The Pittsburgh Pirates Blog

Since becoming the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clint Hurdle has stressed getting fans in Pittsburgh back into the tradition of watching winning baseball. In less than two years, we have seen the transformation take place as PNC Park has become a packed house night in, night out. The popularity is obviously due to the […]

Buying at the trade deadline has become an objective for Neal Huntington in back to back seasons now. Last year, he swung two deals bringing in Derrek Lee and Ryan Ludwick for cash and a few low level prospects. Everyone knows how the season ended despite getting significant gains from Lee in particular. This season, […]

Starling Marte crushed the first pitch he saw in a major league uniform, sending the ball off the train tracks in left-center field at Minute Maid Park for his first career home run. As a Pirates fan, the drama of seeing your top hitting prospect contributing to a winning team on the first pitch of […]

For the last 19 years, the world has found more ways than you can count to write and dash negative things about the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2012, it hasn't been so easy. I hate to be the one to do this, but the last couple series have made me feel a bit uneasy about where […]

Bucco fans are ecstatic after the moves that have been made for the team so far this week by Bucs GM Neal Huntington. Huntington traded for left-handed pitcher Wandy Rodriguez from the Houston Astros. In the process of the trade, the Pirates did not lose a top prospect. The biggest loss was Rudy Owens and […]

Ken Laird and Guy Junker had Pirates manager Clint Hurdle on the show on Friday and asked him about Starling Marte and when he'll be in the big leagues. A specific question was raised about the "magic number" of at-bats that he had to reach before he could be brought up. Obviously that's not how […]

For the first time in quite some time, the Pittsburgh Pirates are buyers. Serious buyers. Not the buyers they were last year where they added Derrek Lee and Ryan Ludwick just to make everyone happy. Those guys did not do much to help the team anyway, with The Bucs spiraling to a dreadful second half […]

According to the Nielsen Ratings for Pittsburgh for the week of July 9th through the 15th, the city is obsessed with baseball. The Home Run Derby on ESPN was the most watched show of the week with a 6.6. The All Star Game was the second most watched show of the week with a 5.9. […]