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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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Start celebrating Pirates fans. Pop the champagne, spray each other down, get crazy, your team has just locked up the No. 1 pick in the 2011 MLB Draft. On second though, scoring the worst record in baseball is a tad different than clinching a playoff spot, and given how cheap ...
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
With the news hitting the internet that J.J. Redick would be releasing a rap album, I frankly couldn't think of a worse idea initially. The most hated white player in NCAA basketball history venturing into the rap game? Really? Whose idea was this? I really want to know. Has to ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
The resurgent Baltimore Orioles won yet again on Monday night, improving their record under new manager Buck Showalter to 6-1, an obvious cause for excitement.
Well, not too much excitement.
The Orioles still have the worst record in baseball at 38-74. If they were to play the final 50 games of the ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The Pittsburgh Pirates have already brought up top prospects Brad Lincoln and Jose Tabata in the past week but they might not be done. Third baseman - and former top pick - Pedro Alvarez might be getting a call-up from the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians sometime this week.
There was speculation late ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
It would seem that Nats fans are pretty jacked up for Tuesday's major league debut of Stephen Strasburg. The team, which generally can't draw gnats, is expecting to sell standing room only seats for the game against the Pirates.
Certainly, the excitement is warranted. Strasburg zoomed through the minors, going 7-2 ...
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
We're closing in on June and that means things are happening in Major League Baseball. Some teams are already out of it (I'm looking in your direction Baltimore and Houston), while others are unexpectedly in it (Go Padres!) and the time for maneuvering, dumping and trading is almost upon us. ...
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