April 3, 2008
Pirates Game 3: Pirates at Braves
By
Amanda
Posted at 8:28 pm
I know that the game is already in the fourth inning, but I’ve finished my Webkinz obligation for the evening and my workaholic tendancies won’t let me put down the computer. All of the other teams played during the day (stupid day games), but the Pirates are to the rescue. Nate McLouth already had an awesome catch in center field.
I wonder why I get Fox Sports Pittsburgh. I’m pretty sure I don’t pay for it. Maybe they give it away for free.
The Pirates are up 2-0 in the top of the fifth. It’s eerily silent in Atlanta. Whether that’s a quiet stadium, a general lack of attendance, or fear of Freddy Sanchez’s Evil Willow eyes, I don’t know.
Baseball-themed vacation starts in just two days. I’m so very much looking forward to it. I’ve been cold for days now as we’re stuck in the twilight zone between winter and summer and my office building can’t seem to decide whether to go for the heat or the a/c. It’s going to be 80 degrees in Houston. I smile just thinking of it.
Holy crap, Corky Miller is at bat for the Braves. How long do back-up catchers last?
Damn! Nate McLouth just dove for another one. It’s shades of Freel!
OK, the CTS has looked it up. Miller has played 101 games in the last 7 years. I guess he’s good and rested.
The Pirates catchers where a fetching yellow and gray chest protector, and the colors from a distance meld together into a lovely shade of urine.
What’s a tree stand? The game announcer just said that Xavier Nady likes to spend time in one.
Man, the Pirates have some good ticket deals. You can get some good packages, plus the All You Can Eat section where you get all the nachos you want for $35 per seat.
Beer’s not included, tho.
bottom of the sixth, and the Pirates still lead this one by 2-0. This is massively boring.
OK, Chipper Jones is aboard!
The Pirates will have Jason Bay replica jerseys for kids when they host the Reds on 4/13, if any of you Bay fans are going to be in the area around then.
Are you implying that Nady picks up chicks in a tree stand??
Thanks for the info, Dinky.
No, of course not. He picks up chicks in bars.
He shoots them from the tree stand.
Lol.
The Braves have tied it up; oh wait, they’ve taken the lead. Batboy committed an error.
They just said the Braves are carrying three catchers. And yet they’ve hit around this inning. Go figure.
I heard the announcers saying that the Braves are carrying 3 catchers. Which might explain both why the Pirates are competing with them and why Corky Miller’s still around.
Zach Duke was NOT good.
The Comcast commercial that I just saw told me to “think about it.”
I hate when people say that. I had a dumbass boyfriend in high school who used to love to say that to me, which was ironic, since invariably I was the only one of us who had done any actualy thinking about whatever it was.
Sorry. Tangent. Will Ohman is pitching now in the top of the seventh.
All right: the Pirates have a man aboard on an error by Prado. Yaarrrrrr!
Chris Gomez is from southern California and is the father to two. Should I ever get around to writing a Human League entry for him.
That would be useful because I don’t know who Chris Gomez is.
Passed ball on Corky Miller. Quality.
Jack Wilson just knocked in the tying run and pulled up on the way to first. Looks painful.
All of the Pirates should have famous Pirate nicknames. There could be Yellow Beard, Captain Hook, Jack Sparrow. The minor league affiliates could be the “Indianapolis Scurvy Dogs.”
It did look painful. I wonder why it took so long to take him off the field. Did Batboy really think he could still play? He hopped to first. You can’t do that at shortstop.
The short stop filling in for Wilson just let the ball go through his legs. Very crappy infield defense tonight.
How much are the Pirates going to regret cutting Olmedo now that Batboy is hurt?
OMG, I just realized that Red-Hot-Mama turns 3 tomorrow. I should make a cake.
Runner at second with one out for the Pirates in the top of the eighth in this tie ballgame.
This is sort of a boring game. Or maybe just a boring couple of broadcasters. My attention waned and I just checked my bracket in the company competition. I’m currently ranked 71 of 78. Geesh.
S’OK, though. The prize is a traveling autographed photo of Dick Vitale, so I’m really happier without it.
Well, happy almost birthday. Hard to believe it’s been three years.
Is it just me, or is this broadcast boring?
I guess it’s not just me.
🙂
Tied in the bottom of the ninth. Haven’t the Buccos already gone into extras once this season?
RHM sure has changed a lot in 3 years. My original goal–aside from getting my sense of humor back–was to promote the human side of baseball and to lower the barrier to entry into fandom of the sport for women.
I had a dream that baseball newbie women could read my site, repeat the smart-assed things they read there to their coworkers, and improve their esteem among the boys club of upper management.
I bet that’s never once happened. Great dream, tho.
Dammit, extras. I’m *TIRED*
Batboy is day-to-day with a strained left calf. Seriously: shoulda kept Olmedo.
The Pirates have a runner in the top of the tenth. Come ON guys!
Oh! Bay gets the brushback after the last guy sacrificed the runner to second.
That bunt made SO much more sense than the bullshit Dusty Baker pulled yesterday.
Corky Miller gets his second passed ball on the night: ball 4 to Jason Bay that allows the go-ahead run to go to third.
pitching change. will this game never end? i’m too tired to even capitalize!
Yes, the Pirates bunt there was perfect in every regard.
I kinda hope Dusty was watching so he could take notes.
What? The pitcher is moving to left field. I guess they want to put him back in after this batter.
I’ve seen a lot of crazy maneuvers, but not this one. This is new to me.
So far so good for the crazy maneuver. LaRoche struck out looking stupid.
Wait, Resop gets another round of warm-up pitches? He was only in left field for one batter!
This is all kinds of bizarre.
Holy crap, Nady drove in a run. w00t!
The power of the x-man. Go Pirates!
One away in the bottom of the tenth. Yarrrr!
Way not to let the ball fall into the outfield. It’s nice to see the team learning from their mistakes. Hopefully the front office has, too.
Two away. Capps rocks.
Dammit! Triple.