Pirates Sign Paul Mildren, Erik Kratz
by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 19, 2009 5:44 PM EST
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I remember him. He’s before Hill and Roneberg, though.
by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 19, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
Adrian Burnside
is getting ready to start his second season with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Central League. When I saw him last year, he rarely threw a fastball over the equivalent of 86 mph, but he sure had figured out how to get batters out for about 5 innings a start.
Off topic,
but ESPN Classic is showing Game 7 of the ’92 NLCS.
It’s just not right what we Pirate fans have had to endure from that day to the present.
I guess we just have to keep believing that somehow, someway the team will find a way to win again early next decade.
Is Leyland
going to let Drabek start the ninth again? I’ll pass.
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