Saturday, August 16, 2008

Skyblast Strike Three

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The Pirates have played in front of nearly 110,000 fans and two sellouts in the past three evenings and, keeping with long time tradition, l...

Pedro the Pirate

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The Pirates and #1 draft pick Pedro Alvarez have agreed to a contract worth $6M (he was slotted at $3.5M), and they'll pay his tuition t...
Friday, August 15, 2008

The Other Side of the Coin

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It's one thing when the Big Units and Pedro Martinez' of the world shut you down. But when Jamie Moyer and Mike Pelfrey get in on t...

The deadline, tick tock, tick tock...

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Well, they signed someone, just not who you hoped for...yet. The Pirates inked their 20th-round draft pick, RHP Quinton Miller, to a $900,00...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Skyblast Strike One

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The Pirate bats failed again as Pittsburgh went down to the woeful Reds, 3-1, in front of a crowd of 35,439 REO Speedwagon fans at PNC Park....

Rainblast Pre Game

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The Bucs signed sixth round pick Robbie Grossman , a Texas high school OF'er. He's 18, 6-1, 190 pounds. He won the Josh Beckett A...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Pellas on the Pirates: No Offense

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Can the New Bucs Mash Their Way to Victory? As I recall, in the days leading up to the trade deadline this year, there were a few voices who...

That's the Way

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Now that's the kinda baseball we're talking about. Paul Maholm kept the string of sweet pitching performances going, the Buc bats f...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Basement Battle

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Jeff Karsten's Pittsburgh debut was OK by most standards - 7 innings, four runs (three earned), 7 hits, and a seventh straight quality s...

Tuesday pre-game

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The Pirates have turned 21 double plays in their last 10 games. They lead the National League with 133 double plays, a tribute to their ofte...
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