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 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It has been added to those mysterious set of baseball蘑菇视频 unwritten rules 鈥� every closer must have an entrance song accompanied by a scoreboard video.The Pirates鈥� Tony Watson has been in the closer蘑菇视频 role for a little more than a week. However, the left-hander has pitched ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Mike Tomlin is starting his 10th season as Steelers coach, which is something of a miracle.Had his status been put to a public referendum, he probably wouldn鈥檛 have lasted 10 games.The only thing people like more than the Steelers is complaining about their head coach, even ...
Mark Melancon is gone but he shouldn鈥檛 be forgotten.The Pirates traded their closer to the Washington Nationals on July 29 for left-handed reliever Felipe Rivero and a minor leaguer.One has to stop short of calling Melancon the greatest relief pitcher in the history of a franchise that has ...
