Have to give the team credit. For three straight days, they've found a way to hit a new low.

Tuesday: Lead 8-4 at the Yankees going into the bottom of the ninth. Lost 9-8 without getting a single out in that inning.

Wednesday: Lost 14-2 to the Yankees, tying a MLB record with 6 losses of 12 or more runs in a season.

Thursday: In a 3-2 loss to the Cubs, were Immaculate Inning'd by the Cubs starter.

And, can't remember the day in the 4-game sweep by the Mets, but they tied a record by striking out 20 times in one of those games. I stand firm in my assessment that every day that Bob Nutting is allowed to draw breath as the owner of a sports team is a bad day for the franchise because all that worthless POS cares about is generating personal revenue.

posted by Heretic

Have to give the team credit. For three straight days, they've found a way to hit a new low.

Tuesday: Lead 8-4 at the Yankees going into the bottom of the ninth. Lost 9-8 without getting a single out in that inning.

Wednesday: Lost 14-2 to the Yankees, tying a MLB record with 6 losses of 12 or more runs in a season.

Thursday: In a 3-2 loss to the Cubs, were Immaculate Inning'd by the Cubs starter.

And, can't remember the day in the 4-game sweep by the Mets, but they tied a record by striking out 20 times in one of those games. I stand firm in my assessment that every day that Bob Nutting is allowed to draw breath as the owner of a sports team is a bad day for the franchise because all that worthless POS cares about is generating personal revenue.

Oh, and the "highlight" of that 14-2 loss on Wednesday was how they walked Judge on four pitches in the ninth while down 11-2. A great moment in the "Yeah, you're kicking our asses, but your guy ain't getting #61 on us, so who's the real winner now?!?!?" archives.

That loss on Tuesday looked brutal.

posted by justincredible

That loss on Tuesday looked brutal.

It was definitely something that happened. There I was, paying attention to it on my computer. Bryan Reynolds had a four-hit game and the team was playing really well in a clutch sort of way where the Yankees made a run or two at them, but they responded to put some space between them. The sort of game where the season might suck, but with all the young guys they're playing, you can see the potential because they're showing the ability to beat up on a legit good team in the sport.

And then they stopped getting batters out and the Yankees got a run and kept putting guys on base and then a grand slam and it's over and I'm just staring at my computer thinking it's a good thing that Bob Nutting's impotent ownership has made me dead inside because if I still had the capacity to care, that one would have hurt.

In the month of September, Pittsburgh is 7-0 against Cincinnati! And 3-16 against everyone else... I'm not sure what that says, other than how it sucks they have no more games against the Reds, as that would be their only legit hope of avoiding 100 losses and the division cellar.

The view from inside PNC is hard to beat.

posted by Ironman92

The view from inside PNC is hard to beat.

If only the product on the field also was...

Getting loss #100 in a game that they blew a 7-3 lead in is the most 2022 Pirates thing ever. Well, maybe other than getting it in a 15-2 loss.

Oneil Cruz is going to be fun to watch over the next 10+ years

posted by birddog23

Oneil Cruz is going to be fun to watch over the next 10+ years

On which team? 

posted by Heretic

Getting loss #100 in a game that they blew a 7-3 lead in is the most 2022 Pirates thing ever. Well, maybe other than getting it in a 15-2 loss.

You knew the Reds were gonna lose 15-2 today for #100? 

posted by QuakerOats

On which team? 

Wherever. I'm sure Pittsburgh fans would love to keep him, if the front office is willing to pay. But literally wherever he goes/stays - he will be fun to watch.

posted by justincredible

You knew the Reds were gonna lose 15-2 today for #100? 

That was rather uncanny. I was thinking about how we've lost 6 times this year by a dozen or more runs, but wasn't expecting the Reds to actually pull off that score to get to 100. Now I just have to spend time wondering why I can't use those mad psychic skills to make money and get depressed about it...

18 former pirates in the playoffs

posted by QuakerOats

On which team? 

That's simple. The majority of what he is contracted for, he'll be with the Pirates (at least up until the point where they figure they'll "maximize" (ie: fuck up) their gains for him. After that, since he's named after Paul O'neal, that leaves two options.

1. If he pans out and is the player people hope he can be, the Yankees will open up the wallet for him.

2. If he winds up just another guy, he'll go to Cincinnati  to be a complementary piece.

posted by geeblock

18 former pirates in the playoffs

Heckuva farm system

posted by geeblock

18 former pirates in the playoffs

If we're being fair, it isn't quite as bad as "they give everyone away" (although they basically do).

I've never heard of Heredia, so he must not have made an impact of any sort. Harold Ramirez...I'm not sure he ever made the bigs with Pittsburgh. On the other hand, that trade pissed me off because it was them being so desperate to dump Liriano's salary that they traded two prospects (Ramirez and Reece McGuire) with him to get a nobody who didn't do anything. Anderson, Quintana and Vogelbach were vets signed to one-year contracts where there's basically an agreement that if the team isn't going anywhere, they'll be traded to contenders if they have any value to them. And Chavez is old as hell and has probably been with about half the teams in MLB at some point.

Then again, enough of the rest had/have me angry as hell at the horrible job the front office runs the team that even ignoring all the ones I mentioned doesn't really make anything particularly better.

McCutchen returning to the Buccos.

posted by QuakerOats

McCutchen returning to the Buccos.

The lox...plunder the lox.

Greatest SC commercial ever

https://youtu.be/446uAS8TIC0

It'll be nice to see Cutch in the proper uniform again, even if he's past his prime. I just hope this isn't some weakass attempt by the front office to try to gain some fan goodwill, so it stings less when they trade Reynolds for some vague assortment of prospects.

Yep