The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh has announced Clint Hurdle is the winner of its 7th Annual Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award. Each year, the Pittsburgh Rotary Club holds its Chuck Tanner MLB Baseball Manger of the Year Awards Banquet in Pittsburgh. The highlight of the event is the presentation of the Chuck Tanner MLB Manager of the Year Award as selected by a distinguished group of baseball professionals from around the country. Previous winners of the Chuck Tanner MLB ... Read More
Wainwright and Co. Knock Bucs Out of Postseason
Follow @TBerardi_OVA Adam Wainwright shut the Pirates down in a complete-game effort while David Freese and Matt Adams both homered to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to the NLCS and knock the Pirates out of the 2013 postseason. Wainwright was flat-out dominant as he allowed only three base runners over his first six innings of work while striking out four before experiencing some bad luck in the seventh inning. With the Cardinals up 3 - 0 in the seventh with two out, Justin Morneau and ... Read More
Pirate Players Encourage Blackout Part 2
Follow @TBerardi_OVA The Pirates did their part by splitting the first two games of the NLDS in St. Louis. Now it's the fans turn to do their part on Sunday when the Pirates return to PNC Park for Game 3 against the Cardinals. Some of the Pirate players took to twitter shortly after Friday's 7 - 1 victory to encourage fans to participate in the second PNC Blackout of the postseason. Sunday... BLACK IT OUT! #PNCBLACKOUT Lets gooooo! — andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) October 4, ... Read More
Pirates Even Series With Offensive Barrage
Follow @TBerardi_OVA The September NL Rookie of the Month, Gerrit Cole continued his outstanding string of starts with another six inning gem on Friday afternoon in St. Louis as the Pirates evened the NLDS at one with a 7 - 1 victory over the Cardinals. Cole experienced some trouble in the first when Carlos Beltran laced a one out double into the right-center gap. He would settle, though and retire the next eleven batters he faced until giving up a lead-off homer by Yadier Molina to start ... Read More
Burnett Struggles, Cardinals Capitalize in 9 – 1 Rout
Follow @TBerardi_OVA A.J. Burnett didn't have his stuff, today as he allowed the Cardinals to break out in a seven run third inning in route to a 9 - 1 victory in game one of the NLDS on Thursday afternoon. No one was able to break the scoreboard through the first two innings. The Cardinals came close in the second, when they had first and second with no out. Burnett then would get two groundouts, the second being a double play to end the inning without damage. He wouldn't be as ... Read More
The Pirates…and Their Fans Beat the Reds 6 – 2
Follow @TBerardi_OVA Pittsburgh has waited 21 years for a game like this to occur and they made sure their voices were heard as they rattled Johnny Cueto, leading to an early lead which enough for Francisco Liriano, who threw another gem against the Reds in a 6 - 2 NL Wild Card victory on Tuesday night. The momentum started to swing in the top of the second when Marlon Byrd, who was making his first postseason plate appearance, homered to left sending the already loud crowd at PNC into a ... Read More
Pirates Gameday: The Playoffs Are Finally Back in Pittsburgh
Follow @TBerardi_OVA The Pittsburgh Pirates (94 - 68) are back in the postseason for the first time since 1992 as they will take on the Cincinnati Reds (90 - 72). Francisco Liriano (16 - 8, 3.02 ERA) will take on Pirate killer, Johnny Cueto (5 - 2, 2.82 ERA). This will be the first time PNC Park has seen postseason action and the first time Pittsburgh has seen a postseason game since October 11, 1992. Hurdle's Quotes On emotions for tonight's game last night-- "I had a very trying evening. ... Read More
‘Twas the Night Before Buctober
Follow @TBerardi_OVA 'Twas the night before Buctober, when all through the tahn, Not a fan was asleep, not even Greg Brown. They lay awake anxious for the day ahead, when their Buccos would be battling those dreaded Reds. Thoughts of Willie and Clemente get's everyone giddy, while Cutch and Pedro prepare to rock the city, Maz's homer replays on computers all around, and "You Gotta Believe" plays in loud sound. In the homes of the Pirates, they go to their beds, it is Christmas ... Read More
Pirates Call for Blackout on Tuesday
Follow @TBerardi_OVA For the first time since October 11, 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates will be hosting a playoff game on the shores of the Allegheny. This will be the first playoff game ever played at PNC Park and the single-game attendance record could be broken on Tuesday night. Sunday night the Pirates requested a favor to BUCN. How sick would it be if all the fans wore black on Tuesday. Black it out!!! @wudeydo34 @TheCUTCH22 @NeilWalker18 #PNCBLACKOUT — Michael McKenry ... Read More
Tyler Glasnow: Pirates Minor League Player-of-the-Year
Tyler Glasnow, this years Pirates minor league pitcher of-the-year, held up to his preseason #9 ranking on the Pirates Prospects list as he recorded a 9 - 3 record for Class-A West Virginia while recording a 2.18 era in 24 starts while striking out 164 batters and walking 61. The great numbers weren't part of Glasnow's plan at the start of the season. It was strictly work to get better. "My focus at the beginning of the year was to not really think of results, not really think of stats," said ... Read More