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Pirates Name Perry Hill First Base Coach
Hill is best known as a first base coach and infield instructor for the Marlins. He abruptly retired in early 2007. He has a great reputation as a defensive coach; the Miami Herald calls him "the best infield coach in the business." He won't officially be an infield coach for the Pirates, of...
Huntington: Neil Walker Could Compete for Starting Third Base Job
Pirates.com: Huntington has indicated that there are still checkpoints the organization would like Walker to meet in the Minors before earning a promotion. However, if LaRoche doesn't show improvement by Spring Training and Walker does, Walker may force management's hand to rethink its initial...
Leave Andy Allloooonnne!!!
Pat has a good new post about Andy LaRoche, and I'd like to amplify some of his points here and add a couple of my own. This isn't so much an argument as a series of semi-related points. 1. Again, and this is going to be a recurring theme here for the next couple years, minor league numbers...
Minor League Numbers Matter
When I read questions like the last one here, which asks if the Pirates scouted Andy LaRoche before trading for him, I get a little uncomfortable. This is a strange time of year, and the Pirates need to use their available playing time to look at their best young players without worrying too much...
Brewers Still Complaining
Brewers GM Doug Melvin is upset: Melvin said he thought there should be a committee to decide scoring decisions like the one that may have cost Sabathia a no-hitter in the Brewers' 7-0 victory over the Pirates on Sunday. One official scorer is used in all baseball games until the World Series,...
Pirates Suffer 10th Straight Loss; Brewers Challenge Bucs' Only Hit
I guess it's not Jeff Karstens' fault that the Pirates can't hit anymore, or that the Pirates' bullpen stinks. If Tyler Yates is taken to arbitration this offseason, I'll be deeply disappointed; he can't be counted on for anything. On the bright side--and you have to be looking pretty hard to find...
Bucs Dugout / WHYGAVS Crossover: The New Guys
With the trading deadline now behind us, I got together with Pat from WHYGAVS to discuss the eight players the Pirates acquired. We put aside the question of whether or not the Bucs made good deals and talked about our expectations for each of the eight new guys, beginning with the four acquired...
Jason Bay Traded to Boston
Finally, we have something--Jason Bay has been traded to Boston in a three team deal (see below). The most current reports I have suggest that the Pirates get 3B Andy LaRoche and SP Bryan Morris from the Dodgers, along with RP Craig Hansen and OF Brandon Moss from the Red Sox. This is what Dejan...
What The People Want
This post was originally going to be about whether or not we should make an attempt to re-sign Rafael Furcal, and then I realized ending something with the conclusion of “I don’t know” wouldn’t be too interesting. Instead, I’m just going to go with some good news and...
God Dammit
Andy LaRoche has been optioned to AAA , meaning that we're now choosing to start Blake Dewitt or Russell Martin at 3rd, instead of just waiting for LaRoche to rehab. Apparently we just couldn't lose DeWitt's almost average performance at the hot corner. Update>>Joe Torre confirms that, yes,...
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