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How do you respond to the rumor that your team is moving to Portland? :D
I can neither confirm it nor deny it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PotatoOfCouch13
Pirates All-Star: Jonny Gomes. Wow! Jason Bay got SNUBED!
Home Run Derby
Code:2007 Home Run Showdown
FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
Ben Broussard (CLE) 9
Manny Ramirez (NYM) 7
Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 6
Todd Helton (COL) 6
Paul Konerko (CHW) 5
Travis Hafner (CLE) 4
Bobby Estalella (NYM) 4
Pat Burrell (BOS) 4
Morgan Ensberg (HOU) 4
Ryan Howard (PHI) 1
SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
Manny Ramirez (NYM) 4
Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 4
Ben Broussard (CLE) 2
Todd Helton (COL) 2
FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)
PLAYER HOMERS
ALEX RODRIGUEZ (NYY) 4
Manny Ramirez (NYM) 2
WINNER: Alex Rodriguez
All-Star Game
Code:American League All Stars at National League All Stars
July 12, 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
All Stars (AL) 2 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 12 20 0
All Stars (NL) 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 15 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
M. Teahen (3B) 5 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .319
R. Cano (2B) 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .343
A. Rodriguez (SS) 5 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 .327
V. Wells (CF) 6 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 .331
B. Broussard (1B) 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .321
D. Eckstein (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
P. Burrell (LF) 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .284
M. Cuddyer (RF) 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .303
V. Martinez (C) 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333
C. Park (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
T. Hafner (P) 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .302
J. Santana (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
C. Granderson (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
P. Martinez (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Dye (P) 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .348
J. Washburn (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
L. Bigbie (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .332
J. Mateo (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T. Hoffman (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S. Shields (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 45 20 4 12 4 12 6 0
2B: R. Cano, M. Teahen
3B: V. Wells
HR: M. Teahen, V. Wells, T. Hafner, J. Dye
GIDP: M. Teahen, V. Wells
ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
C. Park 1.0 2 1 0 2 2 0 32 2.98
J. Santana 1.0 7 0 2 6 6 1 43 3.24
P. Martinez 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 32 4.95
J. Washburn 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 3.06
J. Mateo 1.0 3 1 1 3 3 1 25 2.52
T. Hoffman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.86
S. Shields 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 2.86
TOTALS 9.0 15 3 3 11 11 7 190
NATIONAL LEAGUE ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
E. Renteria (SS) 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .314
M. Holliday (LF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .329
D. Wright (2B) 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .345
M. Ramirez (RF) 5 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 .325
T. Helton (1B) 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .331
G. Jenkins (3B) 5 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 .308
W. Pena (CF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .287
B. Estalella (C) 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .236
M. Prior (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161
T. Armas (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107
M. Bradley (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .297
R. Clemens (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
E. Reed (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
B. Sheets (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184
T. Armas (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107
G. Maddux (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
TOTALS 42 15 3 11 3 10 8 1
2B: T. Helton, M. Ramirez, M. Holliday
HR: B. Estalella, M. Ramirez, G. Jenkins
GIDP: E. Renteria
CS: D. Wright
ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
M. Prior 1.2 6 2 2 7 7 2 61 3.55
T. Armas 2.1 4 1 0 1 1 1 50 2.98
R. Clemens 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 6.85
B. Sheets 2.0 5 0 2 4 4 2 39 2.20
G. Maddux 2.0 3 1 0 0 0 1 33 3.27
TOTALS 9.0 20 4 4 12 12 6 204
WP: P. Martinez
LP: B. Sheets
SV: S. Shields
Temperature: 79F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 41,503
Time: 4:16
Mark Buerhle Trade Rumors?
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July 15, 2007- The last place Chicago White Sox have been the center of attention lately after rumors swirled about Mark Buerhle reportedly demanded a trade. The White Sox are currently 12 games out of the AL central and have given up on a possible playoff run much like many other teams at this point of the season. Teams reportedly interested in Buerhle are the Yankees, Red Sox, and Pirates. Buerhle has stated on many occasions that he wanted to leave Chicago and join a perennial playoff contender. Buerhle has 8 wins on the season with a 3.72 ERA. Currently the Pirates are in the best position to acquire Buerhle with young players like Nate McClouth, Tom Kitchen, Craig Lawler, Zack Duke, and Ian Snell all being possible trade candidates.
