Player to Watch: Patrick McAnaney
Following up on my post about State College below, where I said that Dave Littlefield had left little land mines all over the place, there's a pitcher named Patrick McAnaney in the low level...
Hardball Times: Velocity Begins to Decline at 29
Via U.S.S. Mariner, check out this important article at Hardball Times, which offers evidence in support of the tentative hypothesis that, on average, pitcher velocity starts to decline...
Pirates 5, Phillies 1
Following on the heels of a week of horrible baseball and the release of Matt Morris, this was a refreshing display of competence. Paul Maholm walked four batters, but he had a 99-pitch, complete...
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PIRATES LOSE TO _________, DROP __TH IN A ROW Pirates starter _____ _______ gave up ___ runs in the first inning, thanks to subpar stuff and errors by _____ ______ and ____ _____. ...
Dodgers 11, Pirates 2
This one was ugly. Dodgers starter Hong-Chih Kuo was, at least, interesting, walking in a run before striking out a bunch of batters and flashing great stuff (for a lefty), before being pulled after f...