damaso marte Stories - Bucs Dugout
Yankees finally building bullpen the right way
Brian Bruney What is the best way to build an effective major league bullpen? With starters pitching fewer and fewer innings that question is one that general managers struggle with every season. Do you spend big money for big-name veterans? Do you stockpile veterans who might...
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 don't have a LOOGY right now (the Pirates used Damaso Marte as one for a while, but he's gone now)...
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, tell me what I'm missing here... The two most covered Pirates players, outfielder/first baseman Nady and...
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 going to the Yankees. Here's the report from the AP. Nady was pulled from the Pirates' lineup...
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 eventually called, but because Maholm was off to a terrible start, giving up three runs in the...
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: The Pirates might offer salary arbitration to Marte after this season, assuring that, even if...
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, in part because the starting pitching has been decent and not a lot of mop-up work has been required. -P- The...
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 funny moment in which Alfonso Soriano muffed a play in the outfield by appearing to lose the ball in...
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 got bombed, then Franquelis Osoria relieved him in the fifth and got bombed even worse, and then...
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