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Stacy Kengal

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:26 am
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Some recent comments here on the recent trades...

"The final deal is worse than that one. Kontos and Coke, two guys with
at least a chance to be good major league pitchers, are gone. They are
replaced by fringe pitcher Jeff Karstens who probably will never be
more than that, and good prospect Dan McCutchen."

"Karstens is, like Ohlendorf, probably filler at best."

If Karstens is "filler" and "fringe", the Pirates will take a whole staff of
filler and fringe!

So far: 2-0, 15 innings, 0 ER and a near perfect game yesterday!

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GraveDigger

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:39 am
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Yep, Karstens appears to be the real thing. Have you noticed that NO ONE
else on the pitching staff has done a thing since he arrived? He's the one
and only pitcher on the staff.


"Stacy Kengal" <osled.DeleteThis@lycos.com> wrote in message
news:8Z6dnXQALZRaRgfVnZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@comcast.com...
> Some recent comments here on the recent trades...
>
> "The final deal is worse than that one. Kontos and Coke, two guys with
> at least a chance to be good major league pitchers, are gone. They are
> replaced by fringe pitcher Jeff Karstens who probably will never be
> more than that, and good prospect Dan McCutchen."
>
> "Karstens is, like Ohlendorf, probably filler at best."
>
> If Karstens is "filler" and "fringe", the Pirates will take a whole staff
> of filler and fringe!
>
> So far: 2-0, 15 innings, 0 ER and a near perfect game yesterday!
>

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Stacy Kengal

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:23 pm
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Well, to be fair, it is quite a small sample and Karstens might turn out to
be a dud yet. I mean, look at the Pirates' current staff of starters? All
showed flashes of brilliance early on, and now? All show the slow burn of
mediocrity. Maholm's the only one that you could say has had a decent year
so far. Still, I bet the Yankees are grinding their teeth right now, and
that's satisfying. Even though Nady's a good pick-up, they need starting
pitching more than anything.

"GraveDigger" <Anon RemoveThis @Anon.net> wrote in message
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> Yep, Karstens appears to be the real thing. Have you noticed that NO ONE
> else on the pitching staff has done a thing since he arrived? He's the one
> and only pitcher on the staff.
>
>
> "Stacy Kengal" <osled RemoveThis @lycos.com> wrote in message
> news:8Z6dnXQALZRaRgfVnZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Some recent comments here on the recent trades...
>>
>> "The final deal is worse than that one. Kontos and Coke, two guys with
>> at least a chance to be good major league pitchers, are gone. They are
>> replaced by fringe pitcher Jeff Karstens who probably will never be
>> more than that, and good prospect Dan McCutchen."
>>
>> "Karstens is, like Ohlendorf, probably filler at best."
>>
>> If Karstens is "filler" and "fringe", the Pirates will take a whole staff
>> of filler and fringe!
>>
>> So far: 2-0, 15 innings, 0 ER and a near perfect game yesterday!
>>
>
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GraveDigger

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:22 pm
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Maholm is 50-50. What this team needs is an owner that doesn't want to only
spend revenue sharing money on salaries. Nutting must go if this team ever
wants a winning season. He's just BAD for BASEBALL!


"Stacy Kengal" <osled DeleteThis @lycos.com> wrote in message
news:rsednfMsyNQj6AbVnZ2dnUVZ_rLinZ2d@comcast.com...
> Well, to be fair, it is quite a small sample and Karstens might turn out
> to be a dud yet. I mean, look at the Pirates' current staff of starters?
> All showed flashes of brilliance early on, and now? All show the slow burn
> of mediocrity. Maholm's the only one that you could say has had a decent
> year so far. Still, I bet the Yankees are grinding their teeth right now,
> and that's satisfying. Even though Nady's a good pick-up, they need
> starting pitching more than anything.
>
> "GraveDigger" <Anon DeleteThis @Anon.net> wrote in message
> news:w8Bmk.7463$cn7.1680@flpi145.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> Yep, Karstens appears to be the real thing. Have you noticed that NO ONE
>> else on the pitching staff has done a thing since he arrived? He's the
>> one and only pitcher on the staff.
>>
>>
>> "Stacy Kengal" <osled DeleteThis @lycos.com> wrote in message
>> news:8Z6dnXQALZRaRgfVnZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Some recent comments here on the recent trades...
>>>
>>> "The final deal is worse than that one. Kontos and Coke, two guys with
>>> at least a chance to be good major league pitchers, are gone. They are
>>> replaced by fringe pitcher Jeff Karstens who probably will never be
>>> more than that, and good prospect Dan McCutchen."
>>>
>>> "Karstens is, like Ohlendorf, probably filler at best."
>>>
>>> If Karstens is "filler" and "fringe", the Pirates will take a whole
>>> staff of filler and fringe!
>>>
>>> So far: 2-0, 15 innings, 0 ER and a near perfect game yesterday!
>>>
>>
>
>
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