Tag: Tanking should be investigated

FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 3 CARDINALS 5

WHY THE PIRATES LOST: SHELTON STARTED ONE OF THE WORSE LINE UPS EVER. DESPITE THAT, THE PIRATES WERE HANGING IN THERE 1-0 GOING INTO THE SIXTH. THEN SHELTON SEALED THE DEAL, BRINGING IN DOUBLE H WITH HIS NEARLY 7 ERA. EVEN THOUGH THE BULLPEN WAS WELL RESTED, HE BRINGS IN HIS WORSE RELIEVER IN A TIGHT GAME. HE LEFT WITH AN ERA OVER 8. THE PIRATES HAVE A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG PLAYERS BUT THEY ARE NOT ON THE TEAM. INSTEAD, THEY HAVE SOME OF THE WORST FREE AGENT SIGNINGS IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL. HEMBREE 2.13 MILLION, YOSHI TSUTSUGO 4 MILLION, FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF OVER 6 MILLION FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET. THERE ARE OTHER PLAYERS WHO WOULD NOT BE ON ANOTHER MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM, LET ALONE PLAYING ALMOST EVERYDAY.

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME: WHEN SHELTON PRESENTED THE LINE UP CARD. YOU KNEW THE GAME WAS OVER. NO TURTLE, NO CASTILLO THEY NEEDED MORE REST. THE PIRATES WERE NOT GOING TO SCORE MUCH WITH THAT LINE UP. THE PIRATES SCORED SOME TOKENS RUNS TOWARD THE END OF THE GAME BUT THE LAST 5 BATTERS STRUCK OUT. CASTRO ENDED THE GAME WITH A PROTOTYPE PIRATE AT BAT. SWUNG AT A BALL, TOOK A STRIKE, THEN FOULED OFF A STRIKE, BUT THEN TOOK A 3RD STRIKE TO END THE GAME.

NEXT GAME: TONIGHT, CARDINALS IN PITTSBURGH. I WAS RIGHT WITH OVER 24 HOURS TO THINK ABOUT IT SHELTON CAME UP WITH A JIM DANDY LINE UP LAST NIGHT. LET’S BRING COLE TUCKER BACK UP. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE KEVIN (NEW BATTING STANCE) WORTHLESS NEWMAN.