Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today! We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field.
I have the 20 game plan to the Pirates again this year. I do like that the Pirates are rewarding those of us that have had this plan for several years by allowing us the guaranteed opportunity to buy tickets to the 2006 All Star game at PNC Park. My mother and I will be at the game (unless they have priced the tickets so far out of the realm of possibility I can’t afford them)
Here are my thoughts on the 2006 Pirates:
They will not complete the season with the same players they start with today. I think that at least one, if not more, of their one-year “rent-a-veterans” will be traded.
I think that the young players will push the older players into being traded.
The Pirates will give their young pitchers every chance to succeed this year. Not out of recognizing that more innings = more experience, but out of necessity. They don’t have any veteran pitchers just waiting in the wings.
Ryan Vogelsong won’t be a Pirate by the end of this season. He can take his overly-flared nostrils to Colorado, or Baltimore, or wherever pitchers who once had potential go next year to fade away. Because, unlike all other subgroups of humans, old pitchers DO actually just fade away. After making their millions.
Chris Duffy will have a lot of infield hits and an inside-the-park home run this year. He has to: he’s just too fast!
Zach Duke will be unjustly compared to Sandy Koufax at some point this year.
He will also be unjustly compared to Jose DeLeon & Paul Wagner at some point this year.
Jason Bay will be one of the top 7 outfielders in the game again this year. And the national media will ignore him again.
Jack Wilson will not hit .300 this year. But he also won’t hit .250. He will hit somewhere in between.
Sean Burnett will pitch with the Pirates this season before September call ups.
Kip Wells is Kip Wells, with or without Jim Colborn. This will be the last year in a Pirates uniform for Kip Wells, and no one will be sad to see him go. We will be sad for his inability in the 5 seasons he will have spent here to reign in his potential. He will make more millions next year with some other team like Colorado or Baltimore where mediocre pitchers go to fade away.
Jim Tracy will consistently stick to the righty-lefty pitching match-ups, and I will scream at him at least 3 times this year because of it.
The Pirates will win more games this season than they have in any of the past 8 seasons.
Here are my thoughts on the 2006 Pirates:
They will not complete the season with the same players they start with today. I think that at least one, if not more, of their one-year “rent-a-veterans” will be traded.
I think that the young players will push the older players into being traded.
The Pirates will give their young pitchers every chance to succeed this year. Not out of recognizing that more innings = more experience, but out of necessity. They don’t have any veteran pitchers just waiting in the wings.
Ryan Vogelsong won’t be a Pirate by the end of this season. He can take his overly-flared nostrils to Colorado, or Baltimore, or wherever pitchers who once had potential go next year to fade away. Because, unlike all other subgroups of humans, old pitchers DO actually just fade away. After making their millions.
Chris Duffy will have a lot of infield hits and an inside-the-park home run this year. He has to: he’s just too fast!
Zach Duke will be unjustly compared to Sandy Koufax at some point this year.
He will also be unjustly compared to Jose DeLeon & Paul Wagner at some point this year.
Jason Bay will be one of the top 7 outfielders in the game again this year. And the national media will ignore him again.
Jack Wilson will not hit .300 this year. But he also won’t hit .250. He will hit somewhere in between.
Sean Burnett will pitch with the Pirates this season before September call ups.
Kip Wells is Kip Wells, with or without Jim Colborn. This will be the last year in a Pirates uniform for Kip Wells, and no one will be sad to see him go. We will be sad for his inability in the 5 seasons he will have spent here to reign in his potential. He will make more millions next year with some other team like Colorado or Baltimore where mediocre pitchers go to fade away.
Jim Tracy will consistently stick to the righty-lefty pitching match-ups, and I will scream at him at least 3 times this year because of it.
The Pirates will win more games this season than they have in any of the past 8 seasons.
posted by Mike at 10:22 AM
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