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Pirates notebook: Harrison enjoys game in the cold

PITTSBURGH — It was cold but Josh Harrison liked it.The Pirates second baseman enjoyed playing in what some may describe as not being “baseball weather.”“It is baseball weather because we had to play in it,” Harrison said. “If it wasn’t baseball weather the game would have been ...

Can Pirates get back to winning ways?

PITTSBURGH — It is only one game, but the Pittsburgh bats came alive in the home opener against the Atlanta Braves on Friday afternoon at PNC Park.The Pirates dropped to 0-2 after a 3-0 setback in 12 innings to the Red Sox on Wednesday, but responded with a 5-4 win in the first game of the ...

Pirates 3B Freese ready to rock ‘n’ roll

PITTSBURGH — PittsburghĢƵ David Freese is ready to rock ‘n’ roll.The nine-year MLB veteran has started the season for the Pirates at third base in place of Jung Ho Kang, who is still trying to get into the country after facing DUI charges in his native South Korea. There is no telling ...

Pirates hang on for 5-4 victory over Braves in home opener

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs, and needed every one of them, as they hung on for a 5-4 Opening Day victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday afternoon at PNC Park.Pittsburgh (1-2) opened its season on Monday with a 5-3 setback in Boston, and fell to 0-2 when it lost, ...

The perils of baseball in April

I'm holding the Pittsburgh Pirates personally responsible for this current stretch of weather we're enduring.Why them? Well, after an unsuccessful sojourn to Boston to open the MLB season this week, the local Boys of Summer return home this afternoon to open the home portion of the schedule ...

Tough to base 162 games on opener

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates were probably still in the showers at Fenway Park on Monday evening when a guy called the radio post-game show and wrote off the season.“I think itĢƵ going to be a long year,” the caller said solemnly.He may wind up being right, but itĢƵ usually chancy to make ...