Gary Morgan reflects on the offseason, expressing the need for team improvements, evaluating current roster possibilities, and emphasizing the importance of player development for future success.
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MLB’s Playoff Structure Might Change How Teams Approach Building
The new MLB playoff format reveals that team spending matters less, as lower payroll teams can succeed. Performance during playoffs outweighs regular season dominance and spending.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Big Love
Gary Morgan expresses his love for the Pittsburgh Pirates while discussing their challenges this season, including pitching struggles and management choices, all tied to musical themes.
Bob and Ben Don’t Ever Seem to Get Why Pirates Fans Might be Over It.
10-5-24 – By Gary Morgan – @garymo2007 on Twitter The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon in which a large segment of the population misremembers an event or shares a memory of an event that did not actually happen. For Pittsburgh Pirates fans, that effect is fully at work as it comes to the oft referenced Cherington 5 YearContinue reading “Bob and Ben Don’t Ever Seem to Get Why Pirates Fans Might be Over It.”
For Pirates Fans, There Were Never Going to be Enough Firings
The Pirates are undergoing coaching changes, notably letting go of Hitting Coach Andy Haines, Bullpen Coach Justin Meccage, and Conditioning Coach Adam Vish. Fans express dissatisfaction, primarily targeting ownership.
Postseason Begins: Fun Facts and Trivia
The postseason begins today with the Pirates missing out yet again. Notable trends include previous World Series teams missing playoffs, and the AL Central advancing three teams, highlighting the significance of divisional performances.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five – Into the Great Wide Open
The Pittsburgh Pirates concluded the 2024 season with a 76-86 record, prompting discussions about management changes, player performances, and future development opportunities for the team.
Starter Spotlight: Flushing Schmidt
9-29-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Final game of the season as the Pirates vie for a potential sweep of the Yankees in the Bronx with the opposing starter pitcher, Clarke Schmidt, facing off in game 162. Despite spending more than three months on the injured list due to a right lat strain, SchmidtContinue reading “Starter Spotlight: Flushing Schmidt “
Other “Small Market” Teams Can Do It, Why Can’t the Pirates?
9-28-24 – By Gary Morgan – @garymo2007 on Twitter I’m going to write a lot about what these other smaller market teams have done today in this piece, and before I even start, there is one big reason we all know that sets them apart. It’s of course Bob Nutting, but more specifically than just being cheap,Continue reading “Other “Small Market” Teams Can Do It, Why Can’t the Pirates?”
Starter Spotlight: Rookie Rumble
9-28-24 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X Showdown today between front-runners for Rookie of the Year in both leagues as Paul Skenes and the Pirates face the Yankees and their rookie starter, Luis Gil. Gil has posted a strong first full season in the big leagues with a 15-6 record and 3.27 ERA over 146Continue reading “Starter Spotlight: Rookie Rumble”
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