I don't know if I can pull the trigger guys, but here's the current offer.
PIT Trades:
CF Nate McClouth 82/86
1B Craig Lawler 52/86
SP Zack Duke 84
RP Tom Kitchen 75/94
CWS Trades:
Mark Buerhle 95
I'm just not that sure if I can give up Kitchen. He could possible be a starting pitcher anyway, and he has a 99 MPH fastball. (He's kinda like Joba Chamberlain)
*Note these are with Commish mode on.
Do you want help now or possibly later?
Hard to leave Pittsburgh if the team is winning now. What with good attendence and all.
Yeah I think I'm gonna keep Kitchen and trade McClouth and Duke for prospects, then put Kitchen in the rotation for spring training to build his endurance and put him on a pitch count for 2008.
Yankees Win Buerhle Sweepstakes!
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July 24, 2007- The Yankees have Acquired Mark Buerhle and Carlos Lee in a blockbuster deal for young 22 year old phenom Melky Cabrera and 3 undisclosed top prospects. This huge trade should give the Yankees a big advantage over the Red Sox in the race for the AL east. The Red Sox reportedly didn't want to give up there future for Buerhle, but the fact that Carlos Lee is also included will hurt the Red Sox a bunch this season. The Pirates stated that they pulled out of the trade for budget reason which leaves many to speculate what they could be doing with their $100,000,000 they have in the bank. But the Pirates organization has refused to comment on the situation and stated that they are saving money to resign their top players.
July 2007 Review
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Let me start off by telling you about our trading deadline move...
HOU gets:
Zack Duke
Nate McClouth
Brad Eldred
PIT gets:
9 unnamed prospects
Yup, we got rid of Duke, and 2 other who were basically rotting on the bench, but don't let that fool you, in commish mode there actually both 85 overalls with high peaks. So we lose Duke who's contract was expiring at the end of the season so that gives us more money to throw at a new Gomes contact or a free agent designa... ummmm I mean extra bat to put in the line-up.
Not much to say about the offense, it just kept on rolling like usual. Bay was hitting bombs and so was Gomes. But the one surprising thing was how Kendry Morales has been having a power surge and now has 15 homers which is the most I would've thought he would have all season.
Now let's talk about our pitching. Joaquin Benoit returned to the rotation in mid-July and the "Wolverine" came back with a vengence. In his 4 starts since his injury he has 3 wins and has only given up 8 ER, which is great since we got rid of Duke and Snell has really stepped up posting a sub-4 ERA. Mariano is still pitching well but it looks like Capps will move into the closer role come next season.
Pirates Hitter of the Month
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Pirates Pitcher of the Month
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Tom Kitchen to Make MLB Debut in Place for Snell
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Tom throwing his patented fastball in AAA Indianapolis
August 1st, 2007- Tom Kitchen the Pirates first round draft pick in 2007 will make his MLB debut in place for the injured Ian Snell this week. Kitchen is a 17 year old from Oak Park, IL who was a starting pitcher for his high school team and also did a little relief work causing his endurance to drop a bit over time. Tom is known for his blazing fastball which has been clocked at 99 MPH, and has been ripping up AAA hitting down in Indianapolis.Tom appeared in 23 games pitching 40 innings with a 1.99 ERA and a .188 BAA. Tom will have a strict pitch count of 60 in his debut and will have Shane Youman as his caddy out of the bullpen. Kitchen is known for his lack of control but is scheduled to make 2-3 starts in Snell's absence.
If he was a SP how did he drop to a RP in AAA?
And I just noticed his DICE in his senior year is 0.07. How is that possible?
He al...
I have no idea
Well he started some games in HS but I drafted him as a RP. It shouldn't be that hard converting him though, I've did it with Benoit.
