Rum Bunter » Carlos Zambrano http://rumbunter.com A Pittsburgh Pirates Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 15:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Derrek Lee: Proving Pricey Doesn’t Always Mean Good http://rumbunter.com/2010/11/29/derrek-lee-proving-pricey-doesnt-always-mean-good/ http://rumbunter.com/2010/11/29/derrek-lee-proving-pricey-doesnt-always-mean-good/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:39:27 +0000 Tom Smith http://rumbunter.com/?p=17968

Derrek Lee was a monster for the Cubs, but writer Kurt Evans warns Pirates fans to think twice.

[Posted by KURT EVANS:]  The off-season (more…)

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Carlos Zambrano is back on the bump for the Chicago Cubs.  Is there any doubt he is the most entertaining pitcher for Pirates fans?  We haven’t seen a pitcher drive a fan base more crazy in a long time.   He has pitched well since returning from his meltdown, so well in fact that he is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA. 

Pirates fans can expect to see the always putrid defensive play  (more…)

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The Pirates have played very well in Chicago this season. Picture taken May 14 by RumBunter.com

The Pittsburgh Pirates are not a great baseball team right now.   However, the team shows some serious ability especially when a rookie takes on that stud filled lineup and puts up seven zeroes on the manual scoreboard in Wrigley.  Each day there are several things that make me proud as hell to be a Pirates fan.  Sure we poke some fun at the Bucs, but everyone at RumBunter feels rather good about where the club is headed.

The Chicago Cubs are everything I don’t want to see in a baseball organization.  It’s a fly infested wasteland of $146 million dollars tied into seemingly dead-end contracts.  Only the Yankees and Red Sox have invested more.  Do you think the Cubs have enough players who give them anything but a glimmer of hope in providing this team with an opportunity at the post season?

After watching the Pirates Brad Lincoln pitch a solid game yesterday as the Pirates won 2-0, it says here, there is no possible way Chicago comes close to postseason play.  They are a disaster. 

Lincoln put the Pirates on his back by allowing just four hits and then the Pirates rookie waited patiently until Garrett Jones and the Pirates offense could scrap a few runs together for another victory over the Cubs. 

The Cubs offense is horrendous.  For a team built to hit home runs, they struggle to get base hits.  Especially against the Pirates.  And the Bucs pitching staff has been awful and pretty awful all season.  

But take a quick look at the Cubs, seriously, the Cubs manager Lou Piniella (more…)

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