Hey everybody! Raise your (virtual) hand if you thought the Pirates would be tied for first place in the NL-Central at the All-Star Break. Any brave souls? How about if were daring enough to predict the team would rank 5th in the NL in team ERA? Anyone out there bet money [...]
Read More →The Pittsburgh Pirates got a real treat this past week, when the 1971 World Championship team was honored before their Tuesday night game against the Baltimore Orioles. The ’71 roster brought along their memories and mustard uniforms, and received multiple standing ovations from the sell-out crowd at PNC Park. Perhaps the [...]
Read More →Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Ray Shero doesn’t have the easiest job in the business, yet at times he makes piecing together his team’s roster seem as effortless as goin’ fishing. In his fifth year as GM, Shero has gained the full confidence of fans, players and owner Mario Lemieux, compiling his roster [...]
Read More →Attending a recent Pirates game against the Phillies last weekend, I noticed a lot of new faces in the crowd. Ok, I’m lying, Pittsburgh isn’t that small; but I don’t ever remember there being 30-plus people in line for anything but Beer or Primanti Bros, and I can say for sure I’ve never [...]
Read More →With the first overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, the Pirates have selected RHP Gerrit Cole out of UCLA. Safe choice? Surely. The best player in the draft? We all know that only time will tell with that question. Out of every draft in professional sports, the MLB’s selection process is by [...]
Read More →Walking around the city of Pittsburgh, it doesn’t take long to realize that baseball fans are slowly waking up from a rumpelstiltskin-esque slumber. We’ve reached the month of June, and the Pirates are only two games back from .500, coming off a promising series against the Philadelphia Phillies in which they won two [...]
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