:eek:
nine prospects? The Twins didn't get nine prospects for Santana
A couple of 'em were errrr.. let's say they're not gonna make it in the bigs. And the rest were really raw talentl, so no one ready to come up like the guys from the Santana trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok
Tom Kitchen Pitches 3 Strong in Debut
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Code:Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants
August 2, 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Pirates (PIT) 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 7 11 1
Giants (SFG) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 0
PITTSBURGH ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Pierre (CF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J. Rollins (3B) 4 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 .276
B. Hill (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207
F. Sanchez (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .313
J. Bay (LF) 5 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .268
J. Gomes (RF) 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250
K. Morales (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289
J. Wilson (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .264
R. Paulino (C) 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .251
T. Kitchen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S. Youman (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
A. Greenberg (P) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
M. Rivera (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 35 11 3 7 2 7 4 0
2B: F. Sanchez (25), R. Paulino (11)
HR: J. Bay (29), J. Rollins (16)
HBP: J. Pierre
CS: J. Gomes
PITTSBURGH ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
T. Kitchen 3.0 2 1 0 1 1 2 56 3.00
S. Youman 5.0 5 2 0 3 2 5 84 6.38
M. Rivera 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 3.13
TOTALS 9.0 7 4 0 4 3 7 153
SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Ellison (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .391
T. Ishikawa (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
G. Kapler (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
F. Lewis (LF) 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .260
E. Alfonzo (3B) 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .340
P. Nevin (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311
E. Alfonzo (C) 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 .281
T. Iguchi (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .298
A. Chavez (SS) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250
T. Torcato (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K. Rueter (P) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156
B. Sadler (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
D. Aardsma (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
B. Bonds (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
TOTALS 32 7 4 4 0 2 7 1
2B: E. Alfonzo (18)
GIDP: P. Nevin
SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
K. Rueter 5.0 5 1 2 4 4 0 57 4.19
B. Sadler 1.2 3 1 0 3 3 2 41 4.97
D. Aardsma 2.1 3 1 0 0 0 2 43 4.99
TOTALS 9.0 11 3 2 7 7 4 141
WP: S. Youman (3-3)
LP: K. Rueter (9-5)
SV: M. Rivera (24)
Temperature: 65F
Wind: 6 MPH (in from right)
Attendance: 36,230
Time: 2:59
August 2007 Review
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OH BABY! what a month! We just went on a huuuge winning streak and put ourselves in a fantastic spot for the playoffs. We're now 3 games back from Huston for first place in the NL Central and a half of a game up from the Mets in the wild card race. Now we did have injuries here and there, but our team pulled together and we went on a 10 game winning streak towards the end of the month. Now Jason Bay is a serious contender for NL MVP with 40 homers and 118 RBI's. His homers are National League leading and his RBI's are 2nd in the NL, and with a .280 average and great fielding Jason Bay could win. Another thing is Bay has only 1 error all year and will most likely win the Gold Glove, he also has 3 outfield assist. Jonny Gomes has 31 home runs and is closing in on his 100th career with 96. Kendry Morales now has and average over .300 and a OBP of .396 with 16 homers. He's reallyflourished and is a possible All-Star next year.
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Pirates Offense
Now we've had a couple of injuries to our rotation including Brandon Webb, and Oliver Perez. Perez will be out for September, but will be back for the post season if we're in it. Tom Kitchen will replace him. Also Brandon Webb will be out for 2 starts and Shane Youman will start for him. Youman has pitched well as of late dropping his ERA from the high 6's to the mid 4's. Now Tom Kitchen, the young 17 year old stud has been great in his debut. His 99 MPH fastball has been just straight up over powering people. His control and mechanics still need some work, but his great fastball mixed with a knuckle curve over rules it. Paul Maholm has been pitching great into September so we gave him a nice little bonus and gave him a 7-year extension worth 32.9 million dollars and also includes a 2 year player option. Joaquin Benoit has also been lights out with a 2.91 ERA and a 6-1 record.
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Pirates Pitching
Pirates Hitter of the Month
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Pirates Pitcher of the Month
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Just a quick update, it's September 19th and we're tied for first.
September 2007 Review
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A TIE! That's how the year ends, a two way tie between us and the big bats of Houston. Well, we did win the wild card so I don't know how this works if we have to play a one game playoff or not, but ether way WE'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS!
