Zach’s Stadium
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Stop Wasting our Time
Four of the five Pirates’ starting pitchers have been decent or better. Of course, you would never blow that with the team’s rancid 22-38 record through the first 60 games of the season. Nevertheless, it is true. You can largely attribute the abysmal record to the bullpen and hitters, as I have outlined numerous times. …
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Good Starts Go to Waste: Part 99999
Somehow, the Pirates won four of their seven games last week. They took two of three against the Cincinnati Reds (despite scoring just five runs in those three games) and then split a four game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, when the bats finally woke up (they scored 18 runs in the series, finally breaking…
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Damnation
Pictured: Paul Skenes looks on as his most recent start, where he threw 8 innings of 1-run baseball went to waste. May 18th, 2025. Colorized. It has been 23 games since the Pirates last scored more than five runs. That occurred on April 22nd in a 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.…
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Thanks for Nothing
Pictured: the entire city of Pittsburgh yelling at Derek Shelton (left) At 12:40PM on Wednesday, May 8th, it was reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates fired manager Derek Shelton. As many of you know, I was (and still am) ecstatic. One head of the Cerberus that has ruined baseball in Pittsburgh recently—the three-headed beast on the…
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It’s May 5th, and the Season is Over
The White Sox and the Rockies. What do those two ball clubs have in common? They are the only two teams in Major League Baseball with worse win percentages (29.4% and 17.6%, respectively), than the Pittsburgh Pirates, who currently sit at 34.3% after a dismal 12-23 beginning to the 2025 season. For some perspective, the…
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Thank You, Sully
Until a shade after 9:00am today, I was fully prepared to write about the Steelers’ 2025 draft class. There is no shortage of material, and I am very pleased with how things transpired from Thursday to Saturday. However, I received a notification at 9:03am today. Chris Johnston, the excellent NHL insider for The Athletic, TSN…
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T-3 Days: What Should the Steelers Do?
I cannot bring myself to write about the Pirates and their constant need to find new ways to embarrass themselves, day-in and day-out. Thankfully, the 2025 NFL Draft is on Thursday, so there is something else to discuss. The Steelers own the 21st pick in the draft, having finished 10-7 in the regular season before…
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Wasted Years
Pictured: Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere in Time” album, from which the song “Wasted Years” hails. After the 2019 season, Pirates’ general manager Neal Huntington and skipper Clint Hurdle were fired. The team had gone 69-93, their worst finish since 2010. Team president Frank Coonelly also departed the organization, and his replacement—Travis Williams—would be tasked with hiring…
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Is it Football Season Yet?
I want to begin this week’s entry on a personal note and express my gratitude for those that continue to read my angry ramblings. When I started writing this blog back in 2023, I did not expect it to become a source of catharsis for myself. A special shoutout is necessary for my grandfather for…
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March Sadness
Zach pleading with the University of Pittsburgh to fix their athletic department, 2025, colorized. I will not sit here and pretend that this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the best I have ever watched. After all, there is not really a “Cinderella” story. Only one double-digit seed has advanced to the sweet-sixteen,…