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First Pitch: Can Home Field Advantage Be an Advantage Again?

We don't know if the "Cue-to" chants from the Wild Card game actually made a difference in the way Johnny Cueto pitched. What we...

First Pitch: Now the Pirates Have the Advantage Against St. Louis

Prior to the NLDS against the Cardinals, I wrote that St. Louis didn't have an advantage over the Pittsburgh Pirates. That wasn't me saying...

First Pitch: Gerrit Cole Making the Key Start in This Series

Gerrit Cole is a future ace. In the last month he has been pitching like a current ace. And tomorrow he is going to...

First Pitch: The Cardinals Have No Advantage Over the Pirates

Each time the Pirates have played the Cardinals this year, the popular opinion has been that the Cardinals will be nearly unbeatable. Granted, a...

First Pitch: Pirates Advance to Face the Cardinals in the NLDS

Not much to say, other than linking to all of the coverage tonight. I'm heading to St. Louis tomorrow, and James Santelli will be...

First Pitch: Pirates Showing a Lot of Confidence in Liriano

The Pittsburgh Pirates had a chance to load up on plenty of relievers for the one game Wild Card matchup. Instead, they went the...

First Pitch: Are the Pirates a Sign That Baseball is a Fair Game?

Earlier this week it was announced that Bud Selig would retire after the 2014 season. I would believe this, but Selig has said this...

First Pitch: Getting Hot at the Right Time

There's one thing I've been saying in a lot of different articles over the past few days, and it remained true today: the Pirates...

First Pitch: If That’s All For A.J. Burnett…

Tonight may have been the final start for A.J. Burnett in a Pirates uniform. There's the chance that he could pitch in the playoffs, but...

First Pitch: The Biggest Story in the Pirates Minor League System This Year

This afternoon I had a radio interview with Daniel Dudley of TribLIVE Radio, which has pretty much been a weekly thing each Thursday afternoon...

First Pitch: The Six Year Plan, and the Next Six Years

Six years ago, on September 25th, 2007, the Pittsburgh Pirates hired Neal Huntington to be their new General Manager. Six years later, that looks...

First Pitch: First to the Majors Doesn’t Equal Best in the Draft

In 2008 Jay Bruce made it to the majors and hit 21 home runs in 413 at-bats, finishing fifth in the Rookie of the...

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