Author Archives: WTM
The Best Pittsburgh Pirates Infields Ever
SEE ALSO: The Best Pittsburgh Pirates Outfields Ever Determining the best Pirate infield ever is mainly a matter of figuring out how to delineate the various infields that Honus Wagner… Read more
The Best Pittsburgh Pirates Outfields Ever
Despite what we’ve seen over the last two decades, the Pirates during their long history have had some mighty good infields and outfields. No, really. Inspired by a brief exchange… Read more
Pirates Set to Downgrade 90-Loss Team
The Pirates in 2011 improved from 105 losses to 90, certainly a significant step forward even though they remain a bad team. With the playoffs still underway, however, they’ve made… Read more
What Went Right in 2011
The 2011 campaign is over and the Pirates have another losing season in the books. That’s . . . how many in a row? I dunno, some really large number. … Read more
What Went Wrong in 2011
You can’t lose 90 games without a lot of things going wrong. In the case of the 2011 Pirates, there were some problems that were different, at least for their… Read more
Altoona Misses Chance for Sweep
Bowie avoided a sweep in the final game of a four-game series, beating Altoona 3-1. The Curve’s starter, Mike Colla, pitched well but had to battle through a series of… Read more
Are We There Yet? Part Four
This is the last installment of the comparison of the Pirates’ farm system as it stood at the beginning of 2007 and 2012. This part covers the low A teams,… Read more
Irwin, Curve Continue Dominance Over Bowie Bats
Altoona’s pitching continued to shut down Bowie’s offense, giving the Curve their third straight road win over the Baysox, 2-0. Phil Irwin threw seven shutout innings, allowing only four hits,… Read more
McPherson, Curve Stifle Bowie
Altoona won its second in a row over Bowie tonight, 4-2, behind five shutout innings from Kyle McPherson. He allowed just one hit and one walk, while striking out three…. Read more
McKechnie Park Effects — Some Context
This is a followup to Kevin Creagh’s article on the effect of McKechnie Field on the hitting stats of the Bradenton Marauders. Kevin concludes that McKechnie may inflate those stats… Read more
