The Pittsburgh Pirates Blog

I was trying to sweat off a few beers walking along the Allegheny River last week and couldn’t help but notice all the activity around PNC Park. Power washing, mulch spreading, sign hanging, all part of getting ready for opening day. You can’t last 37 years in the sports media business without both loving sports […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/331BIER16.mp3 Bucs Beat Writer Rob Biertempfel and Ken Laird preview the 2016 Pirates season. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/331IN16.mp3 Robby Incmikoski of Root Sports Previews the Bucs TV schedule with Ken Laird. The Pirates have reassigned the following players to minor league camp: Ed Easley (C) Jim Fuller (LHP) Jorge Rondon (RHP) A.J. Schugel (RHP) Jacob Stallings (C) There […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/321PIR16.mp3 Pirates Beat Writers Rob Biertempfel and Travis Sawchik joins Ken Laird and Josh Taylor for one hour of the best Bucs talk-roster and lineup decision, rotation, analytics and more.

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/303T16.mp3 The number one prospect for the Pirates-Tyler Glasnow joins us live from Pirates Spring Training on his progress, when will he pitch in the majors? What does he still need to work on? http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/303RB16.mp3 Bucs Beat Writer Rob Biertempfel live from Pirates Spring Training-Jaso did not have a good first day at first base. […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/303RB16.mp3 -When he reported last year Gregory Polanco was thicker than the year before, but the difference from 2 years ago to this year is at least 20 pounds of muscle. He’s not exactly Dave Parker yet, but the piano legs are long gone. -Dark horse for making an impact this year…Michael Morse. The guy […]

Our Rob Biertempfel created quite the storm with his recent story from Bradenton regarding Gerrit Cole’s contractual situation- http://triblive.com/sports/pirates/10043775-74/cole-huntington-pirates Sides are firmly taken as they always are when it comes to Pirate finances. Perhaps no single group of sports supporters can be divided on any one topic as the Pirate fan base gets when it […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/225PITT16.mp3 Pitt Coach Brandin Knight joins us to talk about how disappointed he was with the defense at the end of the loss to Louisville. How they need to play defense to stop Duke. Can they make a run in the ACC and NCAA Tourneys? http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/225TR16.mp3 Pens lose to Bruins, Pitt loses to Louisville. Guy […]