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Thursday news: X-man, Villone, PirateFest, Crosby, Brooks
Another day, another slew of people the Pirates are “interested in” … plus some other news: X-man back in the ‘Burgh? DK says that the Bucs have made “initial free agent inquiries” on Nady and pitcher Ron Villone....
Fourth?!
The “official” Rookie of the Year Award winners were announced today, and Andrew McCutchen did not take home the hardware, despite the support of Baseball America and the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. I’m not stunned he didn’t w...
Catching up on Bucs news
Lots of little bits and pieces over the past few days that I’ve yet to address… [Tyler Yates was outrighted to Indianapolis, and then he decided he'd rather be a free agent]. Hooray, no more Flood Gates Yates, right? Maybe. [Neal Hunting...
BBA Ballot: NL MVP
This is the fourth and final installment of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here], the [Rookie of the Year post is here], and the [Cy Young post is here]. After the obvious winner...
News and Notes
Not a whole lot going on… The Pirates had higher TV ratings than 11 other MLB teams in 2009, including both LCS participants from Los Angeles. [Ratings on FSN were up almost 20% this year]. Why? Who the heck knows, but it sure does give us yet...
BBA Ballot: NL Rookie of the Year
This is part two of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here].NL Rookie of the Year is a ridiculously tough call this year. Especially as a Pirates fan/homer. Part of me wants to give...
What did we learn in 2009?
I’m not quite ready to put together a huge season-in-review post, but as a bit of a preview to that, here’s a list of things that we know now, but didn’t back in March: Brandon Moss is not the answer in a corner outfield spot: Mana...
A fitting end [Pirates 0 Reds 6]
The Pirates finished 2009 with a 62-99 record after a very deflating loss to wrap up the year this afternoon in Cincinnati. The loss ensured the Pirates will pick 2nd in the 2010 draft, so that’s good, I guess. Baltimore won, too, but the Bucs ...
Relevant baseball tomorrow [Pirates 4 Reds 8]
The Twins and Tigers aren’t the only ones who will be doing scoreboard watching tomorrow afternoon. With this loss and [Baltimore's 6-4 triumph over Toronto], the Orioles have overtaken the Bucs by a half game. In other words, Pittsburgh has a ...
Say no to 100 [Pirates 3 Reds 1]
Thanks to tonight’s win, the Pirates cannot lose 100 games this year. Feels kinda good, I guess. Nobody would’ve thought that a week ago, to be sure. Lastings Milledge homered, and Dan McCutchen was really, really solid for 6.1 innings (1...
Turning the tables [Pirates 8 Cubs 2]
Who would have thought? A win from Jeff Karstens? A huge offensive output from Ryan Doumit? Sweeping a doubleheader? Against the Cubs? AT Wrigley? Yep. All that and more. The Pirates put a whooping on the North Siders Wednesday. Karstens notched his ...
More bad news [Dodgers 8 Pirates 4]
Whether you’re a Pitt fan, a Penn State fan, or a Tim Tebow fan, college football was not kind to you on Saturday. Sadly, the result at PNC Park was all too familiar. Paul Maholm put together another decent start (7 innings, 3 runs) and is fini...
Home is where the heart is [Padres 1 Pirates 5]
The ridiculousness continues. The Bucs improved to 37-34 at PNC Park this season, compared to a 19-55 record on the road. Who knew the racous crowds on the North Shore created such an advantage? Charlie Morton pitched really well tonight against a pr...
Raised at last [Pirates 2 Astros 1]
I was beginning to think we might not get to raise it any more this year. Scary thought, but the way the Bucs have been playing, it was an entirely realistic one. Paul Maholm put an end to that. 8 dominant innings, 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 K’s. No ru...
Swept away again [Cubs 8 Pirates 5]
It’s getting harder and harder to stay interested in these games. They’re meaningless and the Pirates are playing like it. Kevin Hart was bad once again, and his numbers since the trade are starting to look pretty ugly. His final line was...
0-for-2 [Pirates 3 Reds 6]
The Pirates followed a depressing loss with a boring one, going 0-2 on the day against their companions in the NL Central basement. Paul Maholm threw 42 pitches in a nightmarish first inning and trailed 3-0 right from the getgo. Meanwhile, Johny Cuet...
The Rookie Show [Pirates 3 Phillies 2]
It was supposed to be a battle of big-time ROY candidates…J.A. Happ vs. Andrew McCutchen. Cutch had the early advantage with a leadoff homer and another hit. Happ got him out the next two times, though, and pitched into the 8th inning with a 2-...
What else is there to say?
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I didn’t see any of this game (except for the occasional score check) until I happened to turn on my computer and fire up MLB.TV just in time to see a replay of the Pirates tying it in the ninth. Then Andrew McCut...
Humiliation [Pirates 2 Cubs 17]
There’s not much else to say. This game was laughable from the very start (well, not really. McCutchen hit a leadoff single. But then Cedeno hit into a DP). Charlie Morton had an absolute nightmare of an outing. He didn’t have any command...
The streak is OVER [Pirates 7 Rockies 3]
The Bucs finally snapped their 8 game losing skid and picked up a rare win against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday night at Coors Field. Ross Ohlendorf pitched well in the win: 6 innings, 3 runs, 6 hits, 3 K’s, 2 walks. For once, the bullpen did n...
Bucs blow lead, drop 6th straight [Pirates 4 Cardinals 6]
Paul Maholm brushed off a rough start to throw 7 strong innings as the Pirates lost their 6th straight. He let up a leadoff hit to Julio Lugo, though he alertly picked him off while Lugo was trying to adjust his helmet. Maholm then allowed a 2-ru...
Bucs lose extra-inning heartbreaker [Pirates 6 Arizona 11]
I’ve run out of ways to express how I feel after each Pirates loss. I’m not trying to be pessimistic or depressing, but these losses are really killing me. The players weren’t even able to face the media after the game. The Pi...
Gameday #107 vs Diamondbacks
Pirates (45-61) vs Diamondbacks (48-59) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FS-A Arizona [Here is the MLB Gameday] ————————————- Let’s forget last night h...
Gameday #106 vs Diamondbacks
Pirates (45-60) vs Nationals (33-72) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FS-A Arizona [Here is the MLB Gameday] ————————————- I have no idea how Brian writes th...
Pirates Win! Oh wait… [Pirates 4 Nationals 8]
Ugh. I had a clever headline written in my head “Pirates Make a Mockery of Mock,” and the Pirates had to blow it. Things were going well after Andrew McCutchen’s second leadoff homerun in 3 games. The Bucs made a few stunning ...
Who needs Jack and Freddy? [Pirates 3 Nationals 5]
We’ll lose with them, and we’ll lose without them. In the meantime, their replacements aren’t doing half bad. Both members of the Pirates’ new middle infield, Ronny Cedeno and Delwyn Young, homered to give the team its onl...
Andrew McCutchen: Power Hitter? [Pirates 11 Nationals 6]
Well that was fun, and not just because tonight means the end of those terrible Jo Dee Messina commercials. Maybe SportsCenter will have highlights of the actual game tonight, and not just the pierogi/president race (though the hit Potato Pete laid...
PNC Park Club Seats are awesome…and the Buccos hold on [Pirates 5 Nationals 4]
So the liveblog failed miserably tonight, with no one around to actually post anything. Nevertheless, I left the game with plenty to write about. There was an impressive paid attendance of 23,363 with a huge walk-up crowd. The will call and game ...
