It's Opening Day! Playoffs? Playoffs!!!
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
All right, here we go.
What are the expectations for the Pirates this season?
What are your expectations for this team on the field? I don't want to, you know, say, I mean, we want to win the division. We want to make the playoffs. That's it.
How did the Pirates perform in the opening game?
How we do that, who knows whether we win, you know. I don't want to, you know, put a number of games out there because that's just putting a ceiling on us. We've got to go out there and play well every day.
Here's the pitch, swing, fly ball, deep right field. Gritchick back, looking up, there it goes!
What stands out about the Pirates' lineup this year?
Home run! O'Neal throws! Pirates lead it 2-0. Here's Henry Davis batting for the first time. He swings and sends one out to deep left field.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Pirates' pitching staff?
And on the first pitch he sees, he hits a long home run to left field. Henry Davis with a two-run homer. His second of the year and the Pirates finally on the board in this series. 1-0 is hit high in the air and deep right field and Horwitz a lead off home run. What a game so far here.
How does the Pirates' lineup compare to previous seasons?
Fourth inning and now Reynolds. This ball to center field. Robert back to the track. Approaching the wall. Clear the deck.
What are the key players to watch in this season?
Cannonball coming. Anchor down. The Major League home run leader. That's five. Gives the Bucs the lead.
What challenges does the Pirates' defense face this season?
Swing and a miss. He struck him out. 100 miles an hour. 11 strikeouts for Skeets. Six innings of no-hit baseball in his first career start on the road.
Hey, buckles go all the way. Go to the low part, Bob.
I'll go high.
That's what you did.
You're supposed to go low. I don't know the lyrics.
What?
What? What? The buckos go all the way. Just head on out and see the buckos today.
The buckos today. Open it up at Citi Field.
Just head on out and see the buckos today.
Freddy Peralta. 115. The coverage here on the fan begins at 1215.
With the North Shore Tavern lead-out show. Oh, Bob.
Here we go. Another start to another season, and this one's going to be much different, I think, than previous ones.
Man, I sure hope so. I've been getting ready for pirate seasons. Well, I was going to say eagerly. Used to be eagerly as a kid, Bob. We had no team where I grew up, so I adopted the 71 Pirates. And that's how many baseball seasons ago? 54? 53 baseball seasons ago? There have been some, many, over these last 40 years where I barely notice. But this year, there's real hope. There's real hope. And I hope that when Steeler season starts, we're still making room in the show. Oh, limitless wonder for pirate lineups. Why did they use that guy out of the bullpen last night? Baseball conversation, Bob. I just want this to last a little while this year. I just want it to last past the beginning of minicamp, for God's sakes.
Into training camp and even into the season. To quote the great Neil Huntington, I just want to play meaningful games in September. Please. And I think they will.
Do you? Yes, I do. And how are you? I'm good. Beautiful day to start. Nice day to go out and do anything, walk, golf, run, and watch pirate baseball too. I think last year was 12-26, and that just immediately took them out of contention a lot earlier than even they normally get eliminated. But this year, I think it is going to be a different story. I do. And you're right. You want to have like this is 162 games, which means every day there's something fresh and new to talk about, something fresh and new to debate. And especially if they're in it, you could pay attention to everything that's going on in the division. When they fall out of it so quickly, it often becomes, you know, back page stuff. We don't pay that much attention generally.
And that's the thing I want to change. And Ben, can you imagine in October if there is baseball over at PNC Park and Paul Skeens is on the mound on a beautiful night?
That's what I want to see, Bob. Yeah, I would want to see that too. We're not asking for too much, I don't think. It shouldn't be that hard to build around this guy when you've had – premium draft picks for all these years and more money to spend than you've spent and at least you finally spent the little at least you finally cracked the 100 million dollar mark i'm at 86 bob's at 85 after that song you up to 87 bob or still at 85 it was off beat so i'm going backwards 84 limits how about you i'm at 85 wins fellas 85 and 77 feeling optimistic that that will get them
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:05
2
What are the expectations for the Pirates this season?
0:05–0:14
3
How did the Pirates perform in the opening game?
0:14–0:33
4
What stands out about the Pirates' lineup this year?
0:33–0:42
5
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Pirates' pitching staff?
0:42–1:09
6
How does the Pirates' lineup compare to previous seasons?
1:09–1:18
7
What are the key players to watch in this season?
1:18–1:29
8
What challenges does the Pirates' defense face this season?
1:29–37:04
Speakers
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