MLB · Week of Aug 31–Sep 6

Pittsburgh Pirates

4-2 this week · 71-73 overall · vs SFG, vs LAA

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Misery Index · Uneasy · ▲ from 48

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

  • Tue, Sep 1W 13-12vs SFG73
  • Wed, Sep 2L 4-5vs SFG97
  • Thu, Sep 3W 5-2vs SFG39
  • Fri, Sep 4W 1-0vs LAA33
  • Sat, Sep 5L 1-6vs LAA—
  • Sun, Sep 6W 1-0vs LAA53

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

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What fans said

  • “Such a pirates thing to happen”

    u/Top_Ice_7779▲ 216frustration

  • “Whoever is in charge of his falloff needs to be fired.”

    u/NoSxKats▲ 121rage

  • “we ripped the bandaid of vets off the bullpen earlier, really almost anything you can think of”

    u/Sybertron▲ 119frustration

  • “Fuck Apple TV. Just wanna watch my Buccos and refuse to pay $15 to watch one game when I already pay for mlb.tv.”

    u/durkdirkderq▲ 74frustration

  • “I mean, we would have to win about 80% of the rest of our games to MAYBE make the playoffs.”

    u/bdzeus▲ 47despair

  • “its been this nonsense since age of 18 The Pirates and Cleveland Browns are the same”

    u/seataccrunch▲ 30despair

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