Stlboiler23 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, IUFLA said: Geez, more Red fans here than a Joe McCarthy hearing... Surprised there aren’t more cardinal fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stlboiler23 said: Surprised there aren’t more cardinal fans... Well, we have the Cubs, Reds, and Cards covered in NL Central fandom... I guess we need a rep for the Brewers and Bucs. The Brewers will be kinda tough, because every time I see a game there, they're all wearing Cub's gear...and what are the odds one of the 2 or 3 hundred people that show up at a Pirates game would be posting here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 30 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Geez, more Red fans here than a Joe McCarthy hearing... Not sure there were Many Red fans at the hearings. They had already purged themselves and were once again loyal to the the Red White and Blue and just give a couple name of possible Reds and all is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 The Twins zoom back to a 1/2 game lead over the Indians last night on the back of a Marwin Gonzalez 3 run blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 46 minutes ago, Stlboiler23 said: Surprised there aren’t more cardinal fans... Seems like there were a few years back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: The Twins zoom back to a 1/2 game lead over the Indians last night on the back of a Marwin Gonzalez 3 run blast. Sort of followed the Twins game, they dang near pissed it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Well, we have the Cubs, Reds, and Cards covered in NL Central fandom... I guess we need a rep for the Brewers and Bucs. The Brewers will be kinda tough, because every time I see a game there, they're all wearing Cub's gear...and what are the odds one of the 2 or 3 hundred people that show up at a Pirates game would be posting here? I literally do not know one single Pirate fan...but plenty of Steelers fans. What's up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, rico said: I literally do not know one single Pirate fan...but plenty of Steelers fans. What's up with that? I work with a Pirates fan but he use to live in Pittsburgh. I assume there are more fans of other NFL teams around Indiana because until the Colts moved you had to be fans of other teams. When I was a kid I was a Cowboys fan because they were always on TV and I really liked Roger Staubach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Also we have a Cards fan, a Cubs fan and me a Reds fan but no Brewers fan where I work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 17 minutes ago, rico said: Sort of followed the Twins game, they dang near pissed it away. Yeah, their bullpen is going to be the death of the team. Although, Harper has had a really good year to date. Last night he sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Yeah, their bullpen is going to be the death of the team. Although, Harper has had a really good year to date. Last night he sucked. probably can say that about the majority of the bullpens out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 10 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: Yeah, their bullpen is going to be the death of the team. Although, Harper has had a really good year to date. Last night he sucked. Looks like the Twinkies gave up a couple of unearned runs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, IU Scott said: I work with a Pirates fan but he use to live in Pittsburgh. I assume there are more fans of other NFL teams around Indiana because until the Colts moved you had to be fans of other teams. When I was a kid I was a Cowboys fan because they were always on TV and I really liked Roger Staubach. The Pirates were on TV quite a bit in the 70's, they were pretty dang good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, rico said: The Pirates were on TV quite a bit in the 70's, they were pretty dang good. 79 world series was very good against the Orioles and it seemed like they met the Reds in the playoffs a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, rico said: I literally do not know one single Pirate fan...but plenty of Steelers fans. What's up with that? Bob Prince never stacked up to Myron Cope and Lanny Frattare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, IU Scott said: 79 world series was very good against the Orioles and it seemed like they met the Reds in the playoffs a lot as well. The Pirates were great in the 70's period. The Bucs made the play-offs 6X and faced the Reds in 4 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, rico said: The Pirates were great in the 70's period. The Bucs made the play-offs 6X and faced the Reds in 4 of them. The Lumber Company...I remember them beating the Cubs 22-0 one day at Wrigley. Rennie Stennett was 7-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, IUFLA said: The Lumber Company...I remember them beating the Cubs 22-0 one day at Wrigley. Rennie Stennett was 7-7 A blast from the past. "The Lumber Company" and Rennie Stennett. The Bucs were something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, rico said: A blast from the past. "The Lumber Company" and Rennie Stennett. The Bucs were something else. Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, Bill Matlock, Omar Moreno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, rico said: A blast from the past. "The Lumber Company" and Rennie Stennett. The Bucs were something else. Yes they were...Clemente was the best all around player I ever saw (granted, Willie Mays was on the tail end of his career when I started watching a lot of baseball). The forgotten guy was Sanguillen. Not a steller defender, but boy could he hit. To this day the best "bad ball" hitter I've ever seen. I saw him tomahawk a ball that was even with the bill of his batting helmet onto Waveland Avenue. Those teams could sure fluff up an ERA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, Bill Matlock, Omar Moreno The Pirates just seemed to grow hitters. At one point, they had Dave Cash, Rennie Stennett, and Willie Randolph stacked up at 2nd base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, IUFLA said: The Pirates just seemed to grow hitters. At one point, they had Dave Cash, Rennie Stennett, and Willie Randolph stacked up at 2nd base. Al Oliver is a forgotten man on those Pirate teams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, rico said: Al Oliver is a forgotten man on those Pirate teams... Yep...my favorite Al Oliver quote... "There's no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Joe Maddon on his contract status "It has nothing to do with wins and losses. If that's the case, I would have signed a contract at the end of last season. Our success is pretty good. You can't just reduce it to wins and losses. That makes no sense at all." For what it's worth, there was a report that said Theo was pissed about this comment, but he refuted that... But I think Maddon is whistling past the graveyard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: Joe Maddon on his contract status "It has nothing to do with wins and losses. If that's the case, I would have signed a contract at the end of last season. Our success is pretty good. You can't just reduce it to wins and losses. That makes no sense at all." For what it's worth, there was a report that said Theo was pissed about this comment, but he refuted that... But I think Maddon is whistling past the graveyard... Joe is smart. So is Theo. Both know what's being said and how it plays out in fan world. Theo gets criticized for moves/trades. Joe gets criticized for players not performing. Part of the deal. Not sure who is right or wrong. I think they work perfectly together. Hope it continues....considering it's the greatest Cubs success in our lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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