The Pirates were right to trade Hayes. And they were right to trade Priester too.

I can't believe I get to watch Sidney Crosby in the playoffs again.

You can inject this directly into my Pirates-loving veins.

Aged poorly half of fame. I still like you though.

Y'all, Joe Block's radio call of the second inning of this Pirates game was PHENOMENAL. The amount of joy in his voice legitimately made me tear up a little.

I didn't realize you could age out of the Hyatt?

🖌️🎨

I don't understand how the Netflix MLB scorebug is simultaneously so large yet every individual component is way too small.

The Pirates are now 40-40 since the beginning of June. Which is . . .weird.

Imagine how good the Pirates could be if they had anybody who could hit.

Jenn Pawol sighting in Charlotte!

The Misery Index thinks Steelers fans should be more miserable than Bengals fans. Lol.

Why are Andrew Heaney and Tommy Pham still Pirates?

Ben Cherington is a terrible GM who should have been fired a long time ago. Despite that, I approach each move he makes with cautious optimism simply because that's what being a fan is. If I'm fully convinced in my heart that it will all turn to shit, then I should simply stop following the team.

Don't look now, but Tommy Pham has the third highest position player bWAR on the Pirates.

Every team in the top 15 that is not currently in a playoff spot is within 4 games of one. Except the Pirates, who are 13 games out. A uniquely horrible season for my Bucs.

If you didn't love that swing-off or would have preferred an undefined amount of extra innings, I think you might just hate fun.

Aw man, I wanted to see Pete go.

Oneil Cruz has just hit a 488-foot nuke in the Home Run Derby. Paul Skenes is starting the All-Star Game for the second year in a row. The Pirates are allowing the fewest runs per game in the National League. The team is 39-58 and every fan of the franchise is ready to stop watching baseball

If a player gets suspended or banned for gambling, the league should be required to publicly announce which betting app they were using. Let's associate actual names with the disastrous consequences they produce.

If these are the options, I'm driving to a different gas station.

Tommy John

Fucking finally.

Once again, why is Tanner Rainey on this team?

The Pirates are living proof that small ball is no substitute for talent.

Interesting.

Why the fuck is Tanner Rainey on this team?

Free Paul Skenes

Listening to two Jewish dudes talk about the odds of the Pope throwing the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game might be my ultimate "How can you not be romantic about baseball?" moment.

The Pirates are on an L7, have been swept back to back, and somehow went up two spots on the ESPN power rankings. Let's be honest: This team is better than the Rockies and White Sox, and nobody else.

Your 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates are on pace to lose 110 games. That would be the third most losses in the entire history of the franchise, and the most since 1952. And Paul Skenes is on this team.

Your Pittsburgh Pirates were 17-19 after 36 games last season. Not good by any means, but close enough to hope. This year they are 12-24. This is a failure that goes beyond merely having a cheap owner.

They don't serve food, they serve "bites."

Brutal, depressing read and not a word of it is wrong.

@jonbois.bsky.social playin' the crossword

Andrew Heaney for Cy Young campaign officially starts now.

Drake Batherson wtf are you doing

More proof the Braves are ontologically evil.

Lol at this Apple TV broadcast. "Just like how PNC Park is full of tributes to Roberto Clemente, the Reds have a bunch of tributes to Pete Rose." Yeah, those two guys are equivalent.

We need to contract the NL Central.

I have never been more disappointed by expanding a notification.

If you actually believe the Pirates lost money last year, just wait til you see what's going to happen when they're already 1-6 going into their home opener.

My Immaculate Grid today is an homage to many years of Pittsburgh Pirates excellence.

STOP THE COUNT!

Brownie sounds more excited by that home run steal than by anything the Pirates have done today.

Apparently the directive from ownership for today's game was to hype up Bae in the outfield as much as possible.

We should trade Skenes, he deserves to be on a team that cares.

I can already tell this Pirates season is going to be very bad for my mental health.