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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

A Reason to Cheer

It's Ironic that I was sitting in a Quizno's before the game today reading an AP article about Jose Mesa's save ability in an era of the blown save. Yes today was a heartbreaking loss, but before we all go disowning the Pirates again, let's put some things in perspective:

  • Jose Mesa has still converted 93% of his saves, which makes him tops in baseball against anyone with more then 9.


  • The defense has not made an error in the past 39 innings and has made only two in their past 96.


  • The Pirates haven't been blown out in two weeks. Before you say 'so what' consider that before that our blown out percentage was .291.


  • Oliver Perez is going to pitch on Saturday!


  • When was the last time you were overwhelmingly disgusted with bad managing? I mean really disgusted, Ty Wigginton starting a week straight disgusted. Be honest, you can't remember can you?


    • The point is this team has proved that's it's fun to watch. Coming into this season did you expect much more. The Pirates aren't going to win every series they play, but they can stay in every game until it's over, they can fight and scrap and give us a reason to watch everyday, and they are.

    posted by Rory at 10:35 PM |
     
    This is a blog about the Pittsburgh Pirates. My vision: to write about the games at the games.

    Want to email me? Make it out to rory at bleache... you know the rest.