Jason Bay finished the year off very strong leading the NL in home runs and coming in third for RBI's. I'm still very unsure if Bay has the MVP in the bag as Matt Holliday has 5 more RBI's and a much better average with 45 homers, but I don't know if the AI takes Coors Field into consideration. Well anyway we finally got to see what Bay could do in a full season without an injury. Also Bay played 155 games when Holliday played all 162. Bay also is a Gold Glove contender but I don't know if that counts toward the MVP vote.
Juan Pierre also finished the year strong and got to a perfectly round .300 average, with a .361 OBP. Juan also led the NL in steals once again to bring his streak to 4 years in a row, Juan had 55. Juan also olny made 2 errors in CF with a fielding percentage of .994 and might win the Gold Glove.
Jimmy Rollins didn't live up to his 67 million dollar contract he got in the offseason but nevertheless he was an important piece of our playoff run. Jimmy only hit .259 but the most important part is he hit 18 homers, which is what we needed, a power boost in the infield, and he stole 27 bases. Now at the beginning of the year I was suspect of putting him at 3B and he did make some errors, 10 to be exact, but it wasn't as disastrous as I thought it would be.
Not much to say about Freddy Sanchez. He finally had a relatively injury free season and showed me what he could do as he hit .323 and played a great 2B. And that's about it.
Jonny Gomes did his job in 2007. He hit 30 homers and had exactly 100 RBI's. Now he didn't have the highest average .242 to be exact but I never expected him to be Ted Williams. Now the one real big issue with Gomes is the errors, 15! 15 errors is pretty crazy. But here comes the good. 17 Outfield assist, yeah the guy has a cannon and that's what makes up for the errors.
Kendry Morales had a great second year! He hit exactly .300 with 18 homers and 93 RBI's. Much better that I expected. He also only had 4 errors.
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The Pirates Offense for 2007!
Our rotation had a HUGE boost over the 2006 season. Brandon Webb finally came out of his shell a bit as our ace. He's not quite the ace we expected him to be but he is a solid #1 guy. Webb went 14-6 in 30 starts with a 3.72 ERA wit 171 K's. Now it's time to test him in the playoffs.
Joaquin Benoit had a triumphant return in the second half of the year after returning from his injury. Benoit only had 16 starts all year but he had 14 decisions with a 11-3 record. I couldn't believe it when I saw win after win week after week, but with his 3.66 ERA it was inevitable.
Paul Maholm also had a career year with a 12-10 record and a 3.13 ERA with and 183 K's. He really came out of nowhere.
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Pirates Pitching for 2007
Pirates Hitter of the Year
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Pirates Pitcher of the Year
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Playoff Preview
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Can anyone tell my the difference between PBP and simming? Because I wanna watch the playoffs but I don't want PBP to screw it up in any way.
PIRATES TAKE GAME 1 OF NLDS!
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October 6, 2007- Oh man this was an even battle the whole way through. It started with Paul Maholm giving up 3 quick runs through 3 innings and he really struggled in the beginning as he was just walking way too many batters, but he managed to get out of many jams. Now here's where it gets good. Top of the fourth Kendry Morales steps up with a moan on first and second and then BAM! he smacks a game tying 3-run homer, this kid just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Right after Morales, Jack Wilson steps up and goes back-to-back to give us the 4-3 lead. Maholm settled down and ended up pitching 6 strong. Paulino gave us some insurance with a solo shot, and Eddy Rodriguez pitch 2 strong to lead to Mariano. Now here's where it became a real nail-biter. Mariano got an out, and then walked the bases loaded, I almost crapped my pants. Brian Giles comes up and hits a loooooong flie ball, but Its caught and and a run tags up. The next batter got up and hit a sharp ground ball up the middle and I thought the save was blown, when Freddy Sanchez swiftly fielded it and won the game. Pirates lead NLDS 1-0.
You can watch in GM modeQuote:
Originally Posted by dannymac910
As long as you're not doing it in PBP Player mode there isn't one I think, I believe they run on the same engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannymac910
Yeah, I watched it in GM mode and it was realistic. Sometimes the AI does dumb things but I didn't see it here, so I'm gonna watch the rest of the games.
