The one Pirate that every Pirates' fan loves to hate, Pedro Alvarez has been on fire as of late. He may not hit for a high average, but not many power hitters do. For his strong play over the past week, Alvarez is awarded with our Yinzer of the Week award. The Pirates played eleven games in a row, and over the past seven days, Alvarez has had at least one hit in every game except for one. He had two games with multiple hits and three games with multiple RBIs. Last Sunday the Pirates overcame ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Andrew McCutchen
The Pittsburgh Pirates have taken over the town of Pittsburgh now that the Penguins have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs. The Buccos won four of their six games this week, including two big wins against the defending World Series Champions. Everyone knows that there's one man on this roster who can step up and be labeled as a superstar, and, this week, he can add Yinzer of the Week to his repertoire. Andrew McCutchen has been heating up as of late, trying to overcome his slow start. The ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Jovan Rosa
With the Wild Things season well under way, they find themselves teetering back and forth with the top spot in the East Division of the Frontier League. Lately, strong pitching has been the key for Washington, but there's been one guy on the offensive side of things that has been a huge part of that success. Third baseman Jovan Rosa has been on a hot streak lately. The Wild Things played five games this week and during that stretch, Rosa has picked up twelve hits including three doubles and a ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Neil Walker
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been red hot lately, winning nine of their last twelve and nineteen games total in the month of May. For the past seven days, no one has been as hot for the Bucs as second baseman, Neil Walker. Over the past week, Walker has had multi-hit games in five of the Pirates seven games. He put one over the fence in three of those games and drove in a run in four of them. He also crossed the plate in five of the seven games. For the week he hit .440, with eleven hits, three ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: James Neal
The Pittsburgh Penguins have been red hot lately. They've scored 13 goals in two games, outscoring many MLB teams for the entire week. A big part of that success has been James Neal. Last night, in the series clincher, Neal scored three of the Pens six goals on the night, outscoring the Senators by himself. Neal also added an assist for a total of four points. He took a total of five shots in the game, giving him a shooting percentage of 60 percent and a plus/minus of 2. On Wednesday night, ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Francisco Liriano
When Francisco Liriano left the Minnesota Twins, mostly everyone had counted his career as "over". In 2006, Liriano won 12 games and had an ERA of 2.16. He's never really gotten back to that form it seems. But now with the Pirates, he's seemingly starting his career over again. This past week, Liriano made his first two starts for the Buccs, picking up a win in each outing. With a 2-0 record, he has an ERA of 1.64. He also has 16 strikeouts through two games. He hasn't went extremely deep in a ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Tomas Vokoun
When Tomas Vokoun took the goal on Thursday night, he had one thing in mind: a win. He came away with more than that, though. The Penguins are in a tough 7-game series with the New York Islanders in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Up 2-1, the Pens came in on Tuesday night to extend their lead, but instead came out with a loss. Marc-Andre Fleury allowed six goals on the night and the Pens lost 6-4. The next night, Fleury was benched and Vokoun stepped in. The game was Vokoun's first ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Brenden Morrow
With the win yesterday, the Penguins clinched home ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. Despite being on the ice, the Pens have been on fire this season and have won 20 of their last 22 contests. This past week they went a perfect 3-0 and Brenden Morrow was a big part of that success. Morrow scored two goals on two different occasions this past week during the Pens three victories. Last Saturday, Morrow shot a perfect 100 percent, netting both of his shots, one of which was ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Starling Marte
Even though the Pirates have had a rough start to their baseball season, one player on the team is shining. That player is the youngster in the outfield, Starling Marte. So far this young season, Marte is batting .350 with 4 RBI's, 14 hits, 7 runs and two stolen bases. He also has an on-base percentage of .395 and a slugging percentage of .450. He's also hitting .500 with runners in scoring position, and .333 with runners on and two outs. He currently leads the Pirates in batting average, hits, ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Ray Shero
The Pittsburgh Penguins were very active in the trade market this week as Ray Shero showed why he's one of the better general managers in the NHL. For that, Shero is this week's Yinzer of the Week. It all started on Sunday. Shero sent Joe Morrow and a fifth-round draft pick out west and acquired a third-round pick and Stars' captain Brenden Morrow from Dallas. The newly acquired Morrow is a lofty veteran and has been in the league for 12 years as compared to their previous Morrow, who was a ... Read More