The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced their 2014 regular season schedule, which will feature interleague play with the American League East, including home games with the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. The interleague schedule also includes a home-and-home series with Pirates’ interleague rivals the Detroit Tigers as the Bucs are slated to host the Tigers for two games on August 11 and 12 and visit Comerica on August 13 and 14. For the third consecutive season ... Read More
82 forgettable Pirates
It has happened, Pirates fans. The winning season has finally arrived. Now, I'm in the group that feels it's a nice milestone, but it's time get past the idea of a winning season and look forward to the playoffs. However, the fact that we are talking about playoffs and the Pirates shows just how far the franchise has come since 1992. The following list is a grouping of 82 different Pirates that have kind of summed up the 20 years of losing. In no particular order, be glad that the years ... Read More
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Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings of three-hit ball and Pedro Alvarez hit a seventh inning RBI double to give the Pirates a 1 - 0 victory over the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish on Monday night. This isn't no ordinary win, though. This is the win that 21 years of pain, suffering, embarrassment, etc.. all went into the rear view mirror for Pirate fans. It is the first time since "The Slide" that the Buccos have secured a winning season. For most of you, this is the first time you've ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Andrew McCutchen
Despite the uphill battle to get win number 82, Andrew McCutchen has been a bright spot for the Pirates. During the course of last week, Pittsburgh went 2-3. McCutchen had a hit in each of the five games for his squad. Let's check out how he performed. 9/1: 1-3, 1 Run 9/2: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB 9/3: 2-4, 1 HR, 3 Runs, 1 RBI, 1 BB 9/4: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 Run, 1 RBI, 1 BB 9/6: 1-2, 1 Run, 2 BB For the week, McCutchen went 7-17 with a .412 batting average. He tallied two RBIs, two home runs, and six runs ... Read More
Corrections need to be made to win the division
As the Pirates closed out a lost weekend of baseball in St. Louis, they also saw themselves looking up at the team that had just swept them in the standings. With just three weeks left in the season, the Bucs seem to be playing their worst baseball of the season. In all three games, the offense failed to show up (unless you count coming back from a 12-1 deficit to make it a respectable 12-8 final) and the starting pitching was awful. Many fans who came home late from work would turn on the ... Read More
Pirates swept by Cardinals, fall 1.5 games back
ST. LOUIS -- There are many, as Pirates manager Clint Hurdle likes to say, "beautiful things" about a pennant race. Foremost is the privilege of even participating in one. "We get to do this, we've earned the opportunity to play these meaningful games based on what we've done the entire season," Hurdle elaborated. Another attraction is that a pennant race is a test of will, talent -- and endurance. It is a gauntlet run with the acceptance that there will be mishaps, some major. No one gets ... Read More
St. Louis defeats Pittsburgh 5-0
ST. LOUIS -- The low-hit Jeff Locke was back Saturday night. If only he had been accompanied by the low-walk Locke, the Pirates could have had a better shot at that elusive 82nd win and first place, too. Locke wasn't, they don't and they aren't. With St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright ending his own pitching slump in more dominant fashion by blanking the Bucs on two hits for seven innings, the Cardinals upended the Pirates, 5-0, to push a half-game ahead of them in the National League Central ... Read More
Go Ahead And Enjoy The Ride Pirate Fans
Bias alert, we’ve got a Pirate fan here. If you expect me to be unbiased right now click away from this article because I’m a Pirate fan and I’m proud. I’ll admit it, I’ve been very anxious to see the Pirates officially get a rather large monkey off their backs. Twenty straight losing seasons will do that to a diehard fan. Whether you sit on the side of Tuesday night’s win being the one that ended the streak or the 82nd victory of the season sealing the deal, the bottom line is that the ... Read More
Neal Huntington shows his worth
A year ago today, following a trade deadline that saw the Pirates go out and make “safe” moves for players like Gaby Sanchez and Travis Snider, fans of the Bucs were calling for GM Neal Huntington’s head. The Pirates were in the midst of a second consecutive late-season collapse, their star player was struggling, and the pitching was falling apart. Following the Pirates getting no-hit by Homer Bailey to clinch their 20th consecutive losing season, the future looked not only grim for ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Marlon Byrd
The Pittsburgh Pirates made headlines this past week with a trade for Marlon Byrd and John Buck. Byrd, who is having his best statistical season, has already been having an impact for the Buccs. After coming over to the Pirates, Byrd has been nothing short of solid. That's why he's this week's Pirate of the Week. Byrd started off his career in Pittsburgh the right way on Wednesday night. Though he only got one hit, that hit was a 3-RBI home run. Not a bad way to start things off with your new ... Read More