michaelf@ism780.UUCP (07/07/84)
#N:ism780:20400012:000:710 ism780!michaelf Jul 5 13:09:00 1984 Those poor Buccos. Maybe they should trade their entire infield for a minor league hitter to be born later. It certainly couldn't hurt. It goes to show you, never trade hitters ( Parker, Easler ) for people who play once every four or five days. Maybe they'll move to Laos or something. They'd certainly draw better and they could probably find someone who could hit for power. I think the Houston Astro's bullpen has more homers than the Pirates. I've been a faithful fan of the Bucs for years ( yes, I'm the one ) but this season has really been trying. There are people with higher batting averages than their winning percentage. Now I know how a Cub fan feels. Any suggestions other than suicide?
david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (07/09/84)
Trading every day players for pitchers is not necessarily bad.
Chicago, for one, has greatly improved their chances by trading some
hitting, of which they had plenty, for some pitching, of which they
were desparately short.
Pittsburgh's problems (here comes the 20-20 hindsight) is their front
office. Last year, the Pirates had the top staff in the league (and
they're still one of the best this year). So what moves do they make
in the off season? Let Parker go via free agency and trade Easler for
Tudor, i.e. get even more pitching and lose gobs of hitting. Is this
sanity? Is it any surprise that their offense has collapsed? Are these
rhetorical questions?
David Rubin
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