Comments on: A Couple Of Reasons For Bloody Pirates Fans To Have Faith http://rumbunter.com/2010/08/03/a-couple-of-reasons-for-bloody-pirates-fans-to-have-faith/ A Pittsburgh Pirates Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chaz Bufe http://rumbunter.com/2010/08/03/a-couple-of-reasons-for-bloody-pirates-fans-to-have-faith/#comment-3425 Chaz Bufe Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:50:23 +0000 http://rumbunter.com/?p=13976#comment-3425 Greetings from a Giants fan (to fans of my favorite NL Central team -- I'm sitting here with [literally] an Amazon parrot on my shoulder), There's another reason for optimism not listed: John Bowker. The guy is a huge question mark -- huge power, huge disappointment with the Giants. Stick him out in left field for a full season and he could put up huge numbers, as in 30-35 HRs and 90+ RBIs. He probably won't (I think he's a 4-A player), but given what the Pirates gave up it's a good gamble. Peace (or should that be "Aaaaarrrrh!"?) Chaz P.S. Martinez projects as either a long-relief guy or a #5 starter. He's an innings eater, but don't expect anything south of a 4.5 ERA. Greetings from a Giants fan (to fans of my favorite NL Central team — I’m sitting here with [literally] an Amazon parrot on my shoulder),

There’s another reason for optimism not listed: John Bowker. The guy is a huge question mark — huge power, huge disappointment with the Giants. Stick him out in left field for a full season and he could put up huge numbers, as in 30-35 HRs and 90+ RBIs. He probably won’t (I think he’s a 4-A player), but given what the Pirates gave up it’s a good gamble.

Peace (or should that be “Aaaaarrrrh!”?)
Chaz

P.S. Martinez projects as either a long-relief guy or a #5 starter. He’s an innings eater, but don’t expect anything south of a 4.5 ERA.

]]> By: Carson http://rumbunter.com/2010/08/03/a-couple-of-reasons-for-bloody-pirates-fans-to-have-faith/#comment-3422 Carson Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:55:13 +0000 http://rumbunter.com/?p=13976#comment-3422 The Pirates are currently in the midst of the makeover following the trade deadline and More Hardball examines what that means for their future. Link- http://morehardball.blogspot.com/2010/08/pirates-makeover.html If you like the post, we'd appreciate the plug. Thanks The Pirates are currently in the midst of the makeover following the trade deadline and More Hardball examines what that means for their future.

Link- http://morehardball.blogspot.com/2010/08/pirates-makeover.html

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