The Pittsburgh Pirates Blog

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1111PIR15.mp3 Starling Marte wins his first Gold Glove. More offseason hot stove talk with Junker, Laird and Benz. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1111BIER15.mp3 Pirates Beat Writer Rob Biertempfel joins Ken Laird Josh Taylor and Tim Benz to talk everything Buccos offseason. JA Happ and other free agent pitcher finds. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1111ROSSI15.mp3 Rob Rossi joins Junker, Laird and Benz to talk […]

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http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1109TR15.mp3 Brought by Duffys Beer in Pleasant Hills. Steelers beat Raiders but Big Ben injured again and defense gives up 35 points. Pitt Coach Pat Narduzzi gets defensive after loss to Notre Dame. Pirates miss out on signing another Korean star. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1109ROSSI15.mp3 Rob Rossi on Pascal Dupuis and Pens. Could Ben Roethlisberger be in better […]

Starting Pitching: AJ Burnett is retired. JA Happ is free agent. Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke aren’t all that good. That leaves us Gerrit Cole and Francisco Liriano. Luckily, the Pirates will have a group of starting pitchers in the farm system that can hopefully stay healthy next season and contribute to the major league […]

What will the Pirates do with these two? Both players are arbitration eligible and will probably be valued to make 8-10 million dollars each next year. Walker hit .269 this past season with 16 home runs. Alvarez batted .243 and swatted 27 home runs. Both players are not terribly great at defense. Actually, Pedro is […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1027TR15.mp3 Steelers talk, Ravens lose again. Bengals coming in to Heinz Field undefeated. Should Tyler Boyd from Pitt be getting Heisman attention? Pirates talk. Brought to you by Duffys Beer in Pleasant Hills and Invisible Fence Brand. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1027KAB15.mp3 Mark Kaboly joins Junker and Laird, why are the Steelers using DeAngelo Williams as short yardage back? […]

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1012ROSSI15.mp3 Pens are not a well constructed hockey team, not catering to the offensive players they have. Plus Pirates offseason and Steelers-Chargers. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1012PENS15.mp3 Defensive Player of the Game brought to you by Frank Walker Law. Laird and Benz select the goalies that play against the Pens, Malkin talks about the early struggles. http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/1012PORK15.mp3 Brought to […]

I was part of the KDKA Sports Showdown on Sunday night. On a couple of occasions, our host (debonair, golden voiced, immaculately coifed) Bob Pompeani asked us to sum up a topic in a word or less. Jesus, Bob, we’ve got a half hour to fill! Gimme some latitude. But Bob got me thinking. We […]