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re: Pittsburgh Pirates and Paul Skenes
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:30 am to FreeState
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:30 am to FreeState
I don’t watch baseball as much as when I was younger. I follow my teams but it is not like it used to be where I know about every team anymore.
The Pirates used to have a history of being triple A plus. They drafted well and had good young talent but when it came time to pay they didn’t. You would then look around the league at former Pirates players and say man if they kept that team together they would be competing. I’m not sure if that type of culture has really changed in Pittsburgh.
Edit: fyi though I’m with you on struggling teams. I’m a Cubs fan. I follow the Astros too now but the Cubs are my team. I remember how cool it was seeing the Cajun names in Chicago. Fontenot and Theriot.
The Pirates used to have a history of being triple A plus. They drafted well and had good young talent but when it came time to pay they didn’t. You would then look around the league at former Pirates players and say man if they kept that team together they would be competing. I’m not sure if that type of culture has really changed in Pittsburgh.
Edit: fyi though I’m with you on struggling teams. I’m a Cubs fan. I follow the Astros too now but the Cubs are my team. I remember how cool it was seeing the Cajun names in Chicago. Fontenot and Theriot.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 9:36 am
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Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:47 am to FreeState
I'll root for Skenes as long as he doesn't pitches against the Cubs. The Cubs have been bottom dwellers also but I really became a fan when they had Ryan Theriot on that team. They drafted some of my favorite players also in DJ Lamahieu and Lange.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:10 am to FreeState
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I've stuck with them through thick but mostly thin.
I'll say. I've only been with them since '79, but yeah; they are pretty thin on "thick".
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:19 am to CONNECTICUTTIGER
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Been a fan since the We Are Family team in '79.
Same. I was already a Steelers fan, and when I noticed (as a 9 year old) that Pittsburgh had a baseball team that was awesome too, I became a lifelong fan (the only kind of fan I know how to be). Unfortunately, the Pirates thing didn't work out as well as the Steelers thing did.
On the other hand, I'm not really much of a baseball fan, and it really frees up your summers when your team is mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by Memorial Day.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:56 am to FreeState
I used to follow the Pirates back in the day...
Dave "The Cobra" Parker...
Dave "The Cobra" Parker...
Posted on 7/20/23 at 12:39 pm to swanny35
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Well, since I played for the Pirates in the mid 50s I am one more dyed in the wool Pirate fan and ex player
That means you played at Forbes Field with Clemente, Maz, and the Deacon.
Very, very awesome.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 12:44 pm to CheerWhine
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Living in Georgia, my manager is a Pirates fan, though I mostly hear from her about the Steelers and Penn State football, and how the Pirates suck. But that can easily change with Skenes.
for like 1/5 games
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:13 pm to FreeState
We are family baby !
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:37 pm to Jax-Tiger
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I think the trend is changing and we will see more college players go on to be stars in MLB.
Doubtful.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 6:48 am to FreeState
Skenes will be a Yankee or a Dodger in less than 5 years. Enjoy him for now.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 7:04 am to FreeState
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I hope more of you become Pirate fans and join the three of us in Louisiana who have ever even heard of them.
My daughter married into a “Pittsburgh” family, so I pull for them a little. Posted on 7/21/23 at 7:51 am to FreeState
Skenes will get traded right when he hits his prime, just like they did Gerrit Cole
Posted on 7/21/23 at 8:17 am to Notclamdip
Yep that would be me. ENJOYED MY TIME IN THE BIGS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS CUT SHORT BY A BAD ARM
Posted on 7/21/23 at 9:37 am to swanny35
It would be nice to meet you Swanny. We're you in Omaha?
Posted on 7/21/23 at 12:51 pm to Bestbank Tiger
I did play with those great guys. It was n honor to be in the big legues at 18 years old. Also on that there were virdon groat dale long bob friend elroy face,
To be able to playn AGAINST SOME OF the greats was a blessing.
To be able to playn AGAINST SOME OF the greats was a blessing.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 12:52 pm to oldtrucker
I was not inOmaha, as my age keeps me from travelling. But I was there in spirit
Posted on 7/21/23 at 1:00 pm to swanny35
I found your baseball reference page. This is really awesome. Sorry to hear your career ended prematurely. 1957 looked like you were finding it and were on your way.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 8:09 am to swanny35
Art "Red" Swanson
Have you ever thrown out a first pitch at an LSU baseball game? If not we need to make this happen.
Have you ever thrown out a first pitch at an LSU baseball game? If not we need to make this happen.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 8:40 am to Notclamdip
Nope. Never ben chosen to do so. Hell, I cant even buy lsu season basebALL tickets But I don't feel bad about it. I was there in the majors at a VEREY YOUNG AGE, AND ENJOYED EVERY Day I got yo coach the pitchers from 1964 through 1972
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