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Just a quick note. I published a post a few moments ago for the first time in over three weeks, which has been...

Is the outfield shift a wise strategy?

As you probably know, the Pirates have been employing a shifted outfield defensive alignment quite a bit this season. Against many batters, Nate...

Will the impressive run of pitching continue?

The Pirates currently own a team ERA of 2.97, tops in baseball. That is a far cry from the pitching performance we saw...

Doumit out 8-10 weeks with wrist surgery

Obviously, this is a giant blow to the Pirates' offense. Jason Jaramillo and Robinzon Diaz are not going to provide anything close to...

Barthmaier, Morris out with arm injuries

Dejan reports that both Jimmy Barthmaier (one month) and Bryan Morris (four to six weeks) will miss extended time with arm injuries. This is...

Keep Andy LaRoche in the lineup

If there is one thing that frustrates me about the new management team, it is their unwillingness to give younger players extended opportunities to...

2009 expectations

Let me be honest with everyone that might be reading this. I am having a very difficult time getting excited about the 2009...

Updated 2009 win projections

First of all, I apologize for the lack of posting the past few weeks. Unfortunately, real life became quite busy right at the...

Vince Lascheid dies

The organist was 85.  Rest in peace.

Gorzelanny, four others cut

The Pirates optioned Tom Gorzelanny and Jose Tabata to minor league camp today. It is surprising to see Gorzelanny demoted so early, as I...

Rays at Pirates

Brian from Raise the Jolly Roger is looking into setting up some live blogs during the upcoming season, and we are going to test...

Dream until your dream come true

2009 Spring Training Pedro Alvarez .444/.500/.778 Andrew McCutchen .250/.377/.477 Jose Tabata .444/.560/.611   That is all.

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