Gary Morgan

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Late Night Buc’n

Sorry it’s late, but life always wins, and this time, there was just no avoiding it.

Know Your Enemy – August Edition

The division is still a dogfight at the top. There are scenarios that can develop yet where any of Cincinnati, Milwaukee, or Chicago could take this thing. The month of August will help to clear this up some, but there is a possibility that we get even less separation between the top 3 contenders. Join us again next month and we will find out what happened and who stood out!

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Excuses & Band Aids, The Bill Always Comes Due

I’m going to say a ton today, so I’m not going to spend much time up here. Let’s get into it.

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

Lots of roster questions this week, good stuff everyone. These things are as good as you make them.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The Basement Might Be Decided This Week

Here we are, just about 6 weeks from the end of the 2023 campaign. There are 38 games remaining and to finish with a better record than last year they’d have to go 6-32, and since last year they finished 62-100, it of course also means they need those 6 wins to avoid a 100 loss season.

With Henry Davis, The Pirates Must not Waste This Offseason

The rest of 2023 is important too of course, but let’s be real, it’s not worth anything if they don’t learn from it, identify what they need to improve, and ultimately, do so.

Hump Day Pirates Q&A

I’m more and more impressed every week with the quality and thoughtfulness of the questions you all pose.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The Ups & Downs of Youth

Young guys are very clearly the theme the rest of the way this year. That doesn’t mean we don’t care about Hayes having a hot stretch or Reynolds getting on track, it just means those two extended players, well, it should be expected they’d play like good players.

Ten Things We Have to See This Year to Prepare for 2024

The Pirates obviously should be trying to win as many games down the stretch as possible, at the end of the day, nothing shows improvement more than the record after all. That said, there are some underlying things that I feel are crucial to next season, and for that matter, making smart decisions in the offseason.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Finish Strong?

This team, and this owner don’t help themselves as much as they could or should, I don’t absolve them of that, but in a league like this, there are certain realities, this is one of them. Doesn’t mean you can’t win, it just means it’s a hell of a lot harder.