An afternoon makeup game E-mail
Written by Pat Lackey   
Thursday, 02 July 2009 11:05

The Pirates and Mets revisit their silly feud from earlier this season where Carlos Beltran whined about getting thumped by the Pirates, Adam LaRoche took offense, and Beltran laughed at him. Today at 12:35, they make up the game rained out in that series in a one-shot series before the Pirates jet to Miami for a weekend series with the Marlins.

Paul Maholm gets the start for the Bucs and Brandon Moss and Freddy Sanchez are getting their regularly prescribed JR off-day, which means Ramon Vasquez, Garrett Jones, and Delwyn Young are all in the lineup. This lineup probably offends Gene Collier so deeply that I imagine he's off screaming at someone who probably doesn't deserve it.

UPDATE: Lotsa rain, but I'm sure they'll play this one eventually. Until then, enjoy this video of at least two of the Pirates' three Taiwanese signings today.


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Ryan said:

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Wow, terrible job by the umpires and team officials today with this weather. Get two at-bats in and delay. This game should never have started period.
 
July 02, 2009
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Carnegie Chip said:

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Greatest video ever. And not just because the anchorwoman is like a way hotter version of Jennifer Antkowiak.

The Pirates cornered the market of talentless white guys so it's about time they tapped other markets. I dream of one day seeing a mound conversation between Dinesh, Sano, and Tsu Hing.

Remember 2009 is the Year of the Weasel so it makes sense Huntington would have success over in the Asian market.
 
July 02, 2009
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matt w said:

hee hee
Remember 2009
is the Year of the Weasel so it makes sense Huntington would have success over
in the Asian market.

That made me LOL inside. Kudos.
 
July 02, 2009
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Ryan said:

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I think it's painfully obvious that Maholm is not an ace. His mediocre pitching as of late has been so frustrating to watch because he was great not too long ago.
 
July 02, 2009
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Caus said:

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At what point does JR decide it's time to pull the starter?
 
July 02, 2009
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matt w said:

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Two batters after everyone else does, apparently.

I'm not sure whether going up-and-down at the beginning might explain some of Maholm's difficulties today, but cheese it's annoying to blow a 5-0 lead.
 
July 02, 2009
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Ryan said:

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Agreed. I have no evidence to back this up with, but it seems like when the Pirates don't hit, Maholm looks Koufax on the mound. And when the Pirates actually do hit and give him some runs to work with, he gets hammered all over the park. Ugh.
 
July 02, 2009
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Carnegie Chip said:

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This is gonna be a LOOOOOOONG Summer.

Maybe there's a chance we can catch the Nats. I'd sure like to draft baseball's Lebron James next year.
 
July 02, 2009
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Haidao said:

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summary from TV clip:

both just graduated from high school. one is a speedy outfielder and the other is a pitcher whose fastball can reach 144 km/h (89 mph).
 
July 02, 2009
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Beantown Brian said:

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Don't worry, Garrett Jones will help us win in the 9th by finishing hitting for the cycle.
 
July 02, 2009
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whygavs said:

July 02, 2009
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whygavs said:

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Just awesome. And when I agreed to go to Durham for the Bulls game tonight, I assumed this game would be long over.
 
July 02, 2009
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bwzimmerman said:

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*dumbstruck @ big laroche*

there was even a guy on base...
 
July 02, 2009
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JerryG said:

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So that we can depend entirely on him and never make it to the World Series? Cool.
 
July 03, 2009
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JerryG said:

Great Video.
I thought it was kind of funny that it looked like a two or three man job just to get a jersey and hat on those two kids.
 
July 03, 2009
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JerryG said:

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It sounds a lot more impressive in km/h. lol.
 
July 03, 2009
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