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    Raise It!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WvGambler View Post
    My game 4 tickets now become reality.
    Make sure it's the Series clincher!

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    Little nervous after looking over Morton's stats vs. STL. Yikes. Not too many of their guys don't have good #s against him. Thinking they might need to bust out with a big offensive game today against the rookie. Hopefully seeing him once helps because Wacha dominated his 1st start against Pittsburgh.

    Really don't want this going to Game 5 in STL.

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    Offense needs to wake up. Morton matching Wacha, but Bucs can't get anything going.

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    Holliday for two

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    Quote Originally Posted by forthewin View Post
    Holliday for two
    Unreal....

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    Wacha was a stud at Texas A&M. At least avoid the no-no. C'mon.

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    Totally think they are going to get no hit. Not exactly the confidence builder to go into a Game 5 on the road.

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    PAY-dro! YES! Breaks up the no no and they're right in with a HR.

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    That's a waste. Drama for the 9th. A W is still alive. Top of the order and the Cards don't have a lockdown option in the 9th ... c'mon Buccos, bring the draaaaaa-ma.

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    One time Cutch. One time.

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    Fawk. Not clutch. Game 5 Wednesday.

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    Shows you how much the Bucs think of Cole. He gets the Game 5 start. Been the best pitcher on the club for over a month. Love to see him cement his name in history with a shutdown effort & Pirates win.

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    I think they got jobbed on that call in the 8th, but it's not gonna be the reason they lose. They haven't gotten a big hit all night. Kudos to STL. Fun ride, but a shitty ending. Cole was pretty damn solid still in this spot. One mistake.

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    Tough way for the media darlings to go out tonight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    I think they got jobbed on that call in the 8th, but it's not gonna be the reason they lose. They haven't gotten a big hit all night. Kudos to STL. Fun ride, but a shitty ending. Cole was pretty damn solid still in this spot. One mistake.
    Made no sense that Selig did not install the new replay challenge system for the playoffs. Obviously Hurdle would have challenged that one.

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    What a season! I'm exhausted. I wish pitchers and catchers would immediately report to Bradenton.

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    Offseason will be interesting. Huntington at least gave lip service to wanting to bring Mourneau & Byrd back. Price will obviously be key. I'd be much more interested in Morneau being the younger guy of the two and playing a position that has been fairly shaky for years upon years. If he can give you 15-20 HR and 80 RBI, that's good steady production from that position. Not much on the FA market that looks better IMO.

    Byrd as much of a good guy as he is just seems like he had one last hurrah this year with an unexpected surge. He was solid for the Bucs, but he's 36 and you've got a guys like Lambo & Polanco who will probably be given chances in the next year or two. Lambo in particular could add some power.

    Barmes & Burnett are really the only other free agents with question marks. AJ may retire, but I have doubts that he would want to leave with that last POS start he had - but who knows. Barmes I just don't know if they can bring him back. He's 35 and all defense. Great defense, but I think you saw it in the playoffs - this team still needs more punch. I think Mercer is probably going to be given his shot. His bat is mucb better and I think he'll be an adequate glove, but he needs to keep working on defense.

    Interested to see what they do. Truthfully, I think they stick to their usual style. The under-the-radar move on Liriano turned out to be brilliant. Their boldest move was locking up Russell Martin first off last year and that paid off big.

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    Liriano move was genius, maybe little lucky or a roids regimen but genius none the less..if he could have pitched twice in cards series my birds be done and y'all be playing lad..

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    Don't know about that. They could not hit Wainwright. Lucky to scratch out that one run. Series was good for them though. Gave them experience and also showed them what their glaring weakness still is - offense.

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    Garrett Jones will not get Arbitration and will be a free agent.

    bucs make a small trade with San Diego to bring a major league ready reliever and right fielder

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    Pirates make a move to secure the rights to Chris Stewart, C from the yanks

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    Polanco had a helluva winter league breakout

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    Do we make a deal and get Ike Davis? I think he could really do well in Pittsburgh, and potentially lock down 1B for years to come. Baseball is really taking too long to get here.

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    Liriano strained the ol' groin last night. Left the game as a precaution, but not good news at all. Losing him for any stretch of time could be a killer.

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    Pirates sing Vance Worley last night and extend Marte through 2020. Also have team options for 2021 and 2022.

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    Marte
    Snider
    Cutch
    Pedro
    Martin
    Walker
    Ishikawa (christ on a crutch help us)
    Mercer
    Frankie

    Lets go!

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    LGB!

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    what a way to win my first mlb bet of the season.... on a walker off!

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    Frankie looked great. Offense FML mode already. Still think one more bat would make this team great. Still just not enough to do consistent damage in that lineup.

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    Gonna need Marte to produce and bring up Blanco at some point to fill in that 2 spot

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    It's Polanco.....and he'll be up in June. RF is going to be in issue until then. I think Ishikawa and Gaby can at the very least be respectable at 1B.

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    It's pretty much a carbon copy of last year. Pitching will carry them as far as they go. If Wandy stays healthy, they still have a solid 1-2 with Frankie. Big year for Cole. First full season as a starter in the bigs. If he's all we think he is, the pitching could be dominant to where the lineup just needs to do the SF Giants thing and scrape enough thru to win. Bullpen is probable underrated due to the names, but a top 5 group IMO.

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    Morton takes another step forward. I think.

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