Pirates
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19.2KKovacevic: Nutting, Coonelly … wow, just wow
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM February 21, 2017Bob Nutting spoke the following when asked by reporters Monday morning in Bradenton, Fla. what the Pirates might have culled from their 2016 season.
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2.8KExtra from the Top 25 Pittsburgh athletes project
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 3:57 AM January 30, 2017A few extras from my top 25 Pittsburgh athletes of all-time, beginning with what’s above, an eye-blurring gif of all 25, in order, made by our social media director, Taylor Haase....
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16.3KKovacevic: Kudos on Nova deal to the worthy
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:42 PM December 22, 2016There's getting damned by faint praise, and then there's being lavished left and right for simply doing your job.
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16.3KOfficial 2016 payroll shows $6 million slash
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 6:51 PM December 17, 2016There are official team payroll figures in Major League Baseball, meaning the amount that actually gets paid out, and there are figures that get projected on opening day.
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14.9KKovacevic: Don’t like my Hall vote? Change rules
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 9:58 PM December 16, 2016More and more, in our ever-shrinking cyber-world, voices throughout the baseball community cry out about what constitutes a good Hall of Fame ballot and a bad one.
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28.4KKovacevic: Trading Cutch would be wholly about kicking the can
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:42 AM December 1, 2016Trading Andrew McCutchen is very much a concept the Pirates should consider. But this current front office can't be trusted to do it for the right reason and, thus, with...
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10.3KKovacevic: Age of the alpha-male in Pittsburgh coaching ranks
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:26 AM October 27, 2016Mike Sullivan had seen and heard enough. So he let out a roar. Which is precisely what the alpha-male in the pack tends to do.
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13.8KKovacevic: Should have been a game here tonight … but who cares, right?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:23 PM October 5, 2016"Beautiful day," this guy said, turning to his buddy on what legitimately was a beautiful day in our little corner of the world. "Wouldn't it have been nice for a...
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16.2KFriday Insider: Liriano trade angered people inside, outside Pirates’ walls
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM September 30, 2016Since being traded to the Blue Jays -- sorry, dumped to the Blue Jays -- Francisco Liriano has made 10 appearances, including eight starts, and he's posted a 2.92 ERA.
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13.5KKovacevic: Why trading Cutch is a terrible idea
in MilwaukeePOSTED: 11:30 PM September 22, 2016Andrew McCutchen swore it was foul. Not that it appeared foul, that first-inning monstrous moon shot he launched almost into the Miller Park roof Wednesday night.
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4.0KLoss to Brewers lowers another boom
in MilwaukeePOSTED: 11:00 PM September 22, 2016Ryan Vogelsong had almost as much to lose as the Pirates team did Thursday night at Miller Park.
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5.3KRodriguez goes big, goes home again to beat Brewers, 4-1
in MilwaukeePOSTED: 11:00 PM September 21, 2016Sean Rodriguez has hit as many home runs this week as hit in all of 2015. And it's not just quantity -- 18 for the season, four in five games.
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4.9KBrault’s bad start, other blahs overcome in beating Brewers, 6-3
in MilwaukeePOSTED: 1:00 AM September 21, 2016Andrew McCutchen, Josh Bell and Jordy Mercer drove in two runs each to push the Pirates past the Brewers, 6-3, Tuesday night at Miller Park, their fifth straight win at...
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12.3KKovacevic: Nova wants ‘very badly’ to stay, but front office lowers bar rather than talk
in MilwaukeePOSTED: 7:05 PM September 20, 2016Ivan Nova wants to stay. But don't take my word for it. "Oh, I want to stay," the big righty was telling me as part of a long talk in...
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15.9KFriday Insider: What’s future of Pirates’ front office, Hurdle?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM September 16, 2016When any team goes through a collapse at the level of these Pirates, careening miles out of the contention they knew less than a month ago, it isn’t just about...
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20.3KKovacevic: Pirates fulfill front-office prophecy, plunge right off that ‘bridge’
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 2:02 AM September 7, 2016Cardinals 9, Pirates 7. All after two outs and two strikes. All in a span of four batters in four minutes. All those home runs equaling what Watson had allowed...
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3.6KHughes is Pirates’ nominee for Clemente Award
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 10:45 PM September 6, 2016Jared Hughes was announced Tuesday as the Pirates' nominee for Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award.