Major League Baseball has been hit or miss for me these last couple of years.I will always be a fan of the sport and of the game of baseball, but it seems like over the past seasons I have by no means been an avid or active fan.I鈥檓 not sure if that has anything to do with the lack of success ...
CINCINNATI (AP) 鈥� Corey Dickerson and the Pittsburgh Pirates are so hot even Ivan Nova is contributing at the plate.Dickerson homered for the fourth time in three days, and the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday for their ninth straight victory.Dickerson and Starling Marte hit ...
A well-known syndicated columnist doubted my sanity a couple weeks back because I still choose to be a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates.Now, not to my face mind you. It was more of a generic attack for those who still care to pay attention to the Pirates' fortunes.The "second half" of the season ...
In the late 1960s and early 70s, Beth-Center High School was blessed with an outstanding group of athletes, one of them was Dick Swinchock, who excelled on the gridiron and the baseball diamond.鈥淚 started getting playing time as a sophomore in football,鈥� said Swinchock, who now lives in ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Sidney Crosby turns 31 in a few weeks.In a lot of ways, he蘑菇视频 still Sid the Kid, the 18-year-old phenom who came to town in 2005 鈥� he蘑菇视频 driven to succeed, consumed by hockey and one of the NHL蘑菇视频 elite players.But he蘑菇视频 different, too. He owns a mansion instead of boarding ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� One late-inning rally wasn鈥檛 enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates.Trailing and down to their final out on two occasions, the Pirates managed a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that gave them the first five-game sweep in the majors in nearly a dozen years.With two men on ...
