DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: All that resilience 

A Big thank you DK. Paul Skenes has been totally awesome. Great show !!

Hi DK, we as a group always forget to mention Bob Veale as one of the all time great Pirate pitchers. Bob was 26 when he first pitched in the bigs. He wasn’t in the starting rotation until he was 28. As far as being dominant with outstanding stuff, Bob probably has the best numbers of any Pirate pitcher with nearly 2,000 inning pitched!

I'd like to see Jazz Chisholm Jr. in a buccos uni. Not only is he a solid player he's also swashbuckly enough to be a Pirate,arrgh!!

Bob Nutting: "We need offense." Ben Cherrington: "We'll look to add before the trade deadline." Pirates: Lose 2 of 3 instead of win 2 of 3 because they lack offense.

We need to appreciate Skenes (and Jones) for having them now. The front office doesn't bring in the bats to help them out, they'll be asking for trades in no time. If they haven't already done that.

Coming in to town Thursday afternoon game. Bringing a cards fan with me Maybe see ya Dk let’s go bucs

Be buyers instead of sellers this year!! You are 3 games out of a playoff spot!!! For once do the right thing!

Thanks for this DK!

Aloha and good morning! Incredible that this team is only 3 games under with the hitting being what it is. Isn't that crazy!?!? Wow. I almost just chuckle at that statement. Just how bad the offense is and where this team is. Incredible. A bat or two and what different story are we telling?

I’d say bob friend. He honestly should be in the HOF as well. He only has a lifetime losing record because the teams he played for from the early-mid 50s were so unbelievable terrible. He was a really good and durable who pitched a lot of innings as well. Just feel short of 200 wins as well. If his lifetime record was 233-197 instead of 197-233 he’s probably in the HOF right now!

The two qualities that I appreciate most in this Pirates team are the two qualities that DK mentions in this episode, but perhaps for different reasons. In regard to resiliency: I appreciate the Pirate players' ability to pull out a win when it's unexpected, such as following two losses in a row, or hitting well against a very good opposing pitcher following a game when they went completely cold against a mediocre starter. The level of surprise in those moments reels me back in, when I could've decided instead to give up on the team and the rest of the season. My biggest frustration by far has been the offense, and the way it's been shockingly inconsistent from series to series. The resiliency of the team during a specific game is a visible reminder that talent/potential does exist on offense, but the players are more or less accomplishing any level of production on their own (due to a lack of adequate or competent coaching). I also believe that a component of the Pirates' resiliency is demonstrated in the way they generally don't let good teams intimidate them as they enter each new series-- that reflects not only resiliency, but maturity. I also appreciate the fact that the Pirates team as a whole is basically a very humble team. The players don't get too high or too low as mentioned in this episode, and the biggest pat on the back I'd like to give this team is its complete lack of arrogance on the field or during interviews. The players aren't showboats like the Reds, who act like they're World Series contenders after making a routine play or winning the first game of a series. (Fun fact: the Reds announced publicly during Spring Training that they're such an "electric" team that they have no doubt they're winning the NL Central this year. Okay...) I always enjoy watching the Pirates win baseball games, but I enjoy observing their situational humanness even more. The Pirate players' individual personalities are so unique, but their resiliency, maturity, and humility are the qualities that seem to uniquely bind them.

I want to see Skenes pitch against the Yankees in NY.

Paul Skenes is 100% the BEST pitcher Pittsburgh has ever had. I’d say probably Drabek is the GREATEST pitcher we’ve had. Him or Candy

A sweep of the Cardinals would be really nice

Do they have the stones to step up and sign him long term?

look suwinski BA .168 is horrific . he cant hit. i used to think he would eventually become a good hitter

So what’s going on with Shelton.. he uses his challenge on a hit by pitch in the first, basically wasting the challenge. Then he pinch hits olivares for teller which is absolutely baffling unless rowdy was injured. This is just a small example of his strange and seemingly pointless moves. I know he’s not trying to make all of us lose our minds, RIGHT???!! I just can’t grasp how we don’t play smarter in an absolute need to win series. I hate the damn cardinals.. I work in a cardinal bar and this kinda idiocy is hard to defend