Category Archives: Weekly Feature

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – OK, Let’s Get Back to Business

PiratesFest was fun but now it’s time to get back to the business of building this team for what Derek Shelton again on the record said they want to win this year. Now, I wouldn’t expect him to say he planned to finish last, but I’m not sure I see a division winner as we sit here either.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – On a Tuesday!?!

Hey, for the first time since starting this weekly entry, I missed my self imposed deadline. I managed to write on Christmas Day, and somehow dropped the ball on New Year’s Day

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas

It’s almost Christmas and I’m not feeling Jolly. Pittsburgh sports has not been a fun place lately, but there’s still plenty to talk about, even if I get a little Ghost of Christmas Future in this piece.

Know Your Enemy – Milwaukee Brewers 2023 & Beyond

The Brewers are in a position where 2024 is somewhere between a “transition” point, they could deal away Burnes theoretically or even shop Yelich to make room for their young OFs (Chourio, Mitchell, Frelick, Wiemer), they could stand pat, or do they even look to add?

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – The Winter Meetings

Exciting times in baseball, well, at least it’s supposed to be. Nashville is a fun city so here’s hoping these GM’s get something done aside from ogling Carrie Underwoods gams. Let’s jump right in.

Know Your Enemy – St Louis Cardinals 2023 & Beyond

My preseason KYE piece for the Cards was definitely a miss. The team’s pitching issues were clear then, but the extent of the issues were really not clear to me then. As we have all seen, they are taking the steps to try and reverse that with veteran additions.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Live From Boston

Long one tonight, so I won’t spend much time up here. The Cardinals are fleshing out their comeback story they want to write and the natives are getting restless back home. We don’t just want Cherington to go get stuff done, we want him to do it now! 3/4 of the league have done nothing or next to it, but this fan base, well, they’ve seen this act before. One by one, day by day, targets we wanted, targets local “experts” said were possible, fall off the board.

Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Thanksgiving Week!

Can you believe we’re already here? We’re already way into the offseason, the leaves have mostly all fallen, the turkey’s are mostly already in the fridge thawing out and grandmas around the country are receiving phone calls cause they’re the only ones who know that one ingredient in the dish everyone has to have to make it a holiday.