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“Beat L.A.!” (Fantasy League #10)
The Pirates announced an extension with Brian Reynolds yesterday. Something like 8 years and 130 million dollars. It led to an excited crowd last night in PNC Park against the Dodgers, who looked overmatched, somehow. Mookie Betts went 0 for…
Extension (Fantasy League #9)
Games: #20 (4/20, @ Reds, W 4-3); #21 (4/21, @ Reds, W 4-2); #22 (4/21 @ Reds, W 2-1); #23 (4/22, @ Reds, W 2-0) Derek Shelton got an extension and the Pirates are in first place at 15-7. This…
Comebackers (Fantasy League #7)
Games: #13 (4/13, @ Cardinals, W 5-0); #14 (4/14, @ Cardinals, L 0-3); #15 (4/15, @ Cardinals, W 6-3); #16, (4/16, @ Cardinals, L 5-4). Just before we left for Texas, I got the final (hopefully?) technological piece of the…
Getaway Day (Fantasy League #6)
Games: #10 (4/10, vs. Astros, L 2-8); #11 (4/11, vs. Astros, W 7-4); #12 (4/12, vs. Astros, L 7-0). I was in Houston when Pittsburgh hosted them for the third series of this young season, for their first games after…
The Loudest Single Ever Seen (Fantasy League #5)
Games: #7 (vs. White Sox, W 13-9), #8 (vs. White Sox, L 5-11), #9 (vs. White Sox, W 1-0) At the home opener, after an extended ovation, against Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito, Andrew McCutchen hit it. Then he…
Friendly Fenway (Fantasy League #4)
Games: #4 (@RedSox, W 7-6), #5 (@RedSox, W 4-1), and #6 (@RedSox, W 4-1) I had hoped to get this up before the first game of the Pirates-White Sox series, but it’s been down to the wire a little bit.…
Going Down the Old Mine (Fantasy League #3)
Games: #2 (April 1 @Reds, L 2-6) and #3 (April 2 @Reds, L 1-3) Rich Hill got hit hard, I gather, as did Vince Velasquez, who didn’t make it through the fifth. That third time through the order, the lefty…
What Fun (Fantasy League #2)
Game: #1 (March 30, @ Reds, W 5-4) What happened: Mitch Keller had a good day, as one would hope for the Opening Day starter, and the player The Athletic and others had listed as the likely team MVP. The…
