OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: New season of plundering begins

[Fiji Water]

Ball 8...Ball 12....

 

[sovietsanta87]

Managers don’t make a difference in games.

Also, how many walks are we going to allow

 

[JakeNBake59]

gee 12 straight balls yikes
finally get offence and its just given up without really making them work for it

 

[Fiji Water]

This is literally straight out of Major League

 

[TNT87]

Shelton is such a clown.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Shelton is a joke.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It seems like Shelton is absolutely obsessed with having 1 dogshit reliever who throws hard but can't hit the strike zone to save his life. Last year it was Selby, this year it's Nicolas.

Now they're in line to blow a 6-1 lead because Shelton's idiocy with putting a shitty reliever in a high leverage situation.

Okay I'm turning off this game. Absolutely disgusting implosion.

I don't even care if they win, it's an absolutely embarrassing show.

 

[Fiji Water]

Lol, what's the record for most consecutive balls

 

[WickedWrister]

Holy shit these walks

 

[Fiji Water]

Welcome to the Pirates Skenes!

 

[sovietsanta87]

fans chanting “fire Shelton” lmao.

Bad news, folks. Bob already got your money.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think this game alone is enough to make me want Shelton fired

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Can we be negative now? This team isn't sniffing 80 wins.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lol the Pirates blow a 6-1 lead and then it immediately goes to a rain delay

Good lord.

 

[WickedWrister]

Pain

 

[sovietsanta87]

Cubs moneyline was +650 when Skenes came out of the game. Ask me how I know

 

[JakeNBake59]

unbelievable but not with this team

 

[Fiji Water]

This inning encapsulates the last 30 yrs of Pirates baseball perfectly, lol. 5 run lead blown, 4 consecutive walks, debut of your best prospect maybe ever ruined, and the final run being scored with 2 out and 2 strikes right before the game becomes official. Again, lol

 

[sovietsanta87]

I think this game alone is enough to make me want Shelton fired

I’m being irrational right now but this game makes me want to see the team leave town.

 

[MrBrightside]

My God they've even lost Empoleon. It really is bad.

 

[Rave7215]

I’m being irrational right now but this game makes me want to see the team leave town.

Give it a few years when PNC Park's lease is up.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

fans chanting “fire Shelton” lmao.

Bad news, folks. Bob already got your money.

"We don't do that here".

That's a cool way to blow a 5 run lead.

 

[Empoleon8771]

There's a lot of stuff to be thrown around about this team, but I'm just still completely flabbergast that Shelton left Nicolas out there for as long as he did. I think it was stupid to put him in to begin with, but how could Shelton justify leaving him in for a hit batter followed by 3 walks without getting a strike?

Who knows if Fleming would have gotten out of it had he come in a batter or two earlier, but it's so frustrating to see Shelton in love with these dogshit hard throwing relievers that can't hit the strike zone at all.

My God they've even lost Empoleon. It really is bad.

It takes a special brand of stupidity for me to really blow up on this team. Shelton liking guys like Nicolas and Selby is one of those things.

Those guys with like 30 rated control shouldn't be in any MLB caliber bullpen.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

There are no words. The one game to enjoy amidst a dumpster fire of misery and it turns into that.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Meh.

Skenes looked like that today.