Tag Archives: Jack Wilson
This Date in Pirates History: December 29
Born on this date in 1977 was Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson, who played for the team from 2001 until 2009. Wilson was originally draft by the Cardinals in 1998…. Read more
Game 117 Recap: Greinke Mows Down Pirates
For the Pirates to have much of a chance to return to contention in 2011 they needed to start off strongly in this series with Milwaukee. Zach Greinke made sure… Read more
Ian Snell Retires
B.J. Rains of Fox Sports Midwest reports that Ian Snell has retired, after being sent to minor league camp by the St. Louis Cardinals. Snell was one of the pitchers… Read more
2010 Position Recap: Shortstop
For the better part of the last decade, the Pittsburgh Pirates had their shortstop situation figured out each season thanks to the presence of Jack Wilson. That changed in July… Read more
Classic Pirates memories, Win Expectancy style
While glancing at the Win Expectancy chart for last night’s Yankees-Rangers game, I realized that FanGraphs also has these charts for historical games. Although I already knew that, I had never taken the time to sift through some older games. Here is a look at some of my all-time favorite Pirates games.
The Jack Wilson/Ian Snell Trade is a Win
Every time someone mentions all of the trades made by the Pittsburgh Pirates over the last two years, the consensus is that the Xavier Nady trade is the only one… Read more
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic
I am not going to spend much time talking about Ron Cook’s article in this morning’s Post-Gazette. There are plenty of misguided thoughts in the article, but I just wanted to make a single point.
Nate McLouth Speaks the Truth
I wasn’t really planning a post on the Nate McLouth comments. I didn’t really think much needed to be said that wasn’t said already. His comments about the eye exams… Read more
Jack Wilson: Top 17 defensive plays of 2009
I just stumbled upon this top ten list of Scott Rolen defensive plays at The Blue Jay Hunter. I immediately decided to make one for Jack Wilson. I spend much… Read more
Perry Hill wants to coach again
Chuck Finder had a quote from Perry Hill today in the PBC Blog on Hill’s future plans. Hill responded to Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington’s comments about Hill not… Read more
