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Roster Watch: Alex Presley
My Dad absolutely loves Alex Presley. Presley isn’t unlike the Josh Harrison‘s of the world in that he plays hard and is a bit of an overachiever. Commendable qualities for sure. He also hates being referred to as Elvis in any way. That’s unfortunate because we have this photoshop in our library. Therefore we have…
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Roster Watch Yamaico Navarro
I regret to inform you this will probably be the last meaningful post I make about Yamaico Navarro. Honestly though, I’m not sure I’ve ever made a meaningful post about Yamacio Navarro. I guess the most I ever really wrote about him was the recap of the stupid trade that brought him to the Pirates.…
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The Perfect Game
Adam LaRoche is my favorite baseball player. Rod Barajas is my favorite baseball player. Both are former Pirates; neither was very popular as a Pirate. I have a habit of supporting the most unpopular players. I guess I feel like they need my support when it’s not coming from anywhere else. Tonight’s Pirates Playback on…
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Pirates Give Resop To Billy Beane
In another cost cutting move the Pirates traded reliever Chris Resop to the Oakland Athletics for 24 year old, A-ball reliever Zach Thornton. Thornton was drafted out of college by the A’s and has spent three years in the minors, making it to AA last year for the first time where he pitched 3.0 innings…
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals – Game 37
#Correia4Bullpen No rest for your Buccos. They obviously slept with whoever makes the schedules significant other. No rest traveling from Pittsburgh to Florida to Washington to Detroit back to Pittsburgh? Seems fair on top of the hardest schedule in baseball. You know how I feel about fairness though. First Pitch: 7:05 PM EST Where to…
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 24
That was not enjoyable. The good news is that the Pirates still kept the bats going. The bad news is the pitching fell apart. Charlie Morton. Not good. Jared Hughes. Not good. Tony Watson. Not good. Brad Lincoln. Good. You aren’t going to win too many games in which you give up nine runs. You…
