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July 30, 2013
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Pirates alone in 1st?????
posted by Debo270 at 09:11 PM on July 30, 2013
Pirates alone in 1st?????
2011: Pirates alone in 1st on July 25th, finished 72-90 and 4th in the NL Central, 24 games back.
2012: Pirates alone in 1st on July 18th, finished 79-83 and 4th in the NL Central, 18 games back.
2013: Pirates alone in 1st on July 30th,....
You'll pardon me if I don't get excited just yet.
posted by grum@work at 09:40 PM on July 30, 2013
How do collapses like that happen? Pitching arms give out?
posted by NoMich at 07:34 AM on July 31, 2013
The usual: keel-haulings, careening onto shore, termites from wooden legs infesting the bat rack, bitter parrots giving away your signs.
posted by yerfatma at 09:22 AM on July 31, 2013
Or a homing pigeon released in St. Louis flies in and shits on the statue of Stargell.
posted by beaverboard at 10:16 AM on July 31, 2013
The usual: keel-haulings, careening onto shore, termites from wooden legs infesting the bat rack, bitter parrots giving away your signs.
Don't forget scurvy.
posted by holden at 12:18 PM on July 31, 2013
The usual: keel-haulings, careening onto shore, termites from wooden legs infesting the bat rack, bitter parrots giving away your signs.
Also please include the warning: "Floggings with the Cat-O'-Nine-Tails will continue until the standings are restored to a normal condition."
aaaaarrrrrgggghhh, matey
posted by Howard_T at 03:58 PM on July 31, 2013
[Straw man alert] Next time The Guardian goes off about certain foreign owners treating clubs as a profit center, remember this: