Pirates
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Kovacevic: Not exactly 1 of 162, was it?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 6:00 AM August 21, 2014Gaby Sanchez, whose sac fly finished it with fireworks, might have summarized the mindset best: "We don't get caught up in anything other than the now."
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Kovacevic: Bench makeup dumb, dumb dumb
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 10:18 PM August 18, 2014The Pirates do stupid things sometimes. It's stupid to have Brent Morel, Jayson Nix and Michael Martinez on the same bench, batting .143, .137 and .128.
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Kovacevic: This is on Pedro Alvarez
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:50 PM August 17, 2014This is on Pedro Alvarez. Honestly, I'm tired of tiptoeing around it, tired of hearing and reading every other imaginable excuse.
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Kovacevic: The truth on Russell Martin
in Latrobe, Pa.POSTED: 9:00 PM August 13, 2014Sign Russell Martin! Hang on, let’s try that again with the appropriate gusto: SIGN RUSSELL MARTIN! Much better.
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Kovacevic: A cool autumn breeze this way blows
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:30 PM August 12, 2014A smooth, autumnal breeze drifted down the Ohio Valley, up the Allegheny and right through PNC Park on this Tuesday night. The marquee showed Pirates vs. Tigers.
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Kovacevic: Hey, anyone notice all this offense?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:30 PM August 11, 2014I, for one, blame Kate Upton. See, for all her otherworldly gifts, the solar system’s most celebrated supermodel didn’t even bother showing Monday at PNC Park.
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Kovacevic: These Pirates ‘toss egos into the pile’
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:30 PM August 7, 2014Who’d have thought the Pirates could fill out a lineup card on the seventh of August in which Josh Harrison would lead everyone in average, home runs and, uh, All-Star...
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Kovacevic: So this is what ‘no move’ looks like
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:30 PM August 5, 2014What the Pirates didn’t need, to say the very least, was the bullpen blowing up Charlie Morton’s strong seven innings into a 6-3 setback against the Marlins.
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3.9KKovacevic: Nothing at all? Seriously?
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:30 PM July 31, 2014Neal Huntington thanked his scouts. Not sure that’s one I’d heard before, but there it was.
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Kovacevic: Pirates’ smarter target is behind plate
in PittsburghPOSTED: 5:22 AM July 31, 2014Don't kid yourself: Russell Martin is the window. Martin, more than anyone, is the source of all this angst over what Neal Huntington acquired at the deadline.
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Kovacevic: That’s baseball, man
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 11:33 PM July 22, 2014Here’s a story I’ve never told publicly, but hey, if not here, if not now, then when? It’s about the Pirates and Dodgers, but about a very different group of...