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Noguchi Tetsuya

why he look like Sydney Sweeney 😭

@Pirates @bridge2buctober @SNPittsburgh @937theFan Love this if it had reynolds

51/162. 📺 @SNPittsburgh 📻 @937theFan

@Jackkk Buy the Pirates please

Mark Cuban reveals his most profitable Shark Tank investments 
“I gave BeatBox Beverages $1,000,000 for 33% of the company and I’ve been diluted now but they just did a fundraising at a $200,000,000 valuation” “Dude Wipes will do $150,000,000 in revenue this year. I think I gave them $250,000 for 20% of the company and they’re worth a couple hundred million now… I haven’t turned that into cash but on a valuation basis I’m good”

@PuckFupett69 I heard accounting will get replaced by AI?

The lowest paid 22 year old I work with makes $80,000 before tax. Major in accounting.

@Jason_Shetler Garcia is a better cf than Cruz

Ideal lineup for the #Pirates to use against lefty Patrick Corbin on Saturday: 3B Nick Gonzales SS Konnor Griffin LF Bryan Reynolds DH Marcell Ozuna CF Oneil Cruz RF Jhostynxon Garcia 2B Brandon Lowe 1B Esmerlyn Valdez C Henry Davis

🚨: House cat share about 95.6% of their DNA with Siberian tigers. Your pet is a tiny, domesticated apex predator.

Hemingway at work, impeded by cat.

@DanZangrilli Agreed

Marcell Ozuna has been selfish, reckless - and largely unsuccessful - with his ill-timed ABS challenges this year. Unbecoming of a veteran to use them so ignorantly, as if he’s personally entitled to them. To be so situationally unaware is beyond inexcusable and needs to stop.

@BobSmizik Yes but his defense is stellar

It doesn’t make a lot of sense to expect J. Garcia and/or Mangum to replace O’Hearn’s stellar production. Garcia was 14-76 (.184) vs RHP at Indy. But that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Time for Ozuna to step up his game big time. #Pirates

@GMBCSuperfan They should call up the password and dh reynolds and o Hearn . Play the password in center and remove the comical errors

In Defense of Marcell Ozuna - A Treatise Yes, I’m about to make an argument for continuing to run Marcell Ozuna out there. Strap in, folks. But first, a bit of prologue. I had hoped Ozuna might really suck wind last night -- his home run makes this a bit anti-climatic. But as was mentioned, one HR doesn’t erase his suckitude up to this day. Counterbalancing that is the utter collapse last night for the Pirates, who scored six runs in the second and were up at varying points 6-0 and 8-3 before losing 11-9. The seething anger this morning creates ideal conditions for this defense. I really want to feel your wrath. I truly love taking the alternative viewpoint against a sea of nonbelievers. Some of it is my love of the underdog, but a lot of it is just appreciating a challenge. It’s the consultant in me. I’m also a reformed troll. I’ve got my work cut out today. He’s Done This Before I believe we can and should be patient with Ozuna because there is a high likelihood from past experience that he goes nuclear and carries the team for a period of time. In 2023, Ozuna started May with a .444 OPS across his first 67 PA with just 2 HR. Somewhere right around mid-May, he started hitting home runs and just never stopped. From May 15 through the end of 2023, he had a .947 OPS with 33 HR. It doesn’t always work out that way. In 2022, coming back from an injury-plagued 2021 season, he never quite got right and ended with a .687 OPS with 23 HR. Last year, he started hot with a .901 OPS on June 1 and then faded over the rest of the year. He still ended with 21 HR and a .756 OPS. Of the range of options, with a .687 OPS the low water mark and a .950 OPS at the top, it’s a journey I’m willing to take. I don’t think he’s washed yet. Ozuna is the X Factor “Marcell Ozuna is like a box of chocolates. You ever know what you’re gonna get.” Isn’t that fun, Forrest? I don’t know that there is anyone we could insert into the DH spot and get the potential offensive production represented by Ozuna. It is a gamble, but it is a reasoned gamble. His worst year in 2021 was just a few OPS points below what Andrew McCutchen did last year. But on the top end, he can carry the lineup on his back for weeks at a time. This isn’t some theoretical capability -- the exact conditions were in place three years ago and he ended up with 40 HR. To cut bait now would be to miss out on that potential upside. And I know that is what every degenerate gambler says as they mortgage their home for one final shot at getting even at the craps table. But this isn’t craps -- it’s a skill game, and we’d be backing a player who’s been there and done that. The Lineup Can Absorb It The Pirates have been one of the best hitting teams all season. They are 7th in team OPS in all of baseball. They’ve scored the 4th most runs in MLB, just 11 behind the Yankees leading the sport. The reason we aren’t winning more is not a function of a poor performing offense. In fact, just the opposite. In directing ire at Ozuna, critics are really misdirecting their anger. Yes, he’s underperformed. But what about the bullpen? Go shout that down. This lineup can absorb a guy with Ozuna’s talent and still be at the very top of offensive categories as a team. That’s crazy and worth celebrating. The Bottom Line Now for some pragmatism: Ozuna should not bat cleanup until the bat returns. Imagine how many more runs would have been scored if someone like Horwitz or Gonzalez was batting behind Cruz, Lowe and Reynolds/O’Hearn this year. Ozuna needs to be 7th or 8th until he clicks. He should also sit against tougher righties. Ozuna already has an .852 OPS against southpaws, but his .511 OPS against righties is a drag. Until that improves, let Endy DH against RHP. My original timetable was the end of May, and I’ll stick by that. He’s got a few more weeks. But realistically, we’ve already eaten the shit. We might as well stick around for the chocolate. Is that an expression? It should be.

This is why you always listen to me. I saved you millions by trimming and taking profits. Now we wait and we will buy $MU, $SNDK and $DRAM. AI is still VERY early and we will keep going up. But we need a "breather" first. Do NOT miss the next opportunity to become a multi-millionaire.

@KodyDuncanPGH Never know but I feel you that was ugly

That game makes me not even want to go tomorrow.. I still will but man that just crushed any good vibes I had with this team. I know it’s just one loss but that one felt like 4 losses to me.

Breaking news: Petra is ruled by cats 😻🇯🇴

Don't worry, I’ll always be with you

@Mikey5Aces @JimStamm22 Outfield defense needs help too

@JimStamm22 Pirates aren't making the playoffs with this shit bullpen and the ridiculous overuse of analytics. You got a clueless robot manager too in Don Kelly who has zero baseball feel or instinct and has cost the team 7 games so far.

At roughly the 1/4 mark of the season, the #Pirates (22-19) have a .537 winning percentage. Could it be better? Absolutely. That being said, only one NL team (Arizona in 2024) has failed to make the postseason with that mark since MLB expanded the playoff format in 2022.