We all know this story. Down-on-their-luck small-market team cannot afford to keep its talent. For meager compensation, they trade away their best players to perennial contenders. The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. The losers keep on losing, and the winners keep on winning. It's a cruel world.
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The beatings continue with Lynn and Burnett at seven.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Game 132: Brewers at Pirates
Gorzelanny and Morton tonight at seven. Byrd and Buck arrive, already untucked.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Game 131: Brewers at Pirates
These days off ... are not good for my liver.
Looks like it's 5-5 in the seventh. Beer Fort is in Pittsburgh, on the river.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Game 130: Pirates at Giants
Our old friend Ryan "White Flag" Vogelsong takes on A.J. "STFD" Burnett, just underway. Lambo silently waiting to kill and breathing through a reed, below the surface of McCovey Cove in right.