Game 83 Live Blog: Pirates at Astros

Posted by on July 6, 2009 | 8 Comments

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  1. Mexpirate
    April 26, 2012 at 1:11 am

    Well a positive sign from the second game was that his double came from a 95mph fastball and against a lefty. lets go Alvarez, lets go bucs!!!!!

  2. jfffrsn
    April 26, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Is it just me or has Pedro just started doing that full swing thing between pitches like he used to do?

  3. nickmid13
    April 26, 2012 at 3:09 am

    Tim, after seeing those HRs today, I don’t think it’s a drop in bat speed.

  4. Lee Young
    April 26, 2012 at 8:05 am

    We can only hope that Pedro is going to be hitting ALL types of pitches.

  5. salempirate
    April 26, 2012 at 8:12 am

    Could this just be a hot streak?

  6. Steve Wozniak
    April 26, 2012 at 9:22 am

    For ALL batters with at least 40 PA, Pedro has faced the lowest percentage of fastballs.

  7. John Lease
    April 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Keep it up Pedro.  You’ve got a lot of stench to wipe away.

    • Ian Rothermund
      April 26, 2012 at 6:30 pm

       I still don’t understand exactly why everyone was as down on him as they were.  It wasn’t just a matter of people feeling let down, people have been downright angry.  Starting last year he hadn’t even had an entire season of AB’s, but because he had a big month to finish 2010, everyone expected Ryan Howard in 2011.  I feel as though people would have still been down on him last year if he had a relatively healthy season (which he didn’t) and hit 20 HR.  There’s no reason he deserves to be booed every time he strikes out.  Yes, this is a big year for him to show that he can get over last year, be consistent, and be closer to what everyone expected him to be coming out of Vandy rather than the loser he was last year.  However, I’d rather wait and see what happens while pulling for him, instead of riding his ass and waiting for him to fail.  I have enough on my plate in my real life that I want my sports fan-dom to remain as positive as possible. 

      No one ever broke out of a slump by letting it dominate their existence. 

      Btw, John Lease, this isn’t really directed at you, just simply responding to what I perceive as a day-to-day attack on ole-Pedro.  He may not pan out, but I’m failing to find a reason why I should be rooting against him.