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Great article Sham. You hit the nail on the head regarding the excitement around the trade deadline this year. The Bucs have a great opportunity to really improve this ball club. Our prospect depth in the outfield is very good, which happens to be our biggest strength on the club. With McCutchen, Polanco and Marte, we can afford to part with some of our better outfield prospects. And if we can get Byrd, making Marte available for a trade, we'll have some great bargaining chips. I can't wait to see what happens!

I think it's too soon to give up on Marte..

Luca Brasi wrote:I think it's too soon to give up on Marte..

I don't necessarily disagree but if it gets them a possible championship this year....

Luca Brasi wrote:I think it's too soon to give up on Marte..

I don't look at it as giving up on Marte, I look at it as making the team better. Wouldn't give them much more though.

I guess it depends on the return. Yes the dudes strike zone awareness is fucked up and he generally seems to have a screw loose upstairs, but I think it's hard to replace his speed, arm and range IMO.

Oddly enough, Snider is actually hitting pretty well right now

To me, they need another good starter, bullpen arm or two and a first baseman. Is Napoli still in Boston? Is he hurt? He would be a good stretch run rental..

Luca Brasi wrote:I guess it depends on the return. Yes the dudes strike zone awareness is fucked up and he generally seems to have a screw loose upstairs, but I think it's hard to replace his speed, arm and range IMO.

Oddly enough, Snider is actually hitting pretty well right now

To me, they need another good starter, bullpen arm or two and a first baseman. Is Napoli still in Boston? Is he hurt? He would be a good stretch run rental..

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to trade Matte. But to get something, you have to give something. (Although Huntington has become very good at getting something for as little as possible.)

I don't want to see Snider in any role other than PHer. He has been about as reliable as you can expect off the bench. We've seen him as (semi) everyday player. Not pretty.

I seriously think they have no intention on addressing 1B. I think they are hoping Ike goes on his usual second half tear.

CMo ain't looking anywhere near worthy of the huge mancrush steel has on him today.

JHay is just un-fucking-real!

Holy Crap!!!! Josh Harrison is the mo-fo-inist man in baseball right now!! 3 - 3 boys!

Got home, turned on the tv, saw we were down 3-1, said FUCK, then watched JHay hit a 2 run shot. Man I love that kid!

And just like that, Charlie loads 'em up and gives up a single. Fuck beans

Man I'd be tempted to pull the plug on CMo right now --- he's sucking majorly, the 'pen is fresh and we should go shopping for another arm by the deadline anyway (yeah, right).

We climbed back in it, now don't let it get away again . . .

Morton is pitching like a bitch today.

You can't hit a guy on an 0-2 count, especially to load the bases. Then he throws a batting practice pitch that gets lined for an RBI single. He's hit 18 batters, twice as many as anyone else in baseball.

Steelcody36 wrote:Morton is pitching like a bitch today.

You can't hit a guy on an 0-2 count, especially to load the bases. Then he throws a batting practice pitch that gets lined for an RBI single. He's hit 18 batters, twice as many as anyone else in baseball.

His unwritten rulebook is more extensive than most.

Jordy going yard!

5-4 Bucs!!!

Wow -- back and forth battlin' Bucs!! Mercer with a 2-run bomb and Pirates lead 5 - 4

Now if CMo issues 1 more walk yank him!!!

HA! Jordy's HR knocked the beer out of some giants fan hands. Now she's all shaken up. Beauty! Jordy hit the giants fans right in their minds!!! They just showed the replay again, her beer EXPLODED!

franco>madden wrote:Wow -- back and forth battlin' Bucs!! Mercer with a 2-run bomb and Pirates lead 5 - 4

Now if CMo issues 1 more walk yank him!!!

This!

We need a shut down inning here. If CMo starts struggling, pull him.

Lincecum just got the hook

1st pitch in the bottom of the 4th, base hit. CMo has given up 8 hits and a couple of walks in 3 innings pitched. We're lucky to have only given up 4 so far.

Charlie ain't got shit today.

Jeanmar Gomez warming up.

1st and 2nd, 1 out. Panda at the plate. CMo looks like dog shit. What could possibly go wrong?

Well we really dodged, er --- Hurdled a bullet there, boys!

Two innings in a row! Whew -- more to come . . .

OH MY FUCKING GOD Did that just really happen?

Pinch-hit Day-dro for Morton here w/ bases loaded??

Trade those two morons if we lose this game.

The delay on MLB.com is killing me --- WTF happened??

Way to have your head in the game there Snider. You dumb fuck!

That's way up on my list of dumbest things I've ever seen.