Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Krawhitham (08-31-2013)
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Pirate fans are bursting at the seems with excitement. Neil Huntington has energized his already energized fanbase.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
Pitt was getting .769 OpS out of 1b this year.
Did the extra attendance not allow for another extra few hundred thousand dollars?
It's kind of weird to think how much of this season hinges/hinged on the health and production of Ludwick. And how bad this organization's farm system is.
Screwball (08-31-2013)
All these moves and the Reds remain all quiet on the mid-western front.
I think Morneau would have been a wonderful pickup for the Reds. He is a lefty hitter who plays a little outfield. Pirates intend to use him as a fourth outfielder.
Morneau could replace Xavier Paul. If I recalll, Morneau played with Votto in the WBC and could possibly give Votto a boost if they like each other.
As I said elsewhere, it's hard for me to see how the Reds are maxed out. We're talking about adding one sixth of a player's salary.
We can all speculate as to what the FO is thinking.
Morneau has basically stunk since his concussion issues. He is limited to playing "hitter" positions, but his bat is too "Travis Lee" at this point to make it work. The fielding stats also don't like him so much any more, which makes sense since he likely isn't the athlete he was at the beginning of his career.
Honestly, I think he'd work better on an AL team. I don't like him as a 4th OF'der because of his lack of versatility, and lack of bat to justify that. I don't consider this much of an add for the Pirates.
I appreciate the Pirates are doing their best to upgrade the margins of the roster, and I'm surprised Jock hasn't done much of the same since that is normally one of his calling cards, but of the names being bandied about, I don't think they are great fits on the Reds roster.
Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
malcontent (08-31-2013)
Name recognition is pretty powerful, but the Pirates really aren't getting a big upgrade here.
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