This Week In Real Pirateball - Week 1 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates

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This Week In Real Pirateball with Greg Mercer - Week 1

The debut video of This Week In Real Pirateball (or TWIRP for short). Every week I'll talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly issues involving the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates. The main weekly feature will be an update on my "Bet Against The Pirates" experiment which involves me betting against the Pirates in every single game of the season to try to make money.

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[Martin211ish]

Couple questions for your week 2 update:

1. Who do you think will be first to go in regards to trading?

2. Do you think Pedro will be up by the end of May?

3. Does Tabata have any shot of being called up before September?

4. And if Duke makes it 3-0 after tonight, do you possibly see him being shopped around by the Pirates?

Thanks!!! Keep it up!

[mercerboy]

@Martin211ish I already answered most of these questions in my 2010 Preview video which you can see on my channel. I'll answer them here again:

1. At this point, I'd say Duke. I think he and Doumit are as good as gone, but Doumit needs to show he's useful...and right now he's not.

2. Absolutely. As soon as he clears the Super 2 eligible date, he'll be up.

3. Barring injuries, I doubt it.

4. See answer #1.

Thanks for watching!

[Martin211ish]

This is great, I will now watch these weekly!!! Thanks for the entertainment and insight!