OnlyBucs

"The Pirates won't trade Oneil. They wouldn't pass up a year of frustration over his center field defense."

--Me, 9/27/2024

Joe Orsulak to be inducted to the Orioles' Hall of Fame in August:

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/adam-jone ... ll-of-fame

Orsulak played for the Orioles from 1988-92. He batted .281 for them, with 97 doubles, 15 triples, 35 home runs, and 221 RBI in 632 games.

Bobster wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:47 pm The 1961 Pirates only stole 26 bases and were caught 30 times.

Given the percentage, you have to wonder how many CS's were busted hit-and-runs.

Felipe Montemayor passed away on February 4, just a few days short of his 97th birthday. An outfielder, he played in only 64 games with the Pirates in 1953 and 1955, but played in his native Mexico well into the 1960s. Montemayor, Clemente, and the Cuban Roman Mejias made up an all-Latin Pirate outf...

Here's an All-Star team of players for whom the Pirates were their only MLB team, excluding current players: C - Jack Shepard 1B - Willie Stargell 2B - Bill Mazeroski 3B - Pie Traynor SS - Gene Alley LF - Clyde Barnhart CF - Carson Bigbee RF - Roberto Clemente SP - Sam Leever SP - Ray Kremer SP - Ve...

Ecbucs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 7:00 pm In Dejan's column he writes that Shelton says Reynolds will play right field and Pham (along with others will be in left).

The one thing that would do is pretty much preclude Davis from getting time in the outfield.

Surgnbuck wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:06 am Bob Gibson had more complete games (255) then wins (251).

Lefty Grove won 31 games in 1931, on only 30 starts. He went 27-3 as a starter, relieved 11 times and went 4-1.

Bobster wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:12 pm
John Wehner is not a Waner.

Then get Milt Cuyler and say he's Kiki Cuyler's grandson. No one will ever know....

fjk090852-7 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:50 am
All kidding aside, maybe they could have an heir of the Waner’s , or Pie Traynor throw out the first pitch on Opening Day.

John Waner.

I don't think Huntington signed anyone multi-year until Russell Martin in the 2012-13 offseason, after Huntington had been in place for five full seasons. They had a pretty good nucleus together by then, but no internal options at catcher - Rod Barajas and Michael McKenry had caught literally every...