Tag Archives: Neil Walker
Game 1 Recap: McCutchen and Walker Power Pirates to Win
If there is one trend the Pittsburgh Pirates have had over the years, it’s that they haven’t capitalized when the opposing pitcher is on the ropes. Today, with the Chicago… Read more
Historical Context For The Big Four
In the second half of the 2010 season, the Pirates offense was paced by Andrew McCutchen, Neil Walker, Jose Tabata and Pedro Alvarez. The success of these young players was… Read more
Two Years Ago and One Year Ago Today
Looking through the site archives, I noticed two noteworthy items that happened on this date in the last two years: -Two years ago today, the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to an… Read more
Piratefest 2011 – Backstage Blogger Q&A (2 of 2)
Click here to read part one. As the 7 p.m. General Public Q&A was starting to wind down, I made my way to side of the stage to meet up… Read more
How Can the Pirates Improve Internally?
Any time a move is made during the off-season, the same question gets brought up: how does this improve the team for the following season? The entire off-season is full… Read more
Pirates Made Offer to Bill Hall?
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has an interesting tweet, implying that the Pittsburgh Pirates have made an offer to Bill Hall, and that Hall could be the starting second… Read more
Daily Recap: De La Rosa to Colorado
The big news from today is that Jorge De La Rosa is close to a three year deal with the Colorado Rockies. We heard earlier today that the left hander… Read more
Walker Named to Topps Rookie Team
Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker was named to the 2010 Topps Rookie team today. Walker becomes the second Pirates’ rookie to receive the honor in two years, after Andrew… Read more
Dejan Kovacevic discusses his ROY ballot
As you probably know, Pirates beat writer Dejan Kovacevic has been taking some heat this week for his Rookie of the Year selections. Dejan left Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward off his ballot, voting for Buster Posey, Neil Walker and Jose Tabata instead.
Neil Walker and Jose Tabata Over Jason Heyward?
Buster Posey was named the National League Rookie of the Year today, although a lot of the rookie talk focused on the ballot of Dejan Kovacevic. Kovacevic had Posey ranked… Read more
