Holy cats!

by zagreusmd on Apr 27, 2006 2:05 PM PDT

The Pirates are on a pace to lose 127 games. 127! Wow. That's almost unfathomable.

You've gotta figure that no team can play that badly for an entire season. So which team do you figure will be the worst come October? Judging by team stats, three teams are in the running for the title of worst in baseball: Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and San Diego. Place your bets!

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Who's suckiest?

The Royals. No one sucks like the Royals.

40 votes

The Pirates. 5-18 is no mirage.

5 votes

The Pads. God is still punishing them for those brown McDonald's uniforms.

2 votes

47 votes | Poll has closed

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Where's the option

For the Mariners?!?

;-)

Go M's! Mariners Morsels (aka Free George Sherrill).

by PositivePaul on Apr 27, 2006 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

Grrr

I have no clue why the Pirates are doing so poorly. They're not supposed to be THIS awful a team. It's confusing the hell out of me. I was just at PNC Park for a few games last week, and they lost a bunch of really close games (like 2-1, etc)

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2006 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

They'll pick it up

Their young pitching has been shaky to start the season, but it seems Duke is coming around. Snell and Maholm (if they stay in the rotation) should only get better. At least they've been hitting a bunch of home runs. And, not to say anything good about Sean Casey's frightening injury, but keeping Craig Wilson in the lineup every day will pay dividends.

by david h on Apr 27, 2006 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Except Wilson is playing way over his head...

and they're still losing.

by John Morgan @ Lookout Landing on Apr 27, 2006 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

The Pirates are better than the Royals

The Pirates have talent. They're not too good of a team, but they have studs whose performances should win them more games. The Royals have David DeJesus, some grade C free agent signings, and their best pitcher went nuts and AWOL, in order.

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2006 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Pedantry corner

Greinke didn't go AWOL, he had permission to leave the team.

Go easy on the kid. He's a 22 year old kid with obvious, serious emotional issues, the very least of which was his unwillingness to throw a ball at a target.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2006 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Fair enough

That's the first I've heard about Greinke since his sudden departure. Hopefully he sorts things out and is fine... though, to drift from that topic, the Royals still have far fewer options than the Pirates.

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2006 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions