Author Archives: Matt Bandi
Lastings Milledge involved in bench-clearing brawl in Venezuela
Former Pirate Lastings Milledge was involved in a bench-clearing brawl yesterday during a Venezuelan winter league game. Click here for video.
Only Bucs prospect poll
For the third year in a row, the Only Bucs message board is conducting a poll to determine the top 30 prospects in the Pirates system.
Graphical Player 2011
The fantasy baseball annual Graphical Player 2011, published by Heater Magazine’s John Burnson, is now available for purchase. For the third straight year, I served as the Pirates team expert for the book. Feel free to check it out if you are interested.
Extra Innings host Rocco DeMaro leaves Clear Channel
Rocco DeMaro, host of the Pirates post-game show Extra Innings for the past four seasons, revealed some unfortunate news on his Twitter feed this afternoon.
Kevin Correia and the effect of PETCO Park
In the Kevin Correia thread over at Bucs Dugout, a long discussion broke out today about PETCO Park’s effect on Correia’s 2010 numbers. After reading through the debate, I decided to do some digging and see what I could figure out.
Thoughts on Scott Olsen
The Pirates got started on improving the starting rotation today, but their first move was an uninspiring one. The team has reportedly agreed to terms with pitcher Scott Olsen. So what sort of boost should we expect Olsen to provide the Pirates’ starting rotation?
