Comments on: Oh the Huge Manatee! Only the Pittsburgh Pirates could lose to a Community College.

By: Spike Rogan

Spike Rogan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:47:21 +0000

All I have to say is Marky Mark spends too much time with that FUNKY BUNCH!

David Letterman has taken over my soul.

By: The Modernish Father » The Linkage for Apr. 5th

The Modernish Father » The Linkage for Apr. 5th — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:01:48 +0000

[...] Pittsburgh Pirates reach a new level of futilityIf you think the Pirates were going to finally turn things around this year after 16 consecutive losing seasons, think again – a team loaded with the Pirates’ top prospects lost to Manatee Community College by a score of 6-4.Tags: baseball pirates funny [...]

By: Walt

Walt — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:27:39 +0000

MarkyMark is well known on Pittsburgh sports boards as a complete dickhead.

By: Chumworth on the News – Twitter Updates for 2009-04-04

Chumworth on the News – Twitter Updates for 2009-04-04 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:01:16 +0000

[...] baseball team lost to a community college. when do the steelers open training camp? http://homerderby.com/archives/4075 [...]

By: tas

tas — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:16:08 +0000

I had to check the date on this post to make sure it wasn’t an April Fools joke.

The most surprising thing here, though, is not that Pirates prospects can’t beat a comm college team — but that Pittsburgh actually has enough fans to troll baseball blogs.

By: feralboy

feralboy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:48:42 +0000

It’s called sarcasm. Look it up.
Richie Rich? I thought you died and turned into Casper The Friendly Ghost.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:12:28 +0000

Dave’s right. Anybody who thought these shirts represented legitimate “trash-talking” directed at Manatee needs to turn up their sarcasm detector a bit.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:50:45 +0000

I love all these posts. Do they not have irony where you live? Do you really think the shirts are meant to mock the community college? It’s a joke! It’s funny because the Pirates are so beaten down that being 10-0 against a community college is their claim to fame. It’s a fake rivalry! I can’t believe this is even getting attention on ESPN, as if Pirates fans are actually taunting a community college. It astounds me that people are too busy being offended and full of themselves to figure out the joke.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:08:58 +0000

How can you compare a t-shirt mocking a Community College to the Rays shirt that touted their season AGAINST OTHER MLB TEAMS? Are you joking? You want to pummel your team, fine. But don’t hate the Rays casue they figured out how to win. And are built to last. Post season shirts are a rallying cry. Of course, I guess you’d have no real reason to know that. Have you ever seen one?

And this loss is a Who cares? moment in the grand scheme. You think the Pirates went all out? The Pirates had nothing to gain by winning this game. The CC, well, it made their season for goodness sakes.

I guess you would’ve been yelling just as loud if they had gone all out to win, saying things like “of course they won, how could they only win by # runs? We suck again!” Much easier and more fun to be negative though, right?

Enjoy your season…if you remember how.

By: Gary B

Gary B — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:06:10 +0000

The Pirates haven’t earned our support.They are without question one of the worst run teams in all of sports. The current owners give lip service to improving the product while lining their pockets with luxary tax money from teams like the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox. They don’t deserve one more dime of my money until they show they deserve it.

What a waste of a great ball park. When I think of all those great teams of the 70’s and early 90’s that had to play their ball in cookie cutter Three Rivers while this group of mutts plays in maybe the best venue in the league it makes me come close to crying.