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So . . . Ortiz. Earning his salary? I think so.

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Out of the 5 Pirates with at least 43 innings, Ortiz has the best ERA at a 2.51.

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him and rudy are the first fruit from the dominican facilty, no?

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Especially when Rudy turned into Falter.

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I apologize because I was just informed that Shelton was warming up Holderman, Chapman and Bednar for the weekend!

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Booyah!, 33 in the books and 93 to go! Great opener start combo with Mlod and Ortiz. Bullpen finished the job for the 5-2 win. #34 and the series clincher tomorrow! Raise it!!!!!

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Nice win. 🙂

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There goes Bednar giving up another homer.

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same as a walk. I know it is Colorado, but did we need to use him in that situation. He was used against the Twins in a similar situation in the Twins series and we had to rely on Ben Heller for the 9th in the final game of the series.

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I was wondering this too--do managers tend to treat 4-run leads in CO as 3-run leads elsewhere? But I didn't think it was a wise move because we usually don't get a lot of innings from Jones (nor should we want him running up pitch counts), Sunday is a big question mark, and because it is Denver, the chances that we'll need multiple bullpen arms the next two days is high. Holderman and/or Bednar should have been held back, only on call if someone ran into trouble.

Of course it is more difficult with the three batter rule.

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Valid point, but you know Shelton will say "it's Coors".

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Like clockwork

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There you go Ben, we don't need Alika!

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Can you imagine watching Chapman in the eighth inning of a tied playoff game. It would be excruciating although most here would welcome the opportunity.

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Back in 79 the Bucs had Grant Jackson in the pen….. he caused me some anxiety when he would come in. Relievers have the ability to make fans nervous 😁

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I watched him all last year in the playoffs hoping the Rangers would win. It was excruciating, and that was the Rangers. For the Pirates, it would be white knuckles and gritted teeth.

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I was trying to convince myself that was not the same guy we have......agreed it was excruciating.

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Ortiz pitched five innings with sixty-nine pitches and won't be available for several days so rather then bring him out to see what you can get from him in the seventh you start using up your late inning guys up in the first game game of a three game series. Yeah, I shouldn't criticize Shelton!

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I would have liked to see Mlodzinski get an extra inning or two....... unless there ws a part of the order they specifically didn't want him to face.

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I have so little trust in mlod, in theory i love the idea but man he can be rough

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I like Mlodzinski. He has given up one run in his last 10 innings. He had a 2.25 ERA in his 36 innings last year.

What you saw was a guy that missed spring training, struggled in Indy, they brought him up anyway. He got left in one game to take a beating because they had no one available follwed by other bad games.

I think he is ready now, but yes if his pitches aren't working then take him out.

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i think they can stretch him out

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Ortiz was getting hit around at the end. Face facts, if Shelton has left him in, and he gave up a couple of hits, you would have been here bitching about that too.

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What are you talking about, lol.

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Well said lol

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Davis with concussion symptoms......isn't that a 5-7 day protocol? Delay's cell phone ringing.

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I liked Delay last year, but when I saw him in Indy he looked pretty bad. Right now he is 3 for 22 for the month of June which equates to a .136 batting average.

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That's actually better than Hank. Not by much though!

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I was thinking that when I typed it, but will say Henry's .242 slugging in the majors is better than Delay's .182 slugging. Seriously, Henry needs to try a new stance or at least try something new in the minors.

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Yeah maybe a concussion stint is a blessing in disguise, let him step away for a week.

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At this point, I would rather we just ride the storm with Henry until Bart comes back. Then have Henry spend a few months in Indy.

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Good thing they have 10 catchers on the 40-man

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Only seems like it. Actually, it's just ten guys who hit like fourth-string catchers.

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How quickly can Richard Ramirez get to Pittsburgh?

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Preferably, the moment Haines is gone.

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Been looking for a chance to mention, he had kind of a trifecta yesterday. Got three runners, one stealing, one a pickoff, and one trying to advance on a short wild pitch. Needs to cut the swing and miss, but he's really looking good.

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No spoils on my observations for Monday lol

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Ke'baby Hayes special not getting the ball out of the infield again.

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Let's face it he's not a good hitter.

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I've seen him be a very good hitter during a 20 game stretch most years. That's what is so frustrating.

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joe has been slipping of late

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He can go 0-5 if he throws a runner out at the plate. Tradeoffs.

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Regression. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. And it absolutely will not stop.

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Would love an extra insurance or two

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5 ABs and not one ball in play. Chapman is going to drive us all crazy.

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That's why I like him coming in with the bases empty. That formula works as long as there are more strike outs then walks.

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Not having any one warming in the pen drives us all crazy!

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They had someone warming with him before the 8th so should be a warm arm ready to,go.

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According to Brown, no one up, so they must have sat down......which isn't great bullpen mgmt. Just soft toss and stay warm the whole Chapman inning.

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Thank you Mr Umpire!

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Shelton looks like an absolute r slur in the dugout right now

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I’ve been pretty relaxed on the comments here, especially as of late.

I think there were 1,000 different ways to word this better than what was done.

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better than r slur? you can't handle that?

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My guy, are you trying to take out your frustrations with Bucs Dugout by being edgy in the comments here?

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what in the world is edgy about r slur? it's a moderation. this is substack. It's a free speech platform. you could be as g slurred as Bucsdugout and then I will start a Substack for people who aren't as sensitive who are Pirates fans. I'd hate to think you two don't know much about Substack and are just trying to make a buck on Bucs. This is a for real place for adults to talk and sometimes talk shit.

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Nice edit out of asking if my child is that. I get straight emails of the original post, and alerts.

Sure, this site isn’t restricted to just baseball talk, I’m cool with that. I’m not a fan of politic talk, especially at a place that’s baseball based, but it’s whatever, as long as it stay cordial I’m not going to say anything.

But there is literally zero reason to use that phrase in your original post. Zero. You saying ‘slur’ in it shows that it was meant to be derogatory.

So no, I’m not cool with that here.

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It was funny but I decided it was too far so edited it, apologies

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The fact that you even have to say "r slur" shows you clearly have intent. That's like all the Karen's saying "The N word is just as bad as Karen". Well, why did you then have to say "N word"?? Is it just as bad? Why not just come out and say it like you clearly really want to. You could say "dumbass", an "idiot". There's a thousand iterations. And for the record, Murphy doesn't have children, but I do in fact have an autistic child. That being said, I don't really have an issue with the word retarded, and myself believe it has gotten blown out of proportion in large part due to individuals such as yourself who want to use it in a derogatory fashion. Saying, "Well, that was retarded" is a lot different than "Shelton looks like an r slur", cause obviously you mean it in a derogatory fashion adding "slur" to it.

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r slur is a trope on the internet. you guys might be old.

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?? Looks like most managers who are watching a game going on……

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Naw not while Chapman was close to walking the side again.

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What exactly would you have him do? Scream at Chapman? Start throwing stuff? No idea what was wrong with him staying calm and showing some faith in the guy that got a strikeout with a pitch that this Ump was calling a strike most of the night. Showing faith in your guys works too.

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Warm a fucking guy

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There was a guy warming with Chapman before the bottom of the 8th. If he was good to go, why keep him throwing? If Chapman would have walked the guy, said reliever would have gotten up and threw a few while Sheldon takes the slow walk to the mound then come in and finish warming on the mound. In my opinion, it was not a deal.

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Last batter for Chapman.....smh.

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