Official Game Thread 7/16/2023 Giants vs. Bucs

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:04 pm

I like Bob Walk doing analysis on Peacock. He takes the job seriously and is very good. But when teamed with Greg Brown, it's the annoying laugh-o-rama broadcast.

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:09 pm

3-1 Giants

Bido doesn.t make it out of the Third Inning

JollyRoger · Post by **JollyRoger** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:14 pm

Seems like the Giants score on every hit they get.

The Pirates on the other hand………you know the answer

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:22 pm

5D7C745D767E190 wrote: 2 on and nobody out and they don't score! They need to terminate Haines on the spot and replace him with Doc!

I thought you wanted the team to win?

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:41 pm

Bolton actually came in and struck out two batters

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:42 pm

The Pirates offense looks to be unfixable. Whatever can turn it around hasn’t been employed or even thought of to this point. This has become ridiculous. There isn’t anyone who’s worth a damn right now.

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:47 pm

194F594D425848434E596B4C464A424705482B0 wrote: The Pirates offense looks to be unfixable. Whatever can turn it around hasn’t been employed or even thought of to this point. This has become ridiculous. There isn’t anyone who’s worth a damn right now.
well doc, what do you suggest? In most situations, if something :

is unfixable we just throw it away :-/

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 5:59 pm

Triolo drives in bucs second run. 3-2 bucs after 6 innings

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:03 pm

7C2A3C28273D2D262B3C0E29232F2722602D4E0 wrote: The Pirates offense looks to be unfixable. Whatever can turn it around hasn’t been employed or even thought of to this point. This has become ridiculous. There isn’t anyone who’s worth a damn right now.
I think Shelington is incapable of fixing it because they don't know what they're doing. They seem heavily invested in analytics, sabermetrics, trends, etc. They need fewer computer geeks and more old fashioned baseball men. They think a pitch framing, non-hitting catcher is better than a legitimate hitter. They think resting players is more important than using their best lineup. Last year they thought the slow, power hitting Vogelbach belonged at leadoff because he could draw walks (and then clog up the bases). It seems they're always trying to be the smartest ones in the room by thinking outside the box. And it consistently results in failure. Their thought process is all wrong.

2drfischer@gmail.c · Post by **2drfischer@gmail.c** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 6:03 pm

5C62676F7C64646F4F6A7D6E390B0 wrote: The Pirates offense looks to be unfixable. Whatever can turn it around hasn’t been employed or even thought of to this point. This has become ridiculous. There isn’t anyone who’s worth a damn right now.
well doc, what do you suggest? In most situations, if something :

is unfixable we just throw it away :-/

But guys like fixing things. Maybe we just don’t have the right guys to fix these things. But since you asked, two moves that I think could help would be moving Davis from RF to behind the plate for the remainder of the year, and bringing up Endy to play either at 1B or in RF.