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I got bored of the Twins. Let's bring back the Pirates.

Roster: 2008
Agents: You can represent two players.
Play/Sim: I'll play one game a series, mostly.
Settings: Batting/Pitching/Fielding/Running, Expert.

BrewersFuzz: Duke and Bay
lanceberkman: Nady and Nomo
maccrash21: Teixiera and Hamels

Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

LINEUP

F. Sanchez
J. Wilson
Nady
Ad. LaRoche
Bay
J.Bautista
McLouth
(Mientkiewicz-DH)
R. Paulino
(Pitcher)

BENCH

Doumit
Rivas
C.Gomez
Morgan
Duffy

PITCHERS

Maholm
Snell
Gorzelanny
Duke
Nomo
Van Benschoten

Dumatrait

Yates

Grabow

D.Marte
Capps

AAA

Osoria
Meek
G.Matsui
G.Bennett
Bixler
G.Speier
G.Suzuki

Zach Duke(right?) and Jason Bay please.

Nady and Nomo.

Listen to "I Came To Play" by Downstait, the OFFICIAL song of the Pittsburgh Pirates!

OPENING DAY 2008: PIRATES (Maholm, 0-0) @ BRAVES (Glavine, 0-0)

Maholm Gives Up 9, Paulino Hurt As Pirates Lose By 10

ATLANTA-Paul Maholm gave up 6 runs in the first inning as a prelude to the awful day ahead, with a poor showing from the Pirates on Opening Day. The Pirates scored three runs in the fifth inning, but that would be their only tallies of the game. Tom Glavine pitched a complete game and got the win. Ronnie Paulino hurt himself after running into a wall, but will not miss playing time. After Doumit was used as a pinch hitter in the seventh, Doug Mientkievicz played catcher for the bottom of the eighth, and did a notably good job.

F: 13-3 ATL
W: Glavine (1-0)
L: Maholm (0-1)
HR: K.Johnson (1)

April 10, 2008: PIRATES (3-5) vs. CUBS (5-3)

Gorzelanny, Marte, Capps Shut Down Cubbies

PITTSBURGH--The Pirates shut out the Cubs today, despite allowing 11 hits. in the low-scoring contest, Jason Bay sent a ringing double to left-center in the fourth that would prove to be the decisive score. The Bucs start their series with the Reds tomorrow.

F: 3-0 PIT
W: Gorzelanny (2-0)
S: Capps (1)
L: Lieber (1-1)

Since we're not doing so hot, I'm going to sim up to the draft.

DRAFT RESULTS

Michael Grimm
19 Years Old
Shortstop, #72
Bat/Thrw R/R
TRJ: 2
CON: E (7)
PWR: E (86)
RUN SPD: D (8)
ARM STR: D (8)
FLD: D (9)
E RES: E (6)
Durability 4
Error Prone
Level: AAA

Jon Scobie
19 Years Old
Pitcher, #97
Bat/Thrw L/L
TOP SPD: 85 mph
CTRL: E (117)
STAM: C (100)
CUT: 3
CB: 3
FORK: 2
Level: MLB

Well, I simmed the whole season, because we pretty much lost.

Zach Duke was our All-Star representative. The NL lost, 16-11. Guess we'll have to try again next year.

The Brewers won the NL Central by a landslide. We finished the season behind 11 games and in fifth place.

The Mets beat the White Sox in the World Series, 4 games to 1.

Despite our awful season, Zach Duke won the Cy Young award. Ronnie Paulino won a Gold Glove behind the plate.

Pirates Offseason in Review

Acquisitions:

O.Hudson
Teixeira (Converted to 3B)
Eckstein
Hamels
Saarloos

Losses:

J.Bautista

Wow, nice signings. With Hudson, Wilson, and Teixeira in the infield, you'll have excellent defense. Where does Sanchez play though?

Short. Eckstein is a backup. I'll probably convert him to CF.

Cool, they look like a lot better team now.

I'll take Teixiera and Hamels.

This is looking to be an awesome season up ahead.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES 2009 ROSTER

ROTATION

Maholm
Hamels
Snell
Duke
Gorzelanny

BULLPEN

LR: Scobie
MR: Capps
MR: Osoria
SL: Grabow
SU: Saarloos
SU: D. Marte
CL: Yates

LINEUP

2B: O. Hudson
LF: Bay
SS: J. Wilson
3B: Teixeira
RF: Nady
(DH: F. Sanchez)
1B: Ad. LaRoche
CF: Eckstein
C: Mientkiewicz
(PITCHER)

BENCH

C: R. Paulino
IF: C. Gomez
CF: Duffy
OF: McLouth

AAA

Dumatrait
Van Benschoten
K. Snyder
Meek
G. Matsui
G. Bennet
Nomo
Fer. Hernandez
Doumit
Rivas
Bixler
Grimm
G. Speier
Morgan
G. Suzuki