Cook And Poni

It keeps getting worse and worse for the Pirates and they have lost 10 in a row. Who needs to be held accountable?

Listen to the entire Joe Starkey Show from Wednesday, 8-14-2024.

Hour four with Joe Starkey. Steelers camp storylines on the final day at St. Vincent. A look around the NFL. We think there are 4-5 locks in the AFC playoff race, as long as they stay healthy. Who is your sleeper team? Texts in the city.

Hour three with Joe Starkey. Oneil Cruz might need to eventually move to a different position. Dan blames the players more than Ben Cherington and Derek Shelton for the collapse over the last week. Any chance of the playoffs are gone. The Brandon Aiyuk situation is so fluid Mark said reporters can't just say it's going to happen right now. Mark ranks out top drops during the show. Wes liked what he saw from Kade Bell's offense when he visited practice on Tuesday. He believes Pitt needs to get out to a fast start in their first four games.

Hour two with Joe Starkey. New Pirates top 30 and MLB Pipeline top 100. Jared Jones will make his first rehab start in Indy. Browns extend JOK. Auston Matthews is now the Maple Leafs' captain. Austin is significantly frustrated that people think Ben Cherington is completely fine with losing and getting higher draft picks. How does that make sense? Joe believes the Pirates would have been content with a season competitive into September and a few wins better than 2023.

Hour one with Joe Starkey. The Pirates have lost nien in a row and have fallen apart. What are you most frustrated with regarding the Bucs and this disaster? Will Brandon Aiyuk end up in Pittsburgh? Joe thinks he would wait until after the year. but Austin thinks he's going to have a big year and his value will go up in the new offense. Callers weigh in on the Pirates collapse and how young players need to be recalled.

Listen to the latest segment of Texts in the city from 8-14-24.

Steelers camp storylines on the final day at St. Vincent. A look around the NFL. We think there are 4-5 locks in the AFC playoff race, as long as they stay healthy.

The Brandon Aiyuk situation is so fluid Mark said reporters can't just say it's going to happen right now. Mark ranks out top drops during the show. Wes liked what he saw from Kade Bell's offense when he visited practice on Tuesday. He believes Pitt needs to get out to a fast start in their first four games. Wes calls Falcons games and discussed with us how poor the quarterback play was in Atlanta that dug Arthur Smith's grave in Atlanta.

Oneil Cruz might need to eventually move to a different position. Dan blames the players more than Ben Cherington and Derek Shelton for the collapse over the last week. Any chance of the playoffs are gone.

Austin is significantly frustrated that people think Ben Cherington is completely fine with losing and getting higher draft picks. How does that make sense? Joe believes the Pirates would have been content with a season competitive into September and a few wins better than 2023.

New Pirates top 30 and MLB Pipeline top 100. Jared Jones will make his first rehab start in Indy. Browns extend JOK. Auston Matthews is now the Maple Leafs' captain.

Joe thinks he would wait until after the year. but Austin thinks he's going to have a big year and his value will go up in the new offense. Callers weigh in on the Pirates collapse and how young players need to be recalled. What do the Pirates do with Oneil Cruz?

The Pirates have lost nine in a row and have fallen apart. What are you most frustrated with regarding the Bucs and this disaster? Will Brandon Aiyuk end up in Pittsburgh?

the full Joe Starkey Show from Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

Hour 1 with Joe Starkey: The Pirates are a disaster right now and have lost eight games in a row. There are only two teams below them in the NL. The bullpen and lineup are not coming up clutch and they've lost six one-run games. We have little new information on Brandon Aiyuk and it remains a waiting game. A new report indicates Troy Fautanu will still be the week 1 starting right tackle despite being injured.

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey: Andrew Destin of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Andrew is in Lake Tahoe visiting family. Austin was in Vermont playing at Mini Fenway, Wrigley, and Yankee Stadium and hit a home run off the foul pole at Yankee Stadium. It's time for the Pirates to call up young guys and see what they have in the future. Wheel of Ball.

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey: Pirates manager Derek Shelton joined the show. Shelton thinks the Pirates are getting a lot of bad breaks and aren't playing bad baseball. Free agent Mark Kaboly joined the show. We think big things are coming for Mark soon.

Hour 4 with Joe Starkey: BREAKING: Ian Rapaport is further confirming the Steelers and 49ers have a deal for Brandon Aiyuk but are waiting to see if Aiyuk accepts their latest contract offer. Derek Shelton was not pleased with today's conversation.

Derek Shelton was not pleased with today's conversation.