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In Praise of the LOOGY
It's a slow day, but I enjoyed this article about LOOGYs (which stands for "Lefty One-Out Guys," for the uninitiated) over at the New Republic. It's not particularly Pirates-related, since the Bucs do...
I Guess It's Pick On ESPN Day...
But, at least on this score, they started it. There's nothing more embarrassing than smarmy writers who don't know what they're talking about. Where to start with this one? Please, someone, te...
Pirates Trade Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte to Yankees
Scroll down for the latest updates. It's Nady and Marte for minor leaguers Jose Tabata, George Kontos, Russ Ohlendorf and Phil Coke. Paul Meyer doesn't have the details yet, but thinks they're g...
Pirates 4, Yankees 2
I was at that first Mike Mussina- Paul Maholm matchup, the one that got delayed by rain, and it wasn't much fun--not only because we sat for hours in a very hot, wet, crowded park before the game was ...
Pirates May Keep Damaso Marte
The Post-Gazette: Management began entertaining offers for him in the offseason, and that never stopped. But those offers continue to come in lower than expected, so a Plan B has been formulated: T...
Some Notes and Observations
-P- As expected, the Bucs shipped Bryan Bullington back to Indianapolis. They will probably recall Marino Salas tomorrow. Bullington had been up for a couple weeks but hadn't even pitched, i...
Pirates 6, Cubs 5
This has been a pretty exciting weekend of baseball so far. This game featured two homers by Luis Rivas, which... wow. It also featured a couple of very good defensive plays by the Pirates, a pretty f...
Cubs 13, Pirates 6
Another ugly game, and believe it or not, Evan Meek didn't allow any of those thirteen runs. Luis Rivas didn't play in this one, either, so our usual whipping boys aren't to blame. Instead, Zach Duke...
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