Official Game Thread - 4/1 - Bucs @ Rays

[Doc]

Unfortunately, it will probably take the Pirates 2 or 3 games to amass 3 runs.

Your optimism is inspiring.

What were you thinking, Doc? 4 or 5 games?

More like next week.

[Surgnbuck]

Harrington looks like Priester 2.0

Team looks like they're unraveling. How did that guy take second from first base earlier in the game on the fly ball to Cruz?

How can some guy who is nothing more than the Rays equivalent of Drew Maggi become the most feared hitter in baseball?

The Rays aren't just beating them, they're punking them.

[Surgnbuck]

They look like they've already given up. This team is soft. I thought that was the whole purpose of getting a guy like Pham. He's just collecting a check. Hayes laughing and joking it up at second base. Like he's cool or something.

I guess we could fire the GM, the manager, then what? Fire sale?

Man, do I feel sorry for Paul Skenes.

[Surgnbuck]

So I'm sick, and just laying in bed with the television on, and it's amazing that Joe Block does not call the game. He rarely calls a pitch, he rarely mentions counts, score, outs, etc.

It's like him and Walk are two guys at the park, watching the game in the stands and just shooting the breeze with each other.

[Ecbucs]

the plan must be to suck and suck badly to set up the Yankees. Yep, that makes sense, get the Yankees over confident and then crush them at PNC Park!

The Bucs are just playing at another level. No MLB team can be this bad without doing it on purpose.

[Surgnbuck]

So originally, they were going to go with a bullpen game, and that's pretty much how it turned out anyways.

[Surgnbuck]

I wonder how long before we hear about a "closed door meeting" or a "players only meeting"?

[fjk090852-7]

They don’t need a closed door meeting. They need some additional changes.

[fjk090852-7]

The beginning of this season is like a bad dream. The Pirates did little this offseason, and now we see how poor of a team they are. I totally dislike Bob Nutting because he won’t give us fans a decent baseball team.

[Doc]

the plan must be to suck and suck badly to set up the Yankees. Yep, that makes sense, get the Yankees over confident and then crush them at PNC Park!

The Bucs are just playing at another level. No MLB team can be this bad without doing it on purpose.

This has been my opinion for the past couple of years. The management of this organization can't possibly be this incompetent year after year. There are ample opportunities to improve the club every year, through the draft or player acquisition but, with a few exceptions, an above average player is rarely playing in Pittsburgh. It has to be on purpose.