Official Game Thread 7/21/2021 Pirates vs. Diamondbacks

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:15 pm

734651515A6351515A5D51340 wrote: GREGORY!

Show your love for him now. Few chances remain.

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You and BOB can't wait.

Second-most HRs on the club this year so far. Already dumped Bell before the season began. He's good for 14.

;D

;D Second most HR's!!! He's a STAR!!! Forget the only player on the active roster with a worse WAR is Oliva. Forget he's a NEGATIVE 11 Runs Above Average!

And no sooner do you post that, Polanco misjudges a fly ball and the game is tied again.

But he's second on the team in HR's!!!!

Dude, come off it. The only person saying anything about "star" isn't me/

Let me see if I understand you: We score the fewest runs in all of MLB. We have the fewest Home Runs, too.

Yet, you're going to bang on a guy who hits them, few as they are.

Must be nice to just give them away like that. You'd think that we were winning basebeall games left and right.

It's oine thing to be a homie. This is ridiculous.

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The Apologists always pick the highest salary guy on the roster and start banging on him so as to pre-apologize for the coming salary dump. Once, Polanco is gone, they will immediately jump over and start wolfing on Frazier. If Reynolds was the highest paid player on the team, they would be calling him a chump too.

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:22 pm

Nogowski ties it up with the bases loaded walk. BC sure does know how to identify ballplayers.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:24 pm

The race for next year's #1 pick is heating up. We walk in a run to give AZ the lead. They don't want it so they walk a Pirate with bases loaded to give the run back.

UtahPirate · Post by **UtahPirate** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:30 pm

123435223424570 wrote: Austin Davis is obviously a plant by members of this board who want us to get swept by the D-Backs.

well the Pirates think he is worth more than Crick.

I think there are a lot players, especially in the bullpen that have a good chance of being replaced next year. This is their audition and evaluation year. Hartlieb and Crick have already failed.

Holmes seems to be teetering on the edge as well.

shedman · Post by **shedman** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:31 pm

Underwood just isn't a major league pitcher.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:31 pm

0223363F073E25362332570 wrote: Austin Davis is obviously a plant by members of this board who want us to get swept by the D-Backs.

well the Pirates think he is worth more than Crick.

I think there are a lot players, especially in the bullpen that have a good chance of being replaced next year. This is their audition and evaluation year. Hartlieb and Crick have already failed.

Holmes seems to be teetering on the edge as well.

Underwood II too.

UtahPirate · Post by **UtahPirate** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:38 pm

092429383F2E39797A4B0 wrote: Austin Davis is obviously a plant by members of this board who want us to get swept by the D-Backs.

well the Pirates think he is worth more than Crick.

I think there are a lot players, especially in the bullpen that have a good chance of being replaced next year. This is their audition and evaluation year. Hartlieb and Crick have already failed.

Holmes seems to be teetering on the edge as well.

Underwood II too.

You beat me to it ;D

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:41 pm

617A77767F737C120 wrote: GREGORY!

Show your love for him now. Few chances remain.

_________

You and BOB can't wait.

Second-most HRs on the club this year so far. Already dumped Bell before the season began. He's good for 14.

;D

;D Second most HR's!!! He's a STAR!!! Forget the only player on the active roster with a worse WAR is Oliva. Forget he's a NEGATIVE 11 Runs Above Average!

And no sooner do you post that, Polanco misjudges a fly ball and the game is tied again.

But he's second on the team in HR's!!!!

Dude, come off it. The only person saying anything about "star" isn't me/

Let me see if I understand you: We score the fewest runs in all of MLB. We have the fewest Home Runs, too.

Yet, you're going to bang on a guy who hits them, few as they are.

Must be nice to just give them away like that. You'd think that we were winning basebeall games left and right.

It's oine thing to be a homie. This is ridiculous.

_____

The Apologists always pick the highest salary guy on the roster and start banging on him so as to pre-apologize for the coming salary dump. Once, Polanco is gone, they will immediately jump over and start wolfing on Frazier. If Reynolds was the highest paid player on the team, they would be calling him a chump too.

As I’ve told you a million times, I’ve never cared one time how much money any player makes. Good for them when they can get it. I only care about a player’s ability to contribute to team wins.

Polanco has done very little of that in several years. He offers nothing to the team offensively or defensively. In fact, he’s been a liability with both his bat and glove. If he were making the league minimum, you’d be screaming about Cherington signing him.

A high salary doesn’t lead to a good player. A good player leads to a high salary.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:57 pm

As a few others have noted recently, Joe Block seems better. He got off on tangents about golf and on-deck circles and batting gloves but generally stayed focused on the game much more than in the past. But that soft voice of Kevin Young has started reminding me of Toby Flenderson on "The Office."

The radio crew is at Chase Field. But the TV crew looks like they are back in the studio watching on TV.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:58 pm

085E485C534959525F487A5D575B535614593A0 wrote:

A good player leads to a high salary.

But not in Polanco's case.