Pittsburgh Pirates above .500 tracker.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:18 pm

I believe the Pirates at 35-34 and over .500 at this point in the season is the latest they have had a record over .500 since their last winning season so I believe this deserves it's own thread. GO PIRATES!!!!

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:42 pm

Pirates lose again 5-1 to the Indians. record at 35-35.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:30 pm

Pirates lose 5-2 to the Indians. Now 35-36 on the season.

Big McLargehuge · Post by **Big McLargehuge** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:19 pm

Interleague Play always destroys the Pirates...granted most things do, but Interleague and the Brewers are the scourge of our season annually.

It's really nice to have a competitive team, for once, though...especially considering Pedro Alvarez has been hurt all year and our top 3 catchers are all injured. Pitching and Andrew McCutchen can only do so much with so little help.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:29 pm

FWIW, if its making the playoffs or not and if its 1 game above .500 or 20 games above .500 I am really pulling for the Pirates to finish with a winning record this year. That franchise truly deserves it. Not sure if Pittsburgh fans deserve it though with having the Steelers and Penguins.

Big McLargehuge · Post by **Big McLargehuge** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:09 pm

ODUalum11 wrote:FWIW, if its making the playoffs or not and if its 1 game above .500 or 20 games above .500 I am really pulling for the Pirates to finish with a winning record this year. That franchise truly deserves it. Not sure if Pittsburgh fans deserve it though with having the Steelers and Penguins.

.500 would be a landmark. I'm not exactly the most optimistic Pirates fan in the world...after all I started watching baseball in 1993 so I've seen a grand total of 0 .500 seasons from the baseball team I've rooted for my entire life...but the strides really have us where I thought we'd be next year, and that's without the help of Pedro Alvarez.

The extreme majority of the talent in the organization is still fairly low in the minors. AA Altoona has some good talent, but the A ball teams are insanely stacked. Once they start pushing through the Pirates could have a few decent seasons of being competitive before the realities of free agency kick our ass again...but it's just nice to have actual talent in the system. We've never really had that. Huntington turned our completely barren farm system into one of the best in baseball. It's nice to know going into the draft that we're actually going to draft the BPA and not a reliever expected to go in the late 20s 4th overall anymore.

That and McCutchen is already the best player we've had since Bonds. If we can keep him around we'll have something to build around, and considering he's 24 he'll actually be entering his prime as the team around him gets better. The last couple times we've had legitimate star players entering their prime they were surrounded by AA rosters (Bay and Giles, namely).

As for 'deserving' another team with success in Pittsburgh...hey, Pirates fans deserve something don't we? It is hard to complain too much about the Pirates when we have the Steelers and Penguins doing as well as they have, though.

(for the record I'm a born and raised Pittsburgher)

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:21 pm

I live in Sarasota, Florida and have been to numerous Bradenton Marauders games. I was really impressed with some of the talent they have on that team. Anyway it looks like you migh be right about them doing terrible in interleague...already down 4-0 in the 1st.

Post by **TwinTownBisonFan** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:20 pm

I was at a Spring Training game a few years back in Bradenton (great park btw) and watched a fan accost the GM in the stands saying "We'd better make it back to .500 this year!"

The Twins fans (who were about 50% of the crowd) looked on stunned...

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:24 pm

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:I was at a Spring Training game a few years back in Bradenton (great park btw) and watched a fan accost the GM in the stands saying "We'd better make it back to .500 this year!"

The Twins fans (who were about 50% of the crowd) looked on stunned...

Yeah my dad and I caught a ton of games at mckechnie park last summer. Probably one of our favorites because it has that old school feel to it. Not to mention the marauders who play there were pretty good as well.

Pirates down 8-1 last time I saw.

Post by **TwinTownBisonFan** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:27 pm

ODUalum11 wrote:
TwinTownBisonFan wrote:I was at a Spring Training game a few years back in Bradenton (great park btw) and watched a fan accost the GM in the stands saying "We'd better make it back to .500 this year!"

The Twins fans (who were about 50% of the crowd) looked on stunned...
Yeah my dad and I caught a ton of games at mckechnie park last summer. Probably one of our favorites because it has that old school feel to it. Not to mention the marauders who play there were pretty good as well.

