According to MLB Trade Rumors, there have been some changes to the off-season dates for free agency and arbitration decisions: -Players can file for free...

Pedro Alvarez has been named the National League Player of the Week after hitting for a .417/.400/.833 line and two homers in 24 at-bats....

Paul Maholm was solid over seven innings and the Pirates offense woke up late to conclude the 2010 home schedule with a win. Pedro Alvarez continued his hot hitting with three safeties and two RBI.

It's hard to ignore the season Jose Bautista is having.  A 52 home run season for any player is special, regardless of whether the...

Zach Duke was effective in six plus innings and Pedro Alvarez connected on a two run homer as the Pirates try to avoid losing...

It was a weird game all around. The Pirates were up early despite few hits. Houston rallied against the Pittsburgh bullpen. There were 24 hits in the game, but only one homer. And that bomb was delivered by Andy LaRoche. Add it up and you get the Pirates dropping their 100th game of the year.

Your Friday afternoon reading, with appearances by Kevin Creagh, Alex Remington and Richard Sandomir.

Loss #99 came at the hands of two men who had done much damage to the Pirates in the past. Albert Pujols hit two...

I can't really say that I've ever been a big fan of Jeff Clement.  At the start of the 2010 season, many were doubting...

Kyle Lohse came into the contest with a 5-0 career mark against Pittsburgh. It didn't take long to blemish that mark. Pittsburgh scored six times off Lohse in three innings to win their fifth straight game.

The body is on the slab and it is barely cold, but it is time to put the corpse known as the 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates to rest. This season was one for the history books, but not the good kind of history. But the strange part is that I still have hope.

The Pirates offense managed only six hits, but it was enough. They scraped five runs together with a couople of multi-run innings to support Paul Maholm.