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The reality is that there’s a better chance that Paul Skenes never pitches a playoff game in Pittsburgh for the @Pirates than he actually does.
T-minus three years until the next complete tear down.
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Thomas Bane
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@BobSmizik @epchapman1986 What’s the surrounding population centers of the 27 teams ahead of them in comparison?
“The Cubs and Phillies draw more than the Pirates??? You don’t say”!!!
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@epchapman1986 Every MLB franchise has working class families. All of them, but two are outdrawing the Pirates.
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Winning team. Splendid spring night. Best ballpark in America. The great Paul Skenes on the mound. Tickets sold: 13,515. Actual people in stands: Somewhat less. Please don’t tell me Pittsburgh is a great baseball town. Or even a good one. It’s a mediocre baseball town. #Pirates.
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40 minutes into the season and the Pirates fans optimism is already focused on the NFL Draft
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@CCMilani Did you see his stats his final years in Pittsburgh? He couldn’t throw a strike and when he did, it was a 68 mph fastball. Should they have waited until he was 40 to figure things out?
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Don't get me started ;) I liked it when the Red Sox picked up Wakefield after the Pirates cut him. "He's so bad that the Pirates cut him!" people would say. My response: the Pirates are stupid.
David Baker@theDbaker
@CCMilani How about Tim Wakefield ?
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@ToddFuhrman MLB Ghost Runner. If both teams have the same opportunity to score, what difference does it make if each team scores a run in the 10th?
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If you could change a single rule in any sport what would it be?
Baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, Motorsport, etc the world is your oyster
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@CCMilani And I’m pretty sure Mark has another brother who was a competitive bodybuilder
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2. Did you know that after the Seahawks drafted Dan McGuire (for those unaware, Mark had a brother that was a quarterback) the Mariners tried to trade for Mark McGuire and the two teams would cross promote the brothers? Of course it never happened and Brother Dan was a bomb.
Thomas Bane@Y2BANE
@CCMilani In what world is Sal Bando > Mark McGwire?
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Joe Morgan and Mike Piazza *played* for them, but that's not what you're looking for. I'd say Sal Bando.
BaseballHistoryNut@nut_history
After Reggie Jackson and Rickey Henderson, who would you pick as the best player to have played for the Oakland Athletics?
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@CCMilani The owners “silver bullet” for the upcoming lockout is to greatly increase the league minimum salary. Hoping the rank and file members of the MLBPA, outweigh the mega stars.
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Yes, players would stop getting old if we only had a salary cap. 🙄
Slab@slabknows
@BobSmizik Happened to Rizzo, JD Martinez, and many others. Teams would rather pay minimum, or give their high picks playing time than paying veterans. Baseball is top heavy. Huge contrats for the stars, crumbs for everyone else. All this without a cap.
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What’s everyone giving up for the Mark Wahlberg 40-Day Challenge?
sgb@sadgirlyboss
you: lent starts wednesday me (an intellectual): mark wahlberg’s 40-day challenge starts wednesday
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@CCMilani What player is going to the Raptors or Cavs as a rookie, aside from one that’s passed on by the other 28 teams?
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How many pro sports franchises have "closed shop" in the past fifty years? Let me add that every NBA franchise is at least worth 4 BILLION dollars.
Tiffanee With Two Es@tiffanee_dawn
Let’s say Adam Silver gets his wish and the NBA draft completely disappears, with the athletes being able to choose where they go in free agency. How many teams fold up shop? Utah Indiana Cleveland Milwaukee Sacramento Charlotte Who am I missing?
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@CCMilani We already know that Aaron Rodgers/Mason Rudolph will bring you 8-9/9-8, and get you no closer to a franchise QB. The Steelers should just run out Will Howard for 17 games next year. Either he’s the guy, or you bottom out and find the guy.
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Call me crazy but IMO Allar is worth more than a flier. He's my favorite projected mid / late round projections in many years.
Mark Kaboly@MarkKaboly
Steelers should take a flier on Drew Allar.
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@NickyT27 @PlatinumKey13 I can picture you in the owners box as “Wild Thing” plays, saying, “I hate that fucking song”.
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Pirates’ Preseason Odds to make the Playoffs (via FanGraphs):
2025 - 20.3%
2026 - 42.5%
22.3% increase. This team is a lot better.
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You can only start 3 former #Pittsburgh #Pirates outfielders, which ones do you choose?
(Write-ins welcome)
Please quote
#LetsGoBucs
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@PlatinumKey13 They might try in 2031, when they try to initially appeal to the fan base in Charlotte.
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I genuinely can't imagine being in the position to bring this back to Pittsburgh and concluding that risking a few million isn't worth it.
2 generational talents that haven't reached arbitration. Best rotation in the NL Central.
If not now, when?
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These international games are purely a money grab for the NFL… no real fan actually wants this
1) Taking away a home game from the fanbase
2) Forcing us to wake up early to watch a product that has simply been poor (bad field conditions, sloppy play due to body clocks)
Maybe one day corporate greed will stop ruining football 🤷🏽♂️
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
NFL announced the Saints will be the “home” team for the first-ever NFL game in Paris, France, during the 2026 regular season.
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@NickyT27 @TheCousinSal @BillSimmons You coach defense like a kid losing in Madden. You keep jumping offsides until the other team has to go home.
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@TheCousinSal @BillSimmons how would intentional fouling work in football?
There is no running out the clock in basketball. No math calculations if you’ll get the ball back. You just foul and get it back.
Is there a world where football comes up with an equivalent ?
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@dropK1CK_ninJA @colin_dunlap So the cheapest organization in the NFL history, chose not to fire its mediocre coach, and that’s your argument to defend Tomlin??
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@colin_dunlap Marvin Lewis. He had 7, with an amazing 5 year streak. He wasn't fired until his third season after his last playoff loss.
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Now name all the coaches in NFL history who have lost 6 consecutive playoff games and remained employed.
Christopher Carter@CarterCritiques
@JoshYohe_PGH "Destroyed" to me is at least losing by 3 scores -- which has only happened once. And again, 22 coaches have done that or worse more often, but somehow they're not the target for it.
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The Pirates in any incarnation will always disappoint the city of Pittsburgh.
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@BillLeeds @MarkMaddenX Ask the people in St. Louis if a lease matters or not.
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@Y2BANE @MarkMaddenX Cant move them. Lease until 2041, modern arena, and there is a full revenue sharing salary cap system in place. They will not lose money. Thats why those systems are in place.
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@RedditCFB It’s because he has one foot out the door and a playoff spot really muddies that water
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A coach on the bubble is advocating that his team is ranked too high and hasn’t earned a Playoff spot yet. Opposite of what you usually see, kinda love it.
Justin Margolius@JustinMargolius
No. 5 Texas Tech would currently host No. 12 Tulane inside Jones AT&T Stadium. Tulane Head Coach Jon Sumrall does not think his team has earned the right to be in the Top 25. An interesting response today to say the least. “Must be a lot of bad football if we’re one of the top 25 teams.” @KCBD11 @pchristy11 @shelbieelaine13
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