Pirates down 8-1 last time I saw.

Since I'm starting Arrieta tonight - I'm just fine with it.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:33 pm

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
ODUalum11 wrote:
Yeah my dad and I caught a ton of games at mckechnie park last summer. Probably one of our favorites because it has that old school feel to it. Not to mention the marauders who play there were pretty good as well.

Pirates down 8-1 last time I saw.
Since I'm starting Arrieta tonight - I'm just fine with it.

He'll definitely get the win that's for sure.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:29 pm

Pirates lose again 8-3 to the O's. Now 35-37.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:36 pm

Pirates defeat the O's 9-3. Record now at 36-37.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:40 am

Pirates remaining schedule for the first half...

3 vs. Boston
3 @ Toronto
4 @ Washington
3 vs. Houston
3 vs. Cubs

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:19 pm

Pirates defeat the O's 5-4 and now improve their record to .500 at 37-37.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:36 pm

Pirates defeat the Red Sox 3-1. Record now above .500 at 38-37.

Thumper 76 · Post by **Thumper 76** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:38 pm

Yeah, as a Brewers fan I am not too thrilled about this, we don't play them till August or something so we won't be able to rely on the annual beatdowns we put on them to keep us above them, and with the Yankmees up next at New York I am feeling a bit nervous.

Big McLargehuge · Post by **Big McLargehuge** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:19 am

God, **** the Brewers.

Can't believe the Pirates somehow managed to win the series against the Red Sox with all of the injuries we're going through.

ODUalum11 · Post by **ODUalum11** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:49 am

I've had one hell of a busy week so I havent been able to see how the Pirates were doing. Glad to see they are still above .500 and even better that they took the series from the Red Sox.

They lost last night to the Blue Jays but sit at 40-39.

grizband · Post by **grizband** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:02 pm

Pirates beat the Cubs 9-1 this afternoon, and head into the All-Star break at 47-43. That is good for 3rd in the NL Central, one game behind Milwaukee and St. Louis.

Post by **Ivytalk** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:15 pm

Great story brewing here. Bunch of talented young kids who don't know everybody expects them to suck. They even have a winning road record. I'd love to see the Bucs win that division. LaRussa's head would probably explode!

Post by **93henfan** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:01 pm

Ivytalk wrote:Great story brewing here. Bunch of talented young kids who don't know everybody expects them to suck. They even have a winning road record. I'd love to see the Bucs win that division. LaRussa's head would probably explode!

A first-ever Keystone State playoff series would be cool. Just need the Bucko's to win their division, the Phils and NL West Champ to be 1 and 2 respectively and the Braves as the wildcard. Not an entirely unlikely scenario.

Thumper 76 · Post by **Thumper 76** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:47 pm

grizband wrote:Pirates beat the Cubs 9-1 this afternoon, and head into the All-Star break at 47-43. That is good for 3rd in the NL Central, one game behind Milwaukee and St. Louis.

Its also good because they beat those faggot ass Cubs

Big McLargehuge · Post by **Big McLargehuge** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:20 am

3 All Stars for the first time since 1990.

Granted 2 were late replacements...but McCutchen not being on the original roster was a damn joke. Correia is there solely because of injuries...but, hey...leading or being tied for the league lead in wins for most of the season (not anymore) as a Pirate is worthy of praise. He already has more wins at the break than the Pirates leader has for 3 of the past 5 seasons. He's been a lesser pitcher than Karstens and Maholm...but wins is a sexier stat for an All Star game than WHIP.

Post by **TwinTownBisonFan** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:29 pm

Big McLargehuge wrote:3 All Stars for the first time since 1990.

Granted 2 were late replacements...but McCutchen not being on the original roster was a damn joke. Correia is there solely because of injuries...but, hey...leading or being tied for the league lead in wins for most of the season (not anymore) as a Pirate is worthy of praise. He already has more wins at the break than the Pirates leader has for 3 of the past 5 seasons. He's been a lesser pitcher than Karstens and Maholm...but wins is a sexier stat for an All Star game than WHIP.

Correia = not an all star...

as it is - McCuthceon should have been in the ASG from the word "go"

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