The Pittsburgh Pirates Blog

How does one grade the Pittsburgh Pirates in their performance over 26 games in the month of May? The team went 13-13; 4-5 at home and 9-8 on the road. The starting rotation went 12 consecutive games of allowing 2 runs or less while the offense remained inconsistent. In April, the Pirates batted .230/.303/.340 while […]

9:30a-Future First Round Pick John Gibson of Whitehall 10:30a-Pirates Beat Writer Jennifer Langosch of MLB.com 11:30-Adam Proteau of the Hockey News 12:30-NHL.com's Shawn Roarke live from Vancouver 2pm-Virginia Play-by-Play Man Dave Koehn on Pirates possible 1st pick overall Danny Hultzen 2:30pm-Anthony Rendon of Rice, another possible candidate for Pirates 1st pick overall 3pm-MLB Network Draft […]

9:30a-Future NHL First Round Pick and Pittsburgh Native Brandon Saad 10a-Pens Beat Writer Josh Yohe in studio 11a-Penguins 2009 First Round Pick Simon Despres 12:45-Ohio State Beat Writer Doug Lesmireses of the Cleveland Plain Dealer 2pm-UCLA Coach John Savage on potential Pirates first pick Gerrit Cole 2:30-NBA.com Writer and Pittsburgh native Shaun Powell 3pm-Stillers 365 […]

10a-Mike Colligan of the HockeyWriters.com and Cory Weibel of the ThreeRiversBurghBlog live in studio. 12:30-Preview of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals live from Boston 2:15-Jon Anderson of the McEffect blog live in studio to preview the Bucs-Cubs series 2:30-Mina Harker appearing at Blush this week live in studio 3p-Stillers 365 featuring reaction from […]

Rob Rossi on the Pens, Rob Biertempfel on the Bucs live from Chicago, Ralph Paulk on the Indy 500. 12:10-Trib Columnist John Harris on the new Steelers Rule in the NFL. 1p-ESPN Hockey Analyst Barry Melrose 2:30-Indianapolis Indians Play-by-Play Man Howard Kellman on the Pirates Prospects 3pm-Stillers 365 4p-Tee It Up Golf Show

Should the Pirates keep pitcher Paul Maholm beyond the 2010 season? Most Bucs fans that I've chatted with, either verbally or electronically, seem to dismiss the possibility of Paul staying in black and yellow outright. After all, he is due 9.75 million dollars next season. For a team with a payroll of 46 mil, spending […]

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