Monday, August 8th, 2011
On July 19 the Pittsburgh Pirates were 51-44 and held a half-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for first place in the National League Central. Today, on August 8, the Pirates are 54-59 and sit 10 games behind the first-place Brewers. That means they've lost 15 of their last 18 ...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Tuesday night my Twitter feed was inundated with NFL comings and goings. As was expected in the first day post-lockout.
But when I returned to the Twitter-verse on the late night, I found a thread much more enthralling than anything pigskin-related.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves were matched up in an ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Pittsburgh Pirates are contending for the first time since Barry Bonds patrolled the outfield in the Steel City. Thanks to their improbable success thus far, the Bucs are actually looking to add pieces instead of sell them off. It must be an odd sensation for citizens of Pittsburgh, but ...
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
The Pirates beat the Astros on Tuesday night, which in itself is not a particularly noteworthy accomplishment. Many Little League teams are probably capable of the same task.
But where the victory puts the Pirates IS something to write home about.
With a 45-41 record, the Bucs are four games over .500 ...
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
As I perused the baseball box scores on Sunday, I noticed something peculiar at the bottom of the box for Saturday night's Mets-Pirates game.
39,273.
As in the number of people that showed up for a Pirates game. In Pittsburgh. It was the team's fourth sellout of the season and the third-largest ...
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