“We’re just not winning ballgames but it’s not for a lack of effort. I can tell you for a fact that we’re working harder than any team in the major leagues.”
- LF Lastings Milledge, disputing the idea the Pirates have quit during the latter stages of the season as they have lost 23 of their [...]

Put the coffee down Neil Huntington.  Coffee is for closers.  The one closer in the Sano Saga was Dejan of the PG.  Good Lord have mercy.  The beat writer told the GM that the Twins signed Sano.
Forgive me if you haven’t heard about the Sano saga.  We are moving forward with the assumption you know [...]

The story officially broke last night from the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
We had been talking about it all season long. 
The tenth overall pick in the 1974 draft,  Joe Kerrigan, will return to the Pirates in 2010.  Kerrigan told Dejan in the PG, “I really enjoyed it, as much as I have any season in baseball.”
But the brilliant news was [...]

Ben’s Cardinal Butchers after Flacco was choked out in the AFC Championship
Steeler fans can’t imagine Big Ben Roethlisberger doing anything other than leading the Steelers to championships.  One has to admit that he is quite spectacular at the Super Bowl thing, but even Big Ben needs a moment away from football.  
However just the thought that he would travel [...]

After an impressive comeback against the Dodgers in the ninth inning yesterday, the Pirates went out today