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Sun Apr 05, 2026 11:14 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU

Should we start game threads again? JL58 raising the Jolly Roger?

Yes!! Let's do it!! Not sure Jack is up for it though

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!! 9 years 140 million, Konnor Griffin!! Signed!! Yeah baby!! NOW they are getting serious!! Lets go, Bucs!!

https://www.mlb.com/news/konnor-griffin ... -extension

How about those Bucs???? Big difference from last year! Loving Lowe, looks like a great teammate! Rhino looks great! Oz not so much and may end up being our Achilles heel. Great starts by Mitch and Carmen and bullpen looks great early going! Santana and Soto, sure, but Mason Montgomery came into a f...

Maz and Danny. Thanks, man. Really appreciate this. I'm living here for a while.

So sad to hear the news about the great Bill Mazeroski. Nothing really to add to the sentiments expressed on this thread here except: 1. Maz was arguably the greatest defensive second baseman in the history of MLB. All-around, he's not even close to Rogers Hornsby, Joe Morgan, Charlie Gehringer, Ja...

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Sat Feb 21, 2026 9:23 pm

Never underestimate the power of the green weenie!

Definitely!

Man right now wish we could all get together, have some beers, and shoot the shit, about Maz, Wagner, Face. Lost a lot of good men. Lot of good men.

Good read, thanks. Most I knew of but nice to see a lot of it in one place. Shit man, it has been a hell of a few days here. Maz was a legend and always will be. Greatest defensive 2nd baseman who ever played. RIP Maz.

I am numb. Just too many now. Not Maz. Greatest home run ever hit in a World Series. Greatest defensive 2nd baseman all time. No one could turn a double play like Maz. And don't even try to take him out. Spikes? No way. Not going anywhere and the back runner is out by a mile. RIP, Maz. Great ballpla...

To paraphrase Vincent Laguardia Gambini: Everything about this is complete bullshit.

Oh no. 😞 Mike Wagner, RIP. Another member of the legendary Steel Curtain has passed. Mike will never go to a Hall of Fame, but in my book he was an essential member of the 1970s dynasty. The captain of the secondary during his tenure, Mike was always in the right position to make plays. Some of the ...

Hey folks, pitchers and catchers reported this week, so it is time to kick off a seasonal thread. And, who knows, if the Bucs catch fire, interest may pick up! They had probably the best off-season [and it isn't quite done, perhaps] since those "glory" days a decade or more ago. Picked up some guys ...

Love them both. Both helped us win games and championships. I preferred life when we heard less from these guys. I look at Ben like this. And I take it from a quote by Mean Joe about Franco: "Before Franco, we didn't win any Super Bowls, and we didn't win any after Franco". For Ben, we would have ne...

RIP Baron of the Bullpen. I loved Teke and Giusti but Elroy Face was THE MAN when it came to relief pitching. He turned it into something it never really was like before. Thank you for the really nice tribute post here. Also thanks for the reminder of who is still among us from that 1960 World Serie...

Lol. Swiss is all over the place. Let's be clear what Swiss said...emphatically. I DID say he would be coaching the Steelers next year. That turned out to be incorrect. Where I will be correct, and reference to where you're quoting me, which I posted AFTER he stepped down, is that he would not be c...

It does feel a bit overboard. But does seem to follow trends I have noticed here over the past 10 years or so. I don't really see it as a huge cause for celebration, even though it was a few years past time. Dan would have pulled the trigger about 5-ish years ago, would have gone down the same way a...

Maybe. It may depend on who they hire. They will give any new hire a lot of space and latitude to make their mark, to put their imprint on the team. It will depend on who they get really. It will require a change of culture on several levels, not quite to the extent needed in 1969, but many things n...

I stayed a Tomlin fan longer than most. He didn't lose me until that day in New Orleans where Ben and Brown couldn't be stopped... ...and then Mike Tomlin thought he'd be able to turtle away an entire quarter of football with just a four point lead. His numerous mistakes before then had shaken my f...

Good question, I think he is definitely welcomed back. Whatever we on this message board may happen to think about how it came about, fact is he went to 2 SBs, won one of them, he was the head coach, and the vast majority of fans will just assess it on that surface basis, especially over time. And e...

The only thing that will make me happier is if it leaks out that art II was suggesting behind the scenes that Tomlin step away, like Dan did with Noll, and like when Art challenged Cowher after 2004. That would show there's something still going on upstairs in Art's brain. I think that is honestly ...

Saw that. Yeah, coaches were getting fired left and right 21 years ago. 31 years ago. Not sure what he was smoking there.

Also. I kind of agreed with Gonzo's take on the chest thumping and kiss blowing stuff. It is unprofessional and not what I prefer to see from my head coach, but whatever, feeling good after a win, I get it. But the more I look at it, the more I see it as a F U to the fans. Ok everyone has the right ...

Seasons with a playoff win: DeMeco Ryans: 3 in 3 years Mike Tomlin: 4 in 19 years But mike has a SB Ben and Lebeau got a SB. Tomlin was along for the ride. I didn't used to think that. I used to think it was like Chuck Noll or Tom Landry. Get a bit complacent, message gets stale, game passes you by...

Good write up, Swiss. I loved the way this season unfolded down the stretch like I haven't seen in a while from them, and that, combined with Rodgers, gave me hope it might be different. But nah. Even though the score was close in the 4th Q, they were never in it. Felt the same as if they were down ...

Good stuff, TB. I knew you weren't really about all that losing stuff, but I did understand where it was coming from. Genuine desire to want to see this team be what it was for about 50 years since 1970, instead of the playoff joke we have become in most recent years. I never wanted to live long eno...

Thank you for posting the game thread. Enjoying this game with my Dad who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year. Normally. I'd want us to lose in hilariously bad fucking fashion and for Tomlin to finally be fired. I want Pops to see another SB win - he's seen every one so far. Let's win the ...

Would of been in the house for tonight's game... but Whirlwind weeks and a half or so. New Years. Then my son got married on the 2nd. My father took I'll and fell on Teusday... Hit head, ribs, hip and knees... 9 hours in ER thru the night... Turned out the flue and double pneumonia were the real cu...

Let's fucking go!!! Ride the arm of ARod! Who ride???

Sad news today. Our great early 70s closer has passed. Loved Dave, though I cussed him out mercilessly in the 9th inning of game 5 of the 72 NLCS. God bless you, Paisano, and your family and friends. Dave Giusti, a World Series champion with the Pittsburgh Pirates and a relief pitcher who revolution...

100% Swiss!

Also, O Line has to play above the line in both pass pro and run game. TEs need worked in as much as possible. We need good, explosive runs from both Jaylen and Kenny G.

D needs to run stop, force CJ into pass situations, and bring the hounds.

Here we go!