Saturday, May 29th, 2010
They are usually advertised weeks ahead of time, held in the early Summer months, and involve two parties, a buyer and a seller. I can only be talking about a garage sale Major League Baseball team selling its star players by the deadline to insure a "profit" while rebuilding. Some ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Way back, even before the days that the great Honus Wagner donned a Pirates uniform, someone envisioned baseball in Pittsburgh's future and started a team. Despite the fact that Pittsburgh has not had a winning season in 17 years, they managed to sink to yet a new record-low getting clobbered ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
With 2010 being an Olympic year, the wait may have seemed a bit bridged. Unfortunately, the novelty of watching curling is quickly growing old. Baseball is right around the corner, some teams have their full rosters in camp already, and it couldn't come any sooner.
Unfortunately, I still have a bitter ...
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Growing up about five minutes from Pittsburgh in the suburb of Woodland Hills, Luke Matelan can technically call Saturday's season-opener against Pittsburgh a home game. Matelan is excited about the chance to play in front of many acquaintances from his recent past. I recently had a chance to talk with ...
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Tim Lincecum looked worthy of some Cy Young hype with his effort agains the Pittsurgh Pirates Monday night. Lincecum pitched a complete gams and struck out 15 Pirates. The San Francisco Giants won the game 4-2. The two Pirate runs were unearned gifts courtesy of wishy-washy and heavily traveled shortstop ...
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
It's like somebody keeps trying to poke the Pittsburgh Pirates mascot logo's other eye out. Problem is that it is happening from within - sabotage, conspiracy, and greed. Meet the Pittsburgh Pirates. Major League Baseball should impose fines to Pirate management and ownership for not even trying to win. This ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Garrett Jones has been on a tear lately. In fact, he was long overdue to contribute as major leaguer. Those wacky Pirates front office people will make you think they traded Nate McLouth to get Jones into the lineup. Don't buy it. Had that been the case they would have never ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
In what can only be described as a weird thought, Joel Hanrahan could have been the first player in major-league baseball history to win and lose the same game. If Hanrahan had been traded to Houston instead of Pittsburgh, the oddest scenario ever could have been played out.
The Astros and Nationals have ...
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