Comments on: The ReclinerGM’s 2009 MLB Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/ Philly sports blog for diehard Sixers & Phillies fans Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:45:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ReclinerGM’s 2009 MLB Preview http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12441 ReclinerGM’s 2009 MLB Preview Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:01:20 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12441 [...] Pittsburgh Pirates [...] [...] Pittsburgh Pirates [...]

]]> By: jjg http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12205 jjg Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:05:38 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12205 Pete, Liked the Bobby Bonds tie-in.  Not often does a son outdo a "big shoes" father like Barry - Willie May's godson - did.  Brett and Bobby Hull, maybe another case.  bski, Stargell, the perfect role model for "uncasualizing" Howard approach.    Pete, Liked the Bobby Bonds tie-in.  Not often does a son outdo a “big shoes” father like Barry - Willie May’s godson - did.  Brett and Bobby Hull, maybe another case. 

bski, Stargell, the perfect role model for “uncasualizing” Howard approach.   

]]> By: Pete http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12203 Pete Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:38:03 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12203 gargs- <div> </div> <div>twins preview is next. prepare yourself. </div> gargs-

twins preview is next. prepare yourself. 
]]> By: Pete http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12202 Pete Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:37:43 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12202 gargs- <div> </div> <div>false. they had  a pirates head on the jersey! C'MON!</div> <div> </div> <div>5 comments....5 more than I expected on the Pirates, I think people are ready for baseball season. </div> gargs-

false. they had  a pirates head on the jersey! C’MON!
5 comments….5 more than I expected on the Pirates, I think people are ready for baseball season. 
]]> By: bski http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12200 bski Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:31:33 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12200 <strong>JJG.</strong>...I second Pete.  Good call on Stargell.  There's someone for Ryan Howard to emulate. <strong>Pete</strong>...I'm with you about the in-state rivalry.  You're too young to remember all the battles we had back in the 70s against Stargell, Parker, Garner, Madlock, Moreno, Candelaria, Blyleven, Tekulve, and the rest.  Great games.  I really miss that. JJG.…I second Pete.  Good call on Stargell.  There’s someone for Ryan Howard to emulate.

Pete…I’m with you about the in-state rivalry.  You’re too young to remember all the battles we had back in the 70s against Stargell, Parker, Garner, Madlock, Moreno, Candelaria, Blyleven, Tekulve, and the rest.  Great games.  I really miss that.

]]> By: Pete http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12196 Pete Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:45:36 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12196 jjg- <div> </div> <div>it was a coin flip between those 2 guys for me. I took bonds because of his defense, on-base percentage and steals. I guess the 5-tools were intriguing. BUT, you get no argument from me on Stargell, I had him in there originally. Good find. </div> <div> </div> <div>Two cool things about that Stargell season. First, he led the league in SLG% by 90 points, a ridiculous margin. and second, the only player with more total bases than him? Bobby Bonds. </div> jjg-

it was a coin flip between those 2 guys for me. I took bonds because of his defense, on-base percentage and steals. I guess the 5-tools were intriguing. BUT, you get no argument from me on Stargell, I had him in there originally. Good find. 
Two cool things about that Stargell season. First, he led the league in SLG% by 90 points, a ridiculous margin. and second, the only player with more total bases than him? Bobby Bonds. 
]]> By: jjg http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12192 jjg Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:12:03 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12192 Nice picture selection, Pete.  First bridge to stadium angle I've seen.  Usually shown other way around. For team's best individual season, I'll take Stargell '73 over Bonds '92: <strong>WS</strong>  .299/43 D/3 T/43 HR/119 RBI/.392 OBP/.646 Slugging/TB 337 <strong>BB</strong>  .311/36 D/ 5 T/34 HR/103 RBI/.456 OBP/.624 Slugging/TB 295 "Pops" was runner-up to Torre for MVP.  '71 numbers were mighty too, yet not quite as impressive across the board; better HR & RBI totals (48 & 125).  The man in his prime was fearsome at plate, and a "big shoulders" leader. Sad, that Pirates have become a boutique franchise in NL.  Hope they rise again.  Would be good for baseball.  McKechnie Stadium in Bradenton is a good place to catch a game ... nothin' fancy, up close, baseball as it used to be.                Nice picture selection, Pete.  First bridge to stadium angle I’ve seen.  Usually shown other way around.

For team’s best individual season, I’ll take Stargell ‘73 over Bonds ‘92:

WS  .299/43 D/3 T/43 HR/119 RBI/.392 OBP/.646 Slugging/TB 337
BB  .311/36 D/ 5 T/34 HR/103 RBI/.456 OBP/.624 Slugging/TB 295

“Pops” was runner-up to Torre for MVP.  ‘71 numbers were mighty too, yet not quite as impressive across the board; better HR & RBI totals (48 & 125).  The man in his prime was fearsome at plate, and a ”big shoulders” leader.

Sad, that Pirates have become a boutique franchise in NL.  Hope they rise again.  Would be good for baseball.  McKechnie Stadium in Bradenton is a good place to catch a game … nothin’ fancy, up close, baseball as it used to be.               

]]> By: GARGS http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12191 GARGS Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:09:53 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12191 Haha, nice post Stu.  If Pete would have written that for his preview I don't think anyone would have criticized him. Pete, you are WAY off on the ugliest unis: http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/images/pirates/tekulve.jpg Haha, nice post Stu.  If Pete would have written that for his preview I don’t think anyone would have criticized him.

Pete, you are WAY off on the ugliest unis:

http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/images/pirates/tekulve.jpg

]]> By: stu http://www.reclinergm.com/the-reclinergms-2009-mlb-preview-pittsburgh-pirates/#comment-12187 stu Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:10:10 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=4431#comment-12187 Pirates suck.  That is all. Pirates suck.  That is all.

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