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Ownership is notorious about not wanting to spend money to get better. Solidly in the bottom of payroll, but without the success and innovation of a low spending team like the Tampa Bay Rays.

You've watched for a decade so you saw the glory days of 2015. A team that won 98 games. Utterly phenomenal. What did we do to bolster that roster and prepare to win again in 2016? Next to nothing.

https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/mlb-owners-ranked-9c52d648971e42b7

Here's the important part of his 29/30 ranking:

>Bottom line: Bob Nutting is proof positive that it doesn’t take half a brain to make a fortune. Fact is, very few mid-market teams pack this kind of potential. Insanely passionate sports town. Great baseball tradition. Out-of-this-world ballpark.

>If the 17th-richest team owner put the 17th highest-paid team on the field, it would be a fairly consistent playoff contender and even bigger money machine. But no, they opened the 2019 season with a puny $76.1 million payroll, 27th overall per Spotrac.

>As long as this once-proud franchise is held hostage by the tight-fisted owner, it’s destined to be a chronic underachiever.

As far as coaching goes.. it gets tougher. They were present for that 2015 team, and for all the winning seasons we had around it. Searage has been considered a miracle worker in revitalizing many damaged careers like Burnett and Liriano. Hurdle has been an incredibly inspirational, and surprisingly innovative manager. Their coaching methods were even largely the subject of a book by Travis Sawchik, Big Data Baseball

The magic just can't last forever. Teams learn. Strategies change and evolve. The Pirates didn't. Searage seems to have one type of pitching he can teach and if a pitcher doesn't work in his mold, they don't succeed. Check out Gerrit Cole and Charlie Morton and Tyler Glasnow thriving elsewhere as proof.

So to sum it up. All the coaching changes are much needed and may help, but they can only go as far as our stingy asshole owner will allow. One of the best sport cities in the entire NATION is shackled to one of the worst owners who doesn't give a damn about the passion we all desperately want to have for our baseball team.

worth the investment. This should be good for you. It's 20 bucks. Tons of recipes for it. but for now I'll still hook you up.

Whole wheat pasta

can of diced tomatoes

fresh (little cannister) minced garlic

olive oil

red pepper flakes

italian seasoning.

parmesan.

Cook pasta until your desired tenderness I like mine chewy. Add a small amount of olive oil and garlic(1 tablespoon maybe) in a skillet. Let it start popping and then add diced tomatoes(draining is optional but that's what I do). Cook the tomatoes and add the pasta. I use red pepper flakes to taste because I like my things with a kick. Same with the italian seasoning.

Cheap meal and takes less than 20 minutes to make. Add chicken breast if you want some meat.

Calories:

under 300 if you measure your pasta correctly.

Hi! And welcome!

If you're still serious and I'm not sure if works this way let me know come season time if you want to share my MLB.tv account. It's a service that lets you watch any out of market team. I'm not sure if it works in the UK though.

If you're serious about getting into baseball try this book http://www.amazon.com/Watching-Baseball-Smarter-Professional-Semi-experts/dp/0307280322

My very very very good friend Zack wrote this book. He lives in NYC and if you have any questions about his books he will get back to you via email. I'm in NYC right now and we just got lunch this week, how strange.

It's not TERRIBLY different from cricket. I think if I had to find a comparable sport, it would be cricket for sure.

I liked "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" it was a nice quick little read.

If you are into Biographies at all "Clemente: The Passion and Grave of Baseball's Last Hero" was a really good read too!

1. The weather really is weird, it's sweltering one week and fall the next. Not real sure what to think about it.
   
   
2. This is the foot peel. It's a bit pricey but worth is purely for the entertainment factor, it's like a science experiment.

Hooray seathole. My shorts are Canari brand. I recommend the tight fitting under short ones. They sell short that are real shorts and the tight padded ones sewn together like swimming trunks. I think the all-in-one feel weird and are hard to adjust while riding. Also they need to be washed more often.

Not these.

These.

Not ham, just a regular FM radio like this. You can pocket-sized portable ones for use with headphones or larger ones for at home. Then the broadcast is free!

Hello guys this is Jason from Pirates Breakdown.

Some fellas and I got together and wrote a 280-page season preview book with some nice in-depth studies and features.

The paperback is on-sale today so I thought I'd leave a link here (prime eligible!)...kindle version available also

https://www.amazon.com/PiratesGuide-2018-complete-Pittsburgh-Pirates/dp/1980450641/ref=zg_bs_16315_24?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9Y8DFR0ZFNXRDSFR2DA6

We have some excerpts up on piratesbreakdown.com also if you want a preview.

Thanks!

Seriously guys, it's obviously dated, but watch On the Waterfront.

Stands the test of time better than any movie I've ever seen. It's on Amazon instant video, if you have Prime. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I9VXSQ/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=imdb-amazonvideo-20

send them like 2 or 3 of these things

but look for one with a camera lol

lol it's literally called Creepy Baby mask on amazon.

What? Like he's not some kind baseball pitching robot?

Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, The Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates https://www.amazon.com/dp/1606411497/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-hvdzbFAWPS9X

The Amazon reviews are suspiciously positive

http://www.amazon.com/Just-My-Game-Jason-Grilli/dp/1620865424

Find Big Data Baseball by Travis Sawchik at your local library.

It's a great book that will bring you up to speed on how the Pirates were able to end their 20 year losing streak and their current philosophy for contention.

I like historical nonfiction a lot. I've got one about Jim Jones that I found at the used book store that I've been putting off reading for a while because I know I'll disappear until I've finished it.