r/buccos

I mean he’s making the most of his opportunity. Not saying it’s sustainable but love to see it.

First, way to go buccos! Secondly, did anyone hear Bob Walk (I think it was him, 1020 KDKA broadcast) defending how much better Skenes start was? 4.1 innings, 3 earned runs 4 walks and 5k’s. That’s not a good start. He kept on about his fastball being back to his season average. Yeah, so? If this what we are calling improvement, the bar is really low. 100% grasping at straws for a pitcher with decreased velocity, increased ERA, increased walk rate, increased WHIP, and a pitcher who no longer puts fear in MLB hitters. I know the pirates pay Bob, but damn man, call it what it is.

Can anyone explain why when the Pirates play during a weekday, the game is shunted off the Fan to AM (lol) or another FM station with terrible reception? Heaven forbid we preempt Joe Starkey's musings on his golf game, his daughter's basketball team, his producer's social life, or the girl Joe had a crush on in the 8th grade. Just now he had a long discussion with a caller about what his campaign slogan was when the caller ran for his HS class president in 1977! I kid you not.

This is the flagship station. How are the Pirates ok with this? What about the advertisers - do they get some kind of discount?

If the Penguins, for example, played a day game on President's Day, would they air Madden's show and push the Pens game off somewhere else? Of course not. So why is it SOP for the Pirates?

With Keller on the IL and Ashcraft already past his 2026 limit...

We'll see what the young guns can do for the remainder of the season. It'll be good for them moving forward.