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The four most watched shows in primetime television last week in Pittsburgh were all sports related. The Steelers-Colts Pre-Season game on NBC Sunday night on 819 was the most watched television show of the week in Pittsburgh with a 19.7 rating. The next three highest viewed shows of the week for the Pittsburgh were all […]

Every semi-successful team has a 1-2 punch. The Penguins terrorize goalies with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin while the Steelers attack opposing quarterbacks with James Harrison and Lamarr Woodley. For the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates, their 1-2 punch includes AJ Burnett and James McDonald. Lately, the Pirates have lacked that second quality start in the rotation […]

The top fourteen television shows in Pittsburgh last week were all sports related. #1 was the Steelers preseason game easily beating the rest of the field with an 18.7 rating. The next four highest rated shows were the Olympics on NBC, 11.0, 9.6, 9.4 and an 8.6. #6 and #7 were Pirates games on Root […]

It is time for James McDonald to start pitching and get back to his old form if The Pirates have any hopes of saving their season and playoff hopes. If he does not, then it's time to send him back to the farm. It is time for him to decide what kind of pitcher he […]

It was the third inning and the Pirates looked to be in a very familiar position that had plagued the last 19 seasons. They were losing -getting crushed- by a team that was out of the playoff hunt for three months now. The Padres, winners of ten straight at PNC Park, took a quick 1-0 […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have no excuses for not making the playoffs this year. I am talking playoffs and playing in October: words that have not been said for nineteen years. If the Pirates do not make the playoffs, then the season is a bust. Even if they only make the wild card and play the […]

The top three TV shows last week were the Olympics on NBC. July 27th Olympic coverage from 7:30pm-12-Mid earned a 15.2. July 29th Olympic coverage 7pm-12-Mid earned at 14.1 and July 28th 8pm-12-Mid pulled a 10.2. Pirates games on ROOT Sports ranked 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th for the week. Two 6.6's, a 6.5, […]

Let's flashback to the end of June, before the Pittsburgh Pirates were on a serious pennant race and before the Pittsburgh Steelers arrived for camp in Latrobe, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in contention to land the biggest names on the free agent market. Now with the free agency period over a month old, the Penguins […]