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Really? The Brewers didn’t want Matt Capps?
On Friday, the Brewers sent shortstop J.J. Hardy to Minnesota for OF Carlos Gomez. Turns out that the Pirates were in the Hardy sweepstakes as well–looking to upgrade from Ronny Cedeno at short. The Bucs offered Matt Capps to the Brew Crew. Gom...
News and Notes
Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially the offseason: The Pirates removed three players from the 40-man roster: Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency start...
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...
A Yankees-Phillies WS may suck, but…
it could be worse. At least it’s not Yankees-Brewers. Go Phils. ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved.. ...
Still not Miller time [Pirates 1 Brewers 4]
For the second straight year, the Pirates will finish the season winless at Miller Park. I don’t even want to talk about it. Ross Ohlendorf was OK today…he looked solid with the exception of a disaster 5th inning. After a cheap infield hi...
Gameday #128 at Brewers
Pirates (53-74) at Brewers (63-66) 2:05–Miller Park, Milwaukee TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] ——————————- The big, exciting news of the morning is...
When will it end? [Pirates 3 Brewers 7]
At some point, the Pirates WILL win a game at Miller Park. It has to happen sometime, right? The streak was extended to 20 games as the Bucs dropped yet another decision to the Brew Crew in the home of the beermakers. As Rocco suggested a while back,...
Gameday #127 at Brewers
Pirates (53-73) at Brewers (62-66) 7:05–Miller Park, Milwaukee TV: FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————– Here’s something to think about: the Pirates have no...
Bucs blow up [Pirates 6 Brewers 8]
Nineteen losses in a row at Miller Park. Zach Duke had a miserable night. Ryan Doumit was benched in the middle of the game for undisclosed reasons. Cryin Braun and Prince Eatsalot both homered, and surely did their stupid punch-punch-duck routine. T...
Game 126 Liveblog: Pirates at Brewers
Game 126: Pirates at Brewers ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved.....
Gameday #126 at Brewers
Pirates (53-72) at Brewers (61-66) 8:05–Miller Park, Milwaukee TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————– “We’re the wrong team to me...
Tucked in all week [Brewers 1 Pirates 3]
Although it’s absolutely killing our chances at Bryce Harper, you have to love the way the Pirates came home and swept Milwaukee after a miserable stretch to begin August. Even if it may not mean anything except a bit of confidence and bragging...
Game 119 Liveblog: Brewers at Pirates
Game 119 – Brewers @ Pirates ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved.....
Gameday #119 vs. Brewers
Brewers (58-61) at Pirates (48-70) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————– The skies above the Pittsburgh area look pret...
Two in a row! [Brewers 2 Pirates 5]
A winning streak! An actual winning streak! Against the Brewers, no less! After an offensive explosion yesterday, you might have thought the Pirates were due to be shut down by an awful pitcher as they have been so many times. Manny Parra qualifies a...
Game 118 Liveblog: Brewers at Pirates
Game 118: Brewers at Pirates ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved.....
Gameday #118 vs. Brewers
Brewers (58-60) at Pirates (47-70) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] ——————————- The Pirates will go for the unthinkable̵...
Home sweet home [Brewers 5 Pirates 9]
Would you believe the Pirates are 29-27 at PNC Park this year? Amazing, huh? A true testament to how awful the Bucs are on the road (18-43!!!). Anyway, the Pirates were surely glad to be back tonight after a week-long road trip, and they were able ...
Gameday #117 vs. Brewers
Brewers (58-59) at Pirates (46-70) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Wisconsin [Here is the MLB Gameday] ———————————– Ryan Braun’s “wro...
Bombs Away [Brewers 7 Pirates 8]
The Pirates are now 3-0 in games this year after trading away a major league player. Keep dealing Neal! (kidding) They also got an unprecedented 5 home runs the day they traded away the team leader in gopher balls. It was a wild, wild win over the Br...
