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Matt Capps non-tendered
The Pirates chose not to tender a contract to Matt Capps before Saturday’s midnight deadline, making the Big Bull Rider a free agent. Same goes for Phil Dumatrait. Zach Duke, of course, was tendered a contract. Few will be terribly disapp...
Cedeno to make $1.125 million
SS Ronny Cedeno and the Pirates agreed on a $1.125M contract for 2010, avoiding arbitration. Cedeno made $822,500 in 2009. By comparison, Bobby Crosby will make $1 million guaranteed, with the opportunity to make up to $500,000 more in bonuses (based...
Winter Meetings, Day 3
All kinds of news and rumors will come out of the Winter Meetings, which are being held this week in Indianapolis. I’ll have a thread up for each day of the meetings and update it with any relevant news. Keep checking this post for any Pirates info...
Winter Meetings, Day 1
All kinds of news and rumors will come out of the Winter Meetings, which begin today in Indianapolis. I’ll have a thread up for each day of the meetings and update it with any relevant news. Keep checking this post for any Pirates info from Ind...
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...
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 ...
Gameday #160 at Reds
Pirates (62-97) at Reds (76-84) 7:10–Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati TV: FSN Ohio [Here is the MLB Gameday] ————————— Since the Pirates don’t have to worry about 100 los...
Not in our house [Dodgers 1 Pirates 11]
The Pirates closed down PNC Park for the year in brilliant fashion this afternoon, blowing out Los Angeles and preventing them from clinching the NL West for the 2nd straight day. Similar to the Mets a few years ago, the Dodgers will have to go elsew...
Gameday #143 at Dodgers
Pirates (55-87) at Dodgers (86-59) 10:10–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles TV: KCAL, MLB Network (in Pittsburgh…I think) [Here is the MLB Gameday] [LIVEBLOG] ————————— Lots of int...
Dinked to death [Cubs 9 Pirates 4]
The Cubs opened the game with 8 hits in a row off Zach Duke, leading the way to an easy blowout win. Duke was charged with 8 earned runs in 4 innings. I missed the game, but many reports indicated a bunch of the hits were a result of slow rollers and...
Gameday #137 vs. Cubs
Cubs (69-67) at Pirates (54-82) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN [Here is the MLB Gameday] ——————————————— Now that it’s imp...
What else is new? [Pirates 3 Reds 5]
The Reds swept a four game series from the Bucs for the first time in Cincy since the 70’s. The Pirates will return from their road trip empty handed: 0-7. At least there was some firepower today. Garrett Jones went deep yet AGAIN. It was a his...
Gameday #132 at Reds
Pirates (53-78) at Reds (59-73) 12:35–Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati TV: none [Here is the MLB Gameday] ——————————— If two last place teams play an early afternoon g...
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
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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...
Catching up…
Looks like the weekend series with the Reds went pretty well. If you weren’t aware, the Bucs won on Friday and Saturday (during the ‘79 celebration and sporting awesome uniforms) and lost a boring game on Sunday. They had today off. Becau...
Gameday #116 at Cubs
Pirates (46-69) at Cubs (59-55) 1:05–Wrigley Field, Chicago TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————————- It’s hard for me to admit, b...
No Silver Lining Here [Pirates 0 Diamondbacks 6]
It took me a while to process this game. I started off my last recap with “Ugh,” but that doesn’t begin to describe the game tonight. I’m a Pirates fan through and through, but I’m also realistic. I know that the c...
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...
