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Is The Hanrahan Trade Ever Getting Done?
Well it’s been almost a day since we found out that Joel Hanrahan has been traded to the Red Sox for at least Jerry Sands and Stolmy Pimentel and still no word on the final pieces. Apparently the Pirates are sending one more player to the Sox and the Sox are sending two players to…
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>Pirates Interview John Gibbons
>The Pirates have officially interviewed their third candidate for the open managerial job, bringing in former Toronto Blue Jays skipper John Gibbons. Gibbons might be most well known for his multiple run-ins with his players, most notably the ones that led to the trade of Dave Bush, the trade of Shea Hillenbrand, and the outright…
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>My Thoughts on Russell, And His Replacment
>I didn’t write anything about this yesterday because, quite frankly, I wanted to sleep on it. The Pirates firing of Russell came as no surprise to anyone who follows the team. Someone has to go down after three seasons like we have seen, and Russell really gave no indication he was a big league manager.…
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>John Russell Fired; Walker Wins Clemente Award
> The Pirates have officially fired John Russell. Names already being thrown around for the next Pirates manager are Eric Wedge, Ken Macha, and more hilariously, Bob Walk. No, no and no. They should hire my choice. Also today, Neil Walker won the Roberto Clemente award from members of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Baseball…
