Saturday, July 9th, 2011
The Jolly Roger has broken out. For the first time since 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates are assured of having a winning record heading into the All-Star Break. Ironically, the last time the Pirates compiled a winning season was the same year, 1992. Here we stand in 2011 watching an ...
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
What has only happened a handful of times in the past 20 years seems to be breathing again. It is almost June and the Pittsburgh Pirates are flirting with .500. The Pirates have one of the worst streaks in all of sports, in fact it is the worst. Eighteen consecutive ...
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Monday, December 13th, 2010
The Pittsburgh Pirates front office has been busy since the season ended in hopes of fielding a more competitive team. Paneech.com was lucky enough to catch a few leaks about who could be a new Buc by opening day. It is a pretty strategic list, and man, if Neal ...
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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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