Thursday, April 22, 2010

Pirates set new record

Another milestone was surpassed today as the Pirates broke their 100 year old record for worst shut out in club history. The old record was losing 18-0 in 1910. The blew past that with a 20-0 loss. In the Pirates 8 losses this year they have been out scored 85 to 13. There are rumors that the Post Gazette writer who listed starting pitching as a plus this year has been transferred to Home & Garden.

By the way, this is a good place to point out that the mercy rule was used in Major League Baseball for the first time in the record breaking (for the D-backs) 13 run inning. With two outs, but walks and hits still coming in rapid succession, the pirate pitcher managed to get 2 strikes on the batter. The next pitch was no where near the strike zone but catchable by Doumit, so the umpire, who had a late dinner engagement, called strike three, much to the shock of the Arizona fans but the relief of the Pirates.

3 comments:

james said...

Just watched an interview with the starting pitcher of that game, Mckutcheon. He actually started to cry.

The transformation is complete: the Pirates are literally made up of little league players.

Ted said...

on a positive note, i really like the steelers' first round pick - finally, an offensive lineman (and a center to boot)

Big Myk said...

Didn't this guy ever see "A League of Their Own"?

THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!