Monthly Archives: February 2009
World Baseball Classic: Pirate Participants
A total of 9 Pirates and Pirates’ farmhands will be participating in the World Baseball Classic — though none on Team USA.
Spring Training: Jose Tabata; Pirates Win Second Game
Can the Pirates afford McLouth and co. in 2012?
The biggest moves the Pirates made this off-season were the extensions of Nate McLouth, Paul Maholm, and Ryan Doumit. Each extension bought out at least one free agent year through… Read more
Spring Training: Shelby Ford; Exhibition Games Start
Can we please stop talking about this now?
Doug Mientkiewicz signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers. I have never seen so much anxiety over a guy with a .753 OPS. EDIT: This post is why WHYGAVS… Read more
Does Will Ohman make sense?
The Pirates are reportedly one of three teams to have interest in left handed reliever Will Ohman, with the Marlins and Padres being the other two teams. Dejan Kovacevic of… Read more
Downfall of the Fam-A-Lee Redux
I have been absent for almost a month. Gone and perhaps forgotten? Hopefully not. 2009 got off to a weird start as my family and I came home on the… Read more
New Updates
Some updates to the blog… I updated the Top Prospect Consensus page with a lot of rankings. On the right side of the page you will notice a scoreboard. This… Read more
The future of the defense – Part 1, Outfield
As Pirate fans, our focus is currently on the future. The team is likely two seasons away from any clear improvement, and a potential championship club is years away. With… Read more
