Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
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Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Anyone else watching the game on ATT sportsnet? Mine keeps freezing, even went off the air for a bit. Anyone else having these issues?
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
6B4D4A5F565A4D5B53380 wrote: Anyone else watching the game on ATT sportsnet? Mine keeps freezing, even went off the air for a bit. Anyone else having these issues?
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Watching on ATT Sportsnet No problems.
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Watching on ATT Sportsnet No problems.
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Wilson is dealing. 1-0 Bucs into the bottom of the 5th.
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Nice catch by Alford!
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Polanco lead off double!!!
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
GREGORY!!! Extra bases to start the 5th.
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Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
496469787F6E79393A0B0 wrote: Looks like the excitement or stress of a win was too much for Brubaker. He goes on the 10 day IL so Wilson can come off the IL and start tonight's game. It would be great to see Wilson have a decent start and for the Bucs to sweep this series.
I also will comment that it is an ongoing disappointment with me to see Polanco receiving another start. I know that he was unclaimed on release waivers, but just because he is still on the active roster (I would prefer that the Pirates simply release him), doesn't mean that he needs to regularly start games.
It’s contrarian to put him on waivers and then continue to start him. I would really like BC to truthfully explain why.
Actually, it's quite common to put players on waivers to see if anyone is interested. It happens all the time in MLB and it isn't publicized and we usually don't know who is on waivers and who isn't so players continue to start. The Pirates didn't want that info released because teams never want the awkwardness of having their players knowing they had been on waivers.
But someone in the media got hold of the news and reported it as if it was big news. But since it was a very routine procedure it could only have been big news if it meant the Pirates were cutting ties with Polanco and many news outlets reported it that way. Because otherwise it wasn't even worth reporting. So most of us who saw the story believed it was more than just the routine process of putting someone on waivers to see if anyone is interested. But in reality it was just a case of a reporter blowing a routine procedure out of proportion to "break a big story" where none existed.
So as far as Polanco continuing to start, the Pirates are just doing what they planned on doing regardless of a reporter blowing something out of proportion that served no purpose to report anyway. We can debate whether Polanco should start but if that's the Pirates' decision, they aren't going to change it because of a reporter. Polanco is probably not the only one who was on waivers at one time or another this season but continued to play when unclaimed. Those things are rarely reported.
I’m aware of those maneuvers that teams do regarding waivers, but this situation seemed to be different because of Polanco’s poor performance over the past two plus years. Most all of us were anticipating him being traded or released by July 31. And when he played even worse in August, no one was surprised by the news of his being placed on waivers and thought it truly was the end.
I also will comment that it is an ongoing disappointment with me to see Polanco receiving another start. I know that he was unclaimed on release waivers, but just because he is still on the active roster (I would prefer that the Pirates simply release him), doesn't mean that he needs to regularly start games.
It’s contrarian to put him on waivers and then continue to start him. I would really like BC to truthfully explain why.
Actually, it's quite common to put players on waivers to see if anyone is interested. It happens all the time in MLB and it isn't publicized and we usually don't know who is on waivers and who isn't so players continue to start. The Pirates didn't want that info released because teams never want the awkwardness of having their players knowing they had been on waivers.
But someone in the media got hold of the news and reported it as if it was big news. But since it was a very routine procedure it could only have been big news if it meant the Pirates were cutting ties with Polanco and many news outlets reported it that way. Because otherwise it wasn't even worth reporting. So most of us who saw the story believed it was more than just the routine process of putting someone on waivers to see if anyone is interested. But in reality it was just a case of a reporter blowing a routine procedure out of proportion to "break a big story" where none existed.
So as far as Polanco continuing to start, the Pirates are just doing what they planned on doing regardless of a reporter blowing something out of proportion that served no purpose to report anyway. We can debate whether Polanco should start but if that's the Pirates' decision, they aren't going to change it because of a reporter. Polanco is probably not the only one who was on waivers at one time or another this season but continued to play when unclaimed. Those things are rarely reported.
I’m aware of those maneuvers that teams do regarding waivers, but this situation seemed to be different because of Polanco’s poor performance over the past two plus years. Most all of us were anticipating him being traded or released by July 31. And when he played even worse in August, no one was surprised by the news of his being placed on waivers and thought it truly was the end.
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Nice AB by Moran to draw that walk, down 0-2 and battles through 8 pitches
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Chavis sneaks one through!!!! Polanco scores, 2-0 Bucs!!!!
Official Game Thread - 8/25 - Bucs vs Dbacks
Hayes juuuuust missed that one, Moran too slow to move up