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The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped two of three games in Chicago, falling to 44-89 for the season – 5 1/2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles (48-83) for the first pick in the 2011 draft. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Bucs, Fanball, Jeff Karstens, Jose Tabata, Neil Walker, Paul Maholm, Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates, Wil Ledezma
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The Truth: The Pittsburgh Pirates struggles on the road continued this weekend, being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pirates have lost 13 straight on the road and are 13-51 (.203) for the season.
Tags: Bucs, Charlie Morton, Fanball, Fantasy Baseball, James McDonald, Jose Tabata, Lastings Milledge, Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez
Despite two starting pitchers getting hurt, the Pittsburgh Pirates took their first home series since mid-July by taking two-of-three from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirates (43-84) are still two games back of Baltimore (45-82) for the first pick in the 2011 draft and may challenge the modern-day club record of 112 losses. Read the rest of this entry >>
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How unlucky has Pirates RHP Ross Ohlendorf been since joining the Pirates? Ohllie went 11 consecutive starts without a win earlier this season and currently has not won in eight straight starts. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Kenshin Kawakami, Pirates, Ross Ohlendorf
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Coming into the series the New York Mets hadn’t won a National League road series all season (0-13-4) or scored more than five runs in a game over their last 20. That all changed in a hurry. New York lit up RHPs Jeff Karstens and James McDonald in the first two games before LHP Zach Duke outpitched Mets ace Johan Santana in the series finale Sunday.
Tags: Andrew McCutchen, Bucs, Fanball, Fantasy Baseball, James McDonald, Jeff Karstens, Jose Tabata, New York Mets, Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates lost three out of four to the Marlins from Monday through Thursday. Pittsburgh fell to 40-81, assuring itself of a 18th consecutive non-winning season, and the Bucs sit 2 1/2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the first pick. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Andrew McCutchen, Bucs, James McDonald, Paul Maholm, Ross Ohlendorf, Zach Duke
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Tags: Brian Schneider, Bucs, Fanball, Lastings Milledge, Neil Huntington, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ryan Church, Ryan Doumit
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Now that the Pittsburgh Pirates have inked the second overall pick in the 2010 draft to a reported club record $6.5 million bonus, what kind of an impact will James Taillon have and how long will it be before we see the fire-balling righthander and his 97 mph fastball at PNC Park? Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Andrew McCutchen, Bill Gullickson, Brien Taylor, Bucs, C.C. Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, David Clyde, Dwight Gooden, Frank Tanana, James Taillon, Josh Beckett, Madison Bumgarner, Neal Huntington, Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Porcello, Rod Scurry, Roy Halladay, Sean Burnett
The happenings of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
My name is Jim Keller. I grew up in Pennsylvania listening to Hall of Famer Bob Prince broadcast Pirates games on the radio, watched Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell and still remember Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, the end of the Barry Bonds era and the Pirates as we remember them.
