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What am I supposed to watch on TV?
Last night featured no baseball, basketball, hockey or any major sporting event on TV. It’s pretty much the biggest dry day in all of the sports world. Thankfully the Pirates are back in action TONIGHT as they take on the Washington Nationals at 7:05pm.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Francisco Liriano will attempt to give Stephen Strasburg his first loss of the season. He enters the game 12-0 with a 2.62ERA. That just means he’s due for a loss, right?
The dog days begin
With the second half poised to begin, the Pirates will look to head back to the playoffs for the fourth straight season. They will need better play from Andrew McCutchen and Francisco Liriano.
We decided to ask you, our loyal followers some twitter questions and get your consensus.
We asked which player will have the best second half?
Who will have the better second half?
— Jason Rollison (@jrollisonpgh) July 14, 2016
The winner by a comfortable margin was Andrew McCutchen. Most seem to be predicting a bounce back second half for the former MVP.
We then asked what do the Pirates need most during the trade season?
What do the #Pirates need the most during trade season?
— Jason Rollison (@jrollisonpgh) July 14, 2016
Another runnaway as most of you believe the Pirates need to pick up some starting pitching help. Not surprising given the rotation’s struggles so far this season.
Last but not least, we asked who needs to turn it on most this season?
Who needs to turn it on the most in the second half?
— Jason Rollison (@jrollisonpgh) July 14, 2016
The results were very close as most of you think McCutchen or Liriano need to flip their switch during the second half of the season.
Baseball talk from the web
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Report: MLB expected to investigate David Ortiz for tampering
Nightengale: Five top questions headed into MLB’s second half
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