By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media
BRADENTON, Fla. — Looking ahead to first pitch …
Game: Pirates (2-2) vs. Boston Red Sox, exhibition
Starters: RHP Jameson Taillon vs. RHP John Lackey
Time: 1:05 p.m.
Site: McKechnie Field
Radio: MLB.com
Here is the official live box score.
Here is the TribLIVE’s Pirates page. Rob Biertempfel and I are on the scene, but my coverage won’t begin in earnest until tomorrow.
And here is a TribLIVE video interview with Michael McKenry …
Has Neil Finn tweeted where he thinks Taillon and Cole should start the season?
Very cool, Dejan.
If you put a wig on Martin, that picture might look like Polamalu standing next to Wesley Welker.
ha! I was thinking the same thing, 21
Go see a Priest, go home, shower, go to bed, and hopefully you’ll wake up tomorrow and that will never happen again.
lol…nah…it’s not a bad thang
Get a room.
seriously . . .
+5
Hey AW, BYTE ME!
lol
Four former Pirates in the lineup for Boston if you count Overbay.
I see Holt, Overbay, and Sutton don’t remember any of the others being Pirates.
Didn’t we have David Ross part of one season?
Impressive first for Taillon. 2 K’s and a groundout.
Didn’t we have David Ross part of one season?
Impressive first for Taillon. 2 K’s and a groundout.
40 games in 2005.
We did.
Totally forgot that
It was easily forgotten. He hit .222, but he did hit 3 dingers.
I liked him when he was here, and he has gone on to have productive seasons, although mainly in a backup role. But he was a good defender as I recall. His career CS is 39%. (Rod Barajas just fainted).
Has some power, too. Barajas just fainted again.
Barajas is used to fainting. He has 7 kids
What does having seven kids have to do with fainting?
If you have kids (and pay attention to them) you shouldn’t have to ask that question!!!!
Probably more than baseball stats.
D. Ross is one of a slew of ex-Pirates who suddenly morph into the Babe and hit like five dingers in a series against the Pirates.
Wow..did you guys hear about what Rick DiPietro said?
Get a room?
LMAO!
Why would a young man like that think about something like that? That sure is a long term solution for any short term problems he might have.
I know. I can imagine his career didn’t work out the way he planned, but he is still getting paid a lot of money to play hockey for a living. It’s not like he planned on being a jet pilot and wound up a line cook at Applebee’s. Somebody needs to get that kid some help…soon.
woah! I for one won’t make any more Dipietro jokes. That’s just sad.
As much as these guys say they don’t, they have to hear all the negativity from fans and media. It’s impossible not to.
I could definitely see personal frustration with injuries coupled with hateful comments from fans leading to depression and once there, bad things can happen.
An admission like this just tells me he’s human and that he truly cares. And of course that money doesn’t buy happiness, but that should be obvious to anyone with a soul by now.
Amen, NMR
What did he say?
@KMaherNews12: DiPietro also admitted injuries, losing & fan hatred over past 3 yrs made him think about killing himself
Thanks. So much pressure on these young people.
He talent was never really in question. His work ethic and attitude were, but then the Islanders aren’t exactly the best run organization over the last 20 years. Hopefully he can find an opportunity somewhere else, make some kind of an impact and get some closure…or satisfaction…or whatever it is he needs.
We could use a back-up
Just goes to show depression is an equal opportunity affliction. Always odd when the wealthy admit to it and suicidal thoughts. They have the same existential anxieties all of us have-mortality, health, happiness, but their life is not muddied with everyday concerns like paying bills and saving for retirement, etc.
Reminds me of the great scene in Barfly:
Tully: You can really write. Why do you live like a bum?
Henry: I am a bum. What do you want me to do? Do you want me to write about the sufferings of the upper classes?
Tully: This may be news to you but they suffer too.
Henry: Hey baby, nobody suffers like the poor.
What PBC hurlers have been getting lit up today? I think Sanchez was one?
Zach Foster the other. Jamo pitched pretty well. No earned runs in 2 innings.
thanks
All the Bucs runs so far are on homers by Jared Goedert and Feliz Pie, two guys that will be Hoosier-bound at best.
Only Tabata and Snider as far as “regulars” in the lineup, though.
10 walks in 4 innings by “Pirates” pitchers.
Just talked to a friend who is at the game. I laughed at him. Then I realized he’s in Florida & I’m in Pittsburgh.
Only 4 for Sanchez, to go along with 3 hits in 2/3 of any inning. Foster had 5 in one inning of work.
Looks like Sanchez has a ways to go.
Looks like Sanchez may be exactly what we thought he was.
+1
Dennis Green exclusive.
14 walks now, but it’s only the 7th inning.
Looks like Searage has his work cut out for him.
I don’t think Searage will be seeing much of the guys giving up the lions share.
Indy might set a walks record this season.
95 wins……….
……………..or BUST !
Was he talking about wins this season?
Or walks this game?
Is that 95 wins over 2 seasons?
Lost three in a row. They may never win another game again.
Does it count as another collapse if they only win two games to begin with?
All year?
I think they are trying to get the collaspe out of the way now.
I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to answer this. On the bright side, I learned what “prelapsarian” means in Christian theology. It definitely doesn’t apply.
Correct. Nothing innocent or unspoiled here.
Heh. This, from Wikipedia, on a related term:
“Reprobation, in Christian theology, is a corollary to the Calvinistic or broadly Augustinian doctrine of unconditional election which teaches that some of mankind (the elect) are predestined by God for salvation. Therefore, the remainder are left bound to their fallen nature and certain damnation. This same state of unbelief is also known as reprobation. In Calvinist terminology, the non-elect are often referred to as the reprobate. Similarly, when a sinner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving of conscience, it is considered as a sign of reprobation.”
That last sentence has FO written all over it.
Ah. The sermon from my wedding.