Archive for April, 2010

` What a whacked out season the Pittsburgh Pirates are having.  It continued last night as the Pittsburgh Pirates shutout the L.A. Dodgers 2-0.  You might be just waking up this morning, but I swear to God

That low groan in the midwest today?  That was the soul of the Brewers being pulled ripped from their bodies as the Pittsburgh Pirates took the series behind Andrew McCutchen.  That sucking sound down South?  That is the 2009 NL Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan failing to live up to last years performance.  As mentioned in the post by Duk, Coghlan will now be sharing at bats due to his .179 average, the .220 OBP, and the .179 slugging.  Huh. McCutchen was named the Baseball America Rookie of the Year in 2009. In 21 games this season, Cutch checks in among the top [...]

Thursday, May 3, 2007 was significant for the Pittsburgh Pirates because it was their last victory in Milwaukee.  Also on that date, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal sparked a worldwide search. April 27,2010 will be remembered by Pirates fans as the day the Bucs had battled, but were a run shy with three outs to go in the game. It wouldn’t matter that the Bucs had been outscored by the Brewers in such a dominating manner for such a long period of time.   Thirteen bells had began to toll and another loss seemed

  “It felt like my head was in a vise,” said Pirates pitcher Chris Jakubauskas. Should pitchers in Major League Baseball wear some sort of helmet

The Pittsburgh Pirates are in Milwaukee for a three game series attempting to break a 21 game losing streak. Tonight is a rematch of the game five days ago at PNC Park, where Gallardo was not his best.

Indianapolis Indian Neil Walker has picked up where he left off when he was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates last season.  Walker went 3-for-5 last night and stole his sixth base of the season.  His season average has jumped to .328 with 12 RBI.  Ten of those RBI have come with runners in scoring position.   Walker has two homeruns and his OPS now sits at .930.   Walker has hit safely in eight of the past nine games.   His only weakness?  Hitting against lefties.  Remember, from July 30 until his first career Major League call-up on September 1, Walker collected 34 [...]

Charlie Morton stunk again.  We are getting tired of this PhotoShop. Morton threw thirteen fastballs, yes, all fastballs in the first inning.

Mike Lupica of The New York Daily News said Roger Goodell suspended Ben Roethlisberger FOR THE GOOD OF THE LEAGUE. I’m curious if Goodell hopes it helps Roethlisberger and other players in the NFL?