Pirates
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Kovacevic: Because … because … oh, you know
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 12:02 AM July 10, 2015Because they're the Cardinals, that's why. Really, it isn't any more complicated or confounding than that.
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Kovacevic: Beating teams they should? Yeah, and?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM July 9, 2015The Pirates stink! Nothing they do means anything until they beat the good teams! If Neal Huntington doesn’t get a top-notch starter, two more everyday bats and a whole new...
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Kovacevic: Running (and smiling) of the Bull
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 12:04 AM July 7, 2015Pedro Alvarez does get excited, emotional, all that stuff. And no, not just when he wallops a walkoff hit and celebrates like a school child, as he did Monday.
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Kovacevic: It was a blah and stormy night for Pirates
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:04 AM July 4, 2015‘Hey, how you feelin’?’ Fairly common question, I’d venture to say. And it’s maybe my favorite to pose in a clubhouse setting, especially as it relates to baseball. Because it’s...
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Kovacevic: Why do Pirates run from lefties?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 6:03 PM June 28, 2015So this was one loss, to one lefty. And in the broader context, the Pirates getting buried by Alex Wood and the Braves, 2-1, Sunday at PNC Park.
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Kovacevic: It’s really about response, right?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 8:59 PM June 27, 2015When Andrew McCutchen's left elbow was struck squarely by a 91-mph sinker, the thick crack of ball on bone was loud enough to be discerned from the Pirates' dugout
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Kovacevic: Now that’s how good teams finish
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:02 AM June 27, 2015There’s no extra benefit, nothing at all extraordinary to winning in extra innings. This isn’t the NFL, where the rules are modified for overtime, or the NHL, where they’re now...
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Pirates’ Bell, Diaz chosen for Future Games
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:49 PM June 25, 2015Two of the Pirates’ top prospects, first baseman Josh Bell and catcher Elias Diaz have been selected for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Futures Game, July 12 in Cincinnati. Bell, 22,...
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Kovacevic: Explaining Melancon easy as 1-2-3
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 2:21 AM June 24, 2015Mark Melancon still bristles when it's brought up. And not just a little bit. To confess here, I tried the topic again Tuesday in the Pirates' clubhouse at PNC Park.
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Pirates to miss Cueto, Chapman in Reds series
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 4:09 PM June 22, 2015Johnny Cueto and Aroldis Chapman, the Reds’ best starter and reliever, respectively, will miss the series with the Pirates that begins Tuesday at PNC Park, per a Cincinnati release. Cueto...
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Kovacevic: Jose Tabata plays for Pittsburgh
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 1:51 AM June 21, 2015Jose Tabata knew what he was doing. Watching replay after replay, his body language couldn't be clearer.
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Kovacevic: Walker on maybe worst strike call ever
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:49 PM June 17, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC It takes a lot to infuriate Neil Walker, maybe the most easygoing man on the planet. But he was in no joking mood late Tuesday night, even...
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Kovacevic: Someplace truly special … to pitch
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 12:11 AM June 17, 2015The standard rap fare blared in the background, but very much at the foreground of the Pirates' 3-0 throttling of the White Sox on this Tuesday night.
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Kovacevic: Pirates go all gas-house on White Sox rookie
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:14 PM June 15, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC One by one, the Pirates rushed to the bat rack, then to the box, then pounded away at the poor pitcher, some 22-year-old slider specialist for the...
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Kovacevic: Trade for Hamels? No thanks
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 4:50 PM June 14, 2015So there was Cole Hamels, out on the PNC Park mound on this sweltering Sunday afternoon, doing all that stuff Hamels does: Seven zeroes up on the board.
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Kovacevic: Are Cardinals making this moot?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 10:56 PM June 10, 2015Man, this just doesn't matter. At all. That thought hit me as hard as Pedro Alvarez pulverized that poor baseball onto PNC Park's upper riverwalk Wednesday night.
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Kovacevic: So, Cutch, how’s your knee?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 2:31 AM June 3, 2015BY DEJAN KOVACEVIC SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a decade, a strange sign draped across the double-door entrance to AT&T Park’s visiting clubhouse: “HARVEY ‘HOW’S YOUR KNEE?’ HODGERNEY” As...