buckbuster11 Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Just remember, before any of you think about complaining about your baseball team....just think about me and my fellow Pittsburghers and the kind of crap like this that we have to put up with. From ESPN....... The Giants' brass was sitting around its suite Tuesday morning, bemoaning the fact that it had no decent deals cooking whatsoever. And then, out of the blue, it happened. The Pirates called. And wanted Matt Morris. His 7.94 ERA since mid-June? Not a problem. That $9.5 million he's owed next year (not counting his $1 million 2009 buyout)? Not a problem. And so they swooped in and finished off a deal for Morris minutes before the deadline -- for a legit prospect (Rajai Davis), a second prospect to be chosen from an agreed-upon list and absolutely zero money changing hands. Well, it didn't take long. For the next two hours, after people around baseball learned of this deal, they couldn't stop calling, e-mailing and texting reactions that could probably be summed up with three succinct words: WHAT THE BX!GRZFDQ!!!!! Don't get us wrong here. We love Matt Morris. Terrific guy. Has had a wonderful career. Should be a fine mentor to those young Pirates starters. But the Giants were just about begging teams to take Morris and offering to chomp big chunks of his money if they had to. Then this team going nowhere dropped out of the sky and took the man and the money. What a country. "That move," said one incredulous front-office man, "is so far out of left field, it's in the Monongahela." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Thats was a great move for your Pirates.......:rolleyes::rolleyes: They really thought that one through. They must have lots of extra money to give to old washed up players...:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkinslinger Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 That is why we will never be more than a crap team ...stupid ..stupid..stupid!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 They definitely gave too much for him. But I like Matt. He's a solid pitcher. If he can control his walks he'll be OK. I am glad to see him gone from the Giants. He seemed to own the Dodgers. I saw a stat somewhere that he leads the league in complete games and he's up there in innings pitched. If the Pirates have a young pitching staff..he should be a good teacher as well as save some arms in the bullpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Kev makes some good points about the mentorship quality he'll bring...but still, this was a weird deal. I wanted the Tribe to trade for Demaso Marte, he would have been a good lefthander for our terrible pen that lost another game for us last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted August 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Marte is lights out, but I doubt you guys had anything you wanted to give up for him. I'm sure our DB GM was asking for the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 There's an old saying that sez "When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging".............unless you're Pirate's front office. I'm having a hard time seeing where plunking 1/5 of your entire team payroll into a 33 year old guy whose had shoulder surgery. Maybe the mentorship qualities in Morris can compensate for the lack of anything that resembles a manager on the team. But, hey...........the Buccos have won two in a row, now!! They're definitely on the road to being serious contenders now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkinslinger Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Bonds! I have a sick feeling that Bonds will tie and break the record next week against the Pirates. I sure hope we are not going to be his whippin' boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 I sure hope we are not going to be his whippin' boy! We're everybody else's. Why not Barry, too?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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