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sweetleb64's avatar

Bullpens made the difference, chicago 0 runs 3 hits pirates 8runs 10 hits. Also 13 hits and only 4 runs for the pirates.

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Anthony Murphy's avatar

Happy late second anniversary to Bucs on Deck!

Thank you to everyone, from those who comment daily to those lurking in the shadows, you all are great!

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Bob Nutting's avatar

What a performance to ring it in.

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Anthony Murphy's avatar

Gotta admire the consistency since the beginning of the site

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Bob Nutting's avatar

I miss WHYGAVS and Charlie Wilmoth's Bucsdugout but I don't think there was any winning when either Pat or Charlie controlled either site. Just a bunch of nonfans running Pirates sites even during the brief Huntington blip.

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Arky Wags's avatar

Charlie left in 2017. He was in charge of BD in the brief but glorious 2013-2015. I can’t remember what brought me to BD, but Charlies and WTMs writing kept me there.

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TNBucs's avatar

The BD countdown using uniform numbers to breaking the streak of 20 losing seasons was as fun as a site gets.

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NolaJeffy(BnP)'s avatar

Old school Dugout days were wild, old school for me being the 2011-2012 years. Or when ESPN Section 140 still existed for commenting during games.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

They were great! I miss Vlad. One of the first statheads I encountered and perfectly grumpy.

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Anthony Murphy's avatar

Can't say I was ever very active on any other sites (as far as the comment section), but I did lurk around on P2 for the longest of time.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

I go waaaay back on Buccos internet to even Onlybucs and before that BuccoJake.

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WTM's avatar

I was on Onlybucs for quite a while.

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Anthony Murphy's avatar

I used to post on a forum site about the Steelers, but would really just talk on the college football section. That's about it. They shut that site down, and I was just never active anywhere else.

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JRC21's avatar

I hope someday —- soon —- this will be a place to celebrate Pirate wins. But it’s a tough moment for all Pirate fans to see the team collapse once again and for their to be so little hope on the horizon.

Thanks for all your work. You’ve built a great site.

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Anthony Murphy's avatar

That would be awesome. This place is obviously more alive during the brief moments the team is doing better. As few and far between as they are.

Thank you for the kind words. Couldn't have done this without Nola, WTM, Ethan, and Ryan. Plus all of you guys that have been along for the ride.

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<Joe solo's avatar

The pirates need a catcher, first baseman, short stop, third baseman and an outfielder all of which can field and hit.

The next heartbreak is they fail to sign their first draft choice. Again this is the pirates so anything is probable.

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Hoptown's avatar

Other than that Mrs. Cherington, how was the play?

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Buccoboy's avatar

Another great effort by Donnie and the boys!

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Buccoboy's avatar

That's about as cringe worthy as the Pirates.

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1979andCounting's avatar

Wonder how the PRP injection went for Endy?

We need a catcher who can hit too.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

Endy's yet to ever hit

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Hoffmark 83's avatar

I agree we need a catcher who can hit, just not sure it's Endy.

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Bianco599's avatar

Agree. I wish we had begindy. Or benintendi.

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bucsws2024's avatar

I cannot imagine going to a Pirates game I'm not interested in at all in order to get a cheap bobblehead.

At this point I can't imagine going to a Pirates game period.

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TNBucs's avatar

Evidently, you're not the type of fan that Williams is after. He just wants to fill PNC with fans who come for bobbleheads, fireworks, pierogi races, and concessions. If that's what you're there for, it's hard to leave disappointed. Much harder to please fans who actually care about baseball.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

It's a generic family experience!

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PirateRican21's avatar

Is it time to talk about next year’s draft, that’s the highlight of every season!

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theobserver's avatar

On the bright side, a few more losses like these should be enough to finally get Cherington canned.

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PirateRican21's avatar

How many years and money is he owed?

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theobserver's avatar

Two years. To the best of my knowledge, the monetary terms are undisclosed.

The prevailing media view is that Cherington will return for 2026. But it's also worth remembering that the Pirates said supportive things about Huntington damned near up to the day he was canned.

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Arky Wags's avatar

Right. NH was really safe until he wasn’t.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

Perotto says two years and Dejan says 1. Hard to know.

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theobserver's avatar

What does Bob Nutting say, Bob Nutting?

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Bob Nutting's avatar

Would that I could

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Hoffmark 83's avatar

Why? So we can draft another bum like Davis 1st overall?

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Arky Wags's avatar

Or he could be another Skenes.

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Hoffmark 83's avatar

Even if we could get another Skenes what good would it be. We've had Skenes for 2 yrs now and still suck.

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Arky Wags's avatar

If we have more like Skenes, they won’t suck! I get the frustration, but I’m still going to hope. Why else are we here?

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PirateRican21's avatar

Is the cycle we live in, draft and then a year or two later make hypothetical line up of those prospects only to see it never happen and then repeat all over again.

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1979andCounting's avatar

Idk, the lottery at the owner's meeting in December might be the highlight!

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bucsws2024's avatar

ChiSox are now within 5 games of tying Pirates for 2nd worst record. Could be 4 by tomorrow.

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PirateRican21's avatar

Recheck the standing we are the 27th best team in baseball!

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Melkel's avatar

Yep, but two of the teams with a worse record can't pick higher than 10th in the '26 draft, so we got that going for us.

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Arky Wags's avatar

Which is nice, to quote Carl Spangler from Caddyshack.

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JRC21's avatar

Another pathetic performance.

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Buccoboy's avatar

What was that about all the great young pitching they had?

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Bob Nutting's avatar

Getting punched in the mouth by the listless White Sox is just the perfect touch to this season.

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Slider71's avatar

I like Kelly- but I’m a little surprised he pulls Burrows again at 76 pitches. Let the kid go out for the 6th and see how it goes, he had been cruising again

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Aurorus Borealus's avatar

Every single thing in the world is more important than winning today's game for this team: such as it ever was.

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StatsCbl's avatar

I know all teams do this, but I'm not a fan of taking out pitchers that are doing well that can still go deeper in the game..... regardless of the match-up.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

I hate it. It's tempting fate and lazy management.

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StatsCbl's avatar

It seemed like Don Kelly pushed all of the right buttons making multiple pitching changes when he first started. Reality is the more pitchers you throw, the more likely one of your pitchers will have a bad day. I think he might be a little trigger happy trying to prove himself.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

Donnie Badball needs to believe his lineup card won the game just like all managers in baseball these days.

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PirateRican21's avatar

WTF, I actually step out for a few minutes, I guess I’m glad I didn’t kept my earbuds in.

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Melkel's avatar

ChiSox might catch the Pirates, at least the Rockies are still out there.

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Hoptown's avatar

Hasta la vista, Cherington.

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Bob Nutting's avatar

You hear something? I haven't fired him yet. Even when I eventually do I'm planning on installing some loser like Graves already in the org to take us to the offseason, btw.

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Buccoboy's avatar

Atta way Bob!

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Bob Nutting's avatar

I'm keeping Dutchboy Bart around until the next GM begs me to can him too!

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Bob Nutting's avatar

LOLOLOL

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Cobra 39's avatar

Have yourself a night, Nick.

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