After an 0-3 start, the Angry Pirates officially got off the schnide this past Tuesday night, winning the second game of a double-header for their first victory of the season. The Pirates (1-3) dominated the silver bullets from start to finish lead by a stellar pitching performance from JD and balanced hitting throughout the lineup.Manager Mike Marici was certainly pleased with the teams performance, especially with the play of 3 young players called up earlier in the day from the Pirates minor league affiliate, The Itchy Pickles out of Bellarie, TX. Marici added, "These young guys not only bought some energy, emotion, and talent to this team... but they supplied beer as well!". It is unclear at this point if these players will remain with the Pirates, but as of last night they were back with the Pickles in Bellaire.
The Angry Pirates will look to keep the mometum going with a double header on 6/10/2008, facing the 1-3 Rebels in game 1 and the 4-1 George Jetsons in game 2. G-Money Jason Giles is slated to pitch in game #1 and according to manager Mike Marici, he is fired up for this one, "G-Money is still searching for his first win of the season and thats been frustrating for him. The defense hasn't been very good behind him to the point where he has threatened to donkey punch a few teammates. I told him to hang in there and maybe we can stay in this thing long enough to give all the doubters out there a nice big shit burger!".
It should be a beautiful night under the lights at Gilruth tomorrow and the Angry Pirates are hoping to be back at a .500 clip by night's end!
2 comments:
I enjoyed this article. If I end up losing the next time I pitch (especially if I end up walking a bunch of batters), I would like a Rick Ankiel-type feel-good story written about me...one where a promising young pitcher started having trouble finding the plate with his curve, then moved to the outfield and found success...
Consider it done!
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