the 10-day DL.

<t>I was talking with a good friend of mine today who is a Cubs fan. He kinda liked the Pirates as much as you can like a division rival, rooted for us when we weren't playing the Cubs. And we've lost him. Now is this a big deal on its own? No. But for a long time we were the good guys. Has that cha...

I'm just watching the highlights now, and I really like the way Freese runs the bases after a home run. It's like he has somewhere to be.

I know we haven't seen the back of the rotation yet, but it really does seem like we can win some games with even a mediocre offense. Nova's quite good as a #3.

Now THAT's pitching!

OK let's see if I can do my magic here once again. 89-73, 758 runs.