Zach’s Stadium
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Don’t Do That. Don’t Give Me Hope
Another week has elapsed in the MLB season. The all-star game has come and gone, with Paul Skenes pitching a scoreless bottom of the first and Bryan Reynolds accruing a pinch-hit single in his only plate appearance. One would have thought that the break came at the worst possible time for the Pirates. They had…
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The All-Star Break: A Time for Reflection
After playing 96 of their 162 regular season games (59.26% of the season), the Pirates are essentially where they began the season–at .500. At this juncture, the team has 48 wins and 48 losses heading into tonight’s home-run derby in Arlington, Texas, where eight sluggers will aim to hit baseballs 500 feet for three hours…
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The (Apolitical) Problem with America
There are many problems with this country—let us just get that out of the way first. Anyone who has any semblance of sanity or self-awareness can see that. This, however, is a sports blog. We will not discuss politics unless it directly relates to sports… With that being said, there is something inherently wrong with…
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The False Bottom of the Barrel
If you recall back to last summer, when the Penguins fired then-general manager Ron Hextall and replaced him with Kyle Dubas of the Toronto Maple Leafs, there was a sense of optimism within the Pittsburgh hockey community. A bright, young mind that might actually make productive moves, to perhaps do the improbable by simultaneously attempting…
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What the #%$& are You Doin’, You Little Piece of $&@!?
Let me get this out of the way, first: I do not pretend that baseball is an easy sport to play. It takes an insane amount of coordination and skill to be able to hit a 90-100 mph pitch that moves both vertically and horizontally, moving towards you from only 60 feet, 6 inches away.…
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People are Fired for Much Less
The Pirates are notorious for spending very little money in free agency–and also in attempting to retain their own players–and thus going dumpster diving in the off-season in an attempt to find players that they will inevitably attempt to move at the trade deadline for low-level prospects. This has been the franchise’s M.O. since before…
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The Time is Now, Mike
To be perfectly honest, I was really struggling to come up with a topic about which I could write today. There are only so many times I can discuss the Pirates’ bullpen, although Ben Heller certainly made his presence known. In two innings pitched for the club, he faced 20 batters, surrendering eleven (!!!) earned…
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Domination of Past, Present, and Future: Real Madrid
As the final whistle blew at Wembley on Saturday at approximately 10PM local time, Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the fifteenth time, winning the UEFA Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund. To put that number in perspective, the next-most successful club in the competition is AC Milan who have…
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Death, Taxes, and the Pirates’ Bullpen
Happy Memorial Day, everyone! Today, we honor the people who lost their lives serving this great country of ours. In honor of the holiday, we are going to discuss something different…just kidding, we are going to talk about the Pirates again–namely, the pathetic excuse for a bullpen that this ball club trots out there after…
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Who Thought This was a Good Idea?
Admittedly, there were a lot of topics about which I could write today. I could discuss Manchester City winning their fourth-consecutive Premier League title, the first club in the history of English soccer to win four-straight top-flight league titles. I could also discuss an eventful week for the Pirates, during which they won four of…