BRAVES TIE SERIES AT 1-1
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October 7, 2007- Oh man, what a horrible pitching performance by Brandon Webb. And this is what I meant when I said we needed him to be our ace. We NEED him to win big games like this, bu it looks like Maholm is our real ace and I'll stick to the plan of him pitching game 5. 6 walks! Yup, 6. Webb walked the bases loaded in the second and then walk a run in and then threw a wild pitch to let another run score. Our defense didn't help at all as Jonny Gomes dropped an easy catch with 2 men in scoring position, and then on the following play he did the SAME thing allowing another run. And well you can see the rest of the game for yourself, the Braves ran away with the game, we couldn't stop Drew our LaRoche, and there pitchers didn't have to do much to win except throw strikes unlike Webb.
PIRATES TAKE GAME 3 ON GOMES WALK-OFF SINGLE!
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October 9, 2007- Wow, this game almost gave me a heart attack. It started off with more first inning trouble as Joaquin Benoit gave up an ol' ER. But again we kept fightin' and Gomes came up with big hits in a triple and a homer and we took the lead. The problem with us this series is we can't score the man from third with less than 2 outs, I don't get it we just can't play small ball. Well we had the lead 7-3 and Eddy Rodriguez came in and shut them down. He did give up an ER setting up Mariano for the save in the ninth. Now here's were it gets close. Mariano gave up a lead-off hit to Wilson Betemit, which is never a good sign. It followed with Kelly Johnson pinch hitting for the pitcher and then lining out. Now Furcal gets up and hits a soft grounder, and I was on the edge of my seat 'cause I knew he could beat it out, but Jack Wilson quickly got the fielders choice at second. Now I'm extremely relieved. Brian McCann steps up and I think it's over, but no. SMACK! A game tying homer to center. I'm crushed, Mariano blows the save. Now the incredible J.D. Drew steps up, but Mariano K's him with the hardest cutter I've ever seen in my life. Now we're the home team so I know we have a great chance to win. So Freddy Sanchez leads off with a soft liner but keeps on runnin' towards second and makes it! Now we have a really great chance to win. MVP candidate Jason Bay steps up and hits a sharp grounder to the hole, but somehow Furcal speeds to it and scoops it up. It's all up to Gomes, he gets up and when he did he had that look in his eye. Gomes was upset when he came to Pittsburgh because he didn't think they were a playoff team, but now was his chance. He hits a liner over the third baseman's head and Freddy comes flying in. The crowd goes wild and the Pittsburgh Pirates all start puonding on Jonny's head and high five went all around, and now the Pirates have a chance to wrap this up.
So wait, what happens if you win the World Series before you move to Portland? Is there precedent for this?
My real question is: are you going to blow the series? Because I want to know if I should lay money on the Braves... :D
I don't think they are moving to Portland.
I beg to differ...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepGuy63
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Pirates Dream Season Ends in Game 5 Loss
Sorry guys, been on vacation the past week. I'll get this back up in a little bit.
Bud Selig Announces New Team
Pittsburgh is moving to Portland
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October 16, 2007- Four days after Pittsburgh's exit from the playoffs, commissioner Bud Selig and the Pirates organization announced that the team will be moving into a new city for the 2008 season. The move has been kept under wraps by the MLB and the Pirates for the past four years. The team will be moving into Portland with a brand new deluxe stadium that has been under construction for three years. The new expensive stadium answers a lot of questions that people have had concerning the Pirates minimal expenses since 2004.
Pirates fans were shocked after the announcement causing a plethora of life long fans showed up to PNC park to protest the move holding up pictures of past Pirate legends such as Roberto Clemente. One fan seven said. "I feel like my dog got run over in front of me." It defiantly is a sad day in Pittsburgh.
Portland mayor Tom Potter took some time out to talk about the teams move. "I've been a huge baseball fan my whole life and I've known about the move for quite some time now. And seeing this team succeed more and more over the past four years has been great. And this team is going to be great for the city as we've been waiting for another sports team for a while. I'm extremely exited." After that we headed to a press conference which showcased the new logos and jerseys for for the new team. Including the team name, in which they will be called the...
...Portland Skyhawks