Well, the first edition of this piece in quite some time in which I don’t have games to pull tidbits from. Instead, it’ll mark the first heel turn toward 2023 for me personally and largely this site.
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Let’s Tell the Unfiltered Story of 2022
The Pirates finished the 2022 season with a record of 62-100. This immediately followed a 61-101 campaign, and if we prorated out what the 60 game sham season would have been, yup, another 100 losses or so.
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers
10/4/22 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) I already knew compiling this week’s list was going to be possibly the biggest challenge of the season; with only 3 games on the docket, and a couple of recent promotions limiting the player pool even more. When he wasn’t injured from the end of JulyContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
The Pirates have managed to hold off 100 losses for at least one more day, and as usual, they do it in the most unthinkable way. Think of how bad this team has been in 2022, then think of some of the strangest things they’ve pulled off.
Another Batch of Pirates FAQs
I love answering questions, even if the only reason I can answer them is because someone asked it. Meaning, some of these things aren’t a topic I’m super well versed in, and rather than guess, I’ll dig in and learn how to answer it.
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers
9/28/22 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) With only one Minor League Ball Club left in action…GIANT PAUSE for all original jokes about the Pirates being a Minor League Team….I was prepared for the difficult task of compiling this week’s list from a shallow pool of players. Thankfully, the recent promoted players fromContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers”
The Next Phase of the Pirates Build is Upon Us
Before I start writing this piece I’m going to start by simply saying, I know many of you have stopped believing there is a plan, let alone a next phase. I don’t blame you at all.
Pirates Misinformation Is Becoming Prevalent
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8afvm-12d4acd Craig flies solo, and goes on quite a few tangents concerning Michael Chavis, Miguel Andujar’s Comparison To Yoshi, One Knee Catching, Wil Crowe and The Pirates Defense. Brought to you by ShopYinzz.com! Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and joins his buddy Chris at a 9-foot homemade oak bar to talk PittsburghContinue reading “Pirates Misinformation Is Becoming Prevalent”
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
There is simply no room for positives when one aspect of your team is this bad. The Pirates bullpen has completely imploded and no matter what goes right, who comes up, whom takes a step, the good feelings can only last about as long as the team can hold out before having to turn it over to the bullpen.
News Flash, The Bullpen Stinks
If Ben Cherington is going to continue to repeat that they have to get better, let’s hope he at least is murmuring it to himself in the mirror when he shaves, because his improvement above all is where that might actually be achieved.
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