Game 52: Padres 9 Pirates 0

The scene: PNC Park
The setting: The eighth inning. The Padres are up 3-0 with a runner on first. Jonah Bayliss is coming in to replace Paul Maholm. My dad and I are in our usual seats on the right field wall. Mike Cameron is on first base, Josh Bard is at the plate.

Bayliss sets and delivers, Cameron breaks for second and easily steals the base on Ronny Paulino's Little League arm.

Me: Wow, that sucked. Paulino is awful.

Paulino then signals for the intentional walk of Bard.

Me: This makes no sense. Bard's hitting like .240 and clueless tonight. Bayliss can't throw strikes anyways. This is a stupid move

Dad: What's even the point of this. Why put another guy on base that could score with Bayliss on the mound.

Bayliss finishes walking Bard intentionally, then walks Kevin Kouzmanoff unintentionally.

Dad: If I'm Tracy I get him out of there right now.

Bayliss falls behind 2-0 on Green.

Dad: Oh my god, he's going to walk a run in.

Me: Nah, grand slam.

Khalil Green: Grand slam.

Dad: So you wanna get out of here?

Me: Yeah, let's go.

Why does no one go to Pirate games? Because of infuriating crap like this. My dad and I sat on the wall in right field and knew from the second that Bayliss took the mound that trouble was coming. We knew the intentional walk was a stupid idea. After he walked the bases loaded, my dad called for Tracy to go get him. After he fell behind in the count, I predicted the damn grand slam. How can we see this and the people that run the team can't? Did it cost us the game? Probably not. But it might've. When Maholm left the game, it was 3-0. You can trip and fall over three runs when an on-fire Jason Bay is anchoring your lineup. There have only been three relievers this year that have been any good at getting hitters out, Marte, Capps, and Torres. You only need four outs from your bullpen tonight. Use someone that can get people out, keep the game close. Wishing for an out from Bayliss is like wishing for a million dollars. I might get it, eventually, but a lot of things are going to happen between now and then. Ugh. I am over four hours removed from this and still incredibly pissed about it.