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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1752901" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/tipsheet-bad-start-for-hapless-pirates-could-have-been-much-worse/article_c6883f22-d38c-57a3-a391-9115fef7ef8c.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jeffgordon" target="_blank">Jeff Gordon</a></p><p>When Pittsburgh third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes exited Opening Day in the first inning, long-suffering Pirates fans feared the worst.</p><p>Hayes is a huge piece of the team’s future, as underscored by the landmark eight-year, $70 million contract extension he just received from his cost-conscious employer. He is one of the sport’s elite fielders and he offers some offensive upside as well.</p><p>But last season he struggled with a left wrist injury – and then he left Thursday’s game with an apparent left wrist injury. Pirates faithful are trained to expect the worst, so they did.</p><p>“We were all holding our breath a little bit,” Pirates handyman Cole Tucker told reporters. “Very up-and-down day for him. We were just kind of confused. Glad to know that it sounds like it’s nothing major.”</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, this appeared to be a false alarm.</p><p>“Hopefully we dodged a bullet,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said.</p><p></p><p><strong>TALKIN BASEBALL</strong></p><p>Here’s what folks were writing about Opening Day:</p><p></p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>5 different reporters opinions...........good read again..........................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1752901, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jeff-gordon/tipsheet-bad-start-for-hapless-pirates-could-have-been-much-worse/article_c6883f22-d38c-57a3-a391-9115fef7ef8c.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/jeffgordon']Jeff Gordon[/URL] When Pittsburgh third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes exited Opening Day in the first inning, long-suffering Pirates fans feared the worst. Hayes is a huge piece of the team’s future, as underscored by the landmark eight-year, $70 million contract extension he just received from his cost-conscious employer. He is one of the sport’s elite fielders and he offers some offensive upside as well. But last season he struggled with a left wrist injury – and then he left Thursday’s game with an apparent left wrist injury. Pirates faithful are trained to expect the worst, so they did. “We were all holding our breath a little bit,” Pirates handyman Cole Tucker told reporters. “Very up-and-down day for him. We were just kind of confused. Glad to know that it sounds like it’s nothing major.” Fortunately, this appeared to be a false alarm. “Hopefully we dodged a bullet,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. [B]TALKIN BASEBALL[/B] Here’s what folks were writing about Opening Day: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 different reporters opinions...........good read again.......................... [/QUOTE]
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