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From the Pittsburgh Pirates- The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed catcher Rod Barajas to a one-year deal with a club option for 2013. The announcement was made by Pirates Senior Vice President, General Manager Neal Huntington. Last season with Los Angeles (NL), Barajas hit .230 (70-for-305) with 13 doubles, 16 home runs and 47 RBI in […]

Despite all the excitement and drama of being in first place in late July, the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their North American sports record of consecutive losing seasons to nineteen. With yesterday's 3-2 loss against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates reached 82 losses to ensure their fate; a mark that was reached August 20th of […]

After April, the Pirates were a mediocre 13-15. After posting a .500 record in May and .593 win percentage in June, the Pirates were Pittsburgh's favorite team. Then came the collapse. Jerry Meals calls Julio Lugo safe in a 19 inning marathon against the Braves, the rotation gets pummeled by the Padres and their NL […]

When the Pirates elected to take Gerrit Cole in the first round of this year's draft, much of Pittsburgh, including myself, seemed skeptical of the pick. One reason was that the Pirates had already loaded up on right-handed pitchers last year. They selected Jameson Taillon, a prep player from Texas who had the size, strength […]

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Bob Nutting haters. Go ahead. Call me an apologist for a front office that is commanding the worst run franchise in the last two decades. I constantly state that the Pirates care about winning and that they see a playoff run in the near future. Call me delusional for saying Bob Nutting is not trying […]

It sounds blasphemous to call the 2011 season anything but a major improvement upon the franchise's last two decades of embarrassment. But I just do not see how this team has gotten better and shown that the future will reap benefits of October baseball in Pittsburgh. Has there been more excitement in this season than […]

Surprise, surprise, like most people expected the Pirates went into Milwaukee for a three game series and came out with no wins…again. The Bucs just can't beat the team they wish they were. No hitting again, Chuck Morton and the bullpen did all they could but the Pirates just can't score any runs at all […]