Three thoughts on the Pirates:1. Baseball is hard to figureThe Pirates put together a team last season capable of winning a World Series, the franchise蘑菇视频 best array of talent since 1991.Yet the Pirates followed a 98-win regular season by being shut out by the Chicago Cubs鈥� Jake Arrieta in ...
Dodger Stadium opened in Los Angeles in 1962 and the Pirates have played the Dodgers there 301 times.However, it was a rare occasion last Sunday when the Pirates scored five runs in the first inning off Brett Anderson on their way to an 11-3 victory.According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥� Robert Andino hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning, then the Miami Marlins got Andrew McCutchen to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to hold off the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 Friday night in a matchup of NL wild-card contenders.JT ...
Trading Mark Melancon was not one of the more popular moves made by the Pirates in recent seasons.Regardless of what they said publicly, most of the Pirates鈥� players were not happy about the July 30 deal that sent the three-time All-Star closer to the Washington Nationals for left-handed ...
Brownsville High School has always had a strong baseball tradition and has sent numerous players on to professional baseball. One of the names on that list is Dave Columbia who was a standout infielder for coach Charlie Slick in the early 1950s.Columbia played baseball on the sandlots in ...
Clint Hurdle is already considered one of the best managers in Pirates鈥� history, though he has been on the job less than six full seasons.Under Hurdle, the Pirates broke their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons, which remains the longest in major North American professional sports ...
