Got my new Maxim issue today.  Best Christmas present the wife ever bought me.  It has a nice ”hard hitting, fast pitching, base stealing, trash talking, snuff chewing, steriod injecting 2009 MLB preview.” Although the Pittsburgh Pirates got only one mention, it was quite hilarious.
Maxim does a great job creating a preview like few magazines can [...]

The Pirates have a motto.
Pride. Passion. Pittsburgh Pirates.
Patience is the word that should be on the Pirates website.  They forgot that one in the hype surrounding the potential stars strutted onto the field this spring.
I personally am sick of waiting. 
Waiting for something to happen is something I struggle with in life.  I prefer to make [...]

The Pirates are fighting to gain headlines this spring. With so much sports action in Pittsburgh, it has been tough to focus on the Bucs.  Pitt’s basketball teams losses get some more available space in the paper for the Pirates.  There have been some exciting storylines coming out of Florida, that I look for some [...]

As the Pirates struggle today against the New York Yankees, I lost focus.  The 12th batter was coming to the plate for the Bronx Bombers.  Zach Duke (9 hits, 3BB through 3.1 innings) had been chased after a rough, rough inning. Sean Burnett was in and facing  Pena.  The Yankees are up 8-2 in spite [...]

Each year The Pittsburgh Post Gazette gives a players poll.  A series of questions were asked of 20 Pittsburgh Pirates. 
The poll successfully predicted Nate McLouths All Star season last year.  Andy LaRoche was the winner this year.  
This year the response to one question really stood out.  Who is the funniest person in the clubhouse?  Nyjer [...]