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		<title>Bucs Fall 16-15, Slugfest Makes Softball Guy Angry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pirates fell today in Grapefruit League action.  It has been reported that the team ran out of Iron City in the ninth with one out and the bases loaded.  Come on, plan ahead Buccos.
1st inning.
With two outs, Lastings Milledge singled, Ryan Doumit walked and Jeff Clement walked.  Andy LaRoche scored all three with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up in NL Central and is Pujols the Face of Baseball?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reds wonder child Aroldis Chapman hit 100 on the radar gun, but you knew that already.  I just caught this quote though&#8230; 
“I wasn’t trying to throw that hard,” Chapman said through an interpreter, coach Tony Fossas. “It was good to face someone other than my own teammates. I felt better than I did in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vazquez + Colonials.  Let&#8217;s Dance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pittsburgh Pirates have a reason to dance tonight.  Ramon Vazquez thinks he is out, Dejan reports today.  The Pirates really needed to have a conversation about that with a veteran player?  Did he think he had the team made and if so, where would he get that idea?  Certainly not from his performance last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLB Shop: What Are You Gonna Wear?  It&#8217;s Time You Get a New Look for the Opener</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Pirates opening day is just days away, so we must get you prepared.  We read this post from Kipper at Pittsburgh Sports Tavern and realized fans will be flocking to PNC Park in record numbers this year. My gorgeous wife heard me laughing at Kipper&#8217;spost and dropped a bombshell.  She asked the question that makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rumbunter.com/2010/03/09/mlb-shop-what-are-you-gonna-wear-its-time-you-get-a-new-look-for-the-opener/</link>
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		<title>Orioles Visit McKechnie. Fireworks!</title>
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The sleepy town of Bradenton will be alive tonight as the Pittsburgh Pirates bring Zambelli Entertainment to McKechnie for a fireworks show concluding the game against the Baltimore Orioles.  Good Lord, I hope nobody has a heart attack. 
The Orioles have one win in Grapefruit play.  
LH Mark Hendrickson, LH Will Ohman, RH Karn Mickolio will also pitch for Dave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grapefruit Juice:  Sabathia Ripped, Bucs Roll 12-7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA.  It&#8217;s not exactly an easy commute from Bradenton to Tampa, but the Bucs came off the bus swinging.  C.C. Sabathia was greeted with a line drive single off the bat of Andrew McCutchen.  Ronny Cedeno followed with a double.  Lastings Milledge got an RBI single setting the stage for Garrett Jones. 
A blast off the bat of Jones, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Goldstein&#8217;s Organizational Rankings, Bottom 15/Feeders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Goldstein has moved the  Pittsburgh Pirates up in his annual rankings.  Check out the other NL Central teams that are ranked even lower than the Bucs at Baseball Prospectus.   Does number 30 make you smile? 
Yet another reminder of how far we have to go Pirates fans.  Here is what Goldstein had to say.  Pitching.  Pitching. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rumbunter.com/2010/03/09/kevin-goldsteins-organizational-rankings-bottom-15feeders/</link>
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		<title>Good, Bad, Ugly in Grapefruit SS Action; Bring on C.C. Sabathia!</title>
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The GOOD:  The Pittsburgh Pirates played 19 innings of baseball yesterday in Florida. 
The Bucs left only one runner in scoring position against the Yankees. 
Delwyn Young was involved in turning two more double plays. 
Pedro Alvarez, Jose Tabata, and Brian Friday each gave us hope for the future.  Alvarez had an RBI and two hits including another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rumbunter.com/2010/03/09/good-bad-ugly-in-grapefruit-ss-action-bring-on-c-c-sabathia/</link>
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		<title>Troy Polamalu Loves His Dogs [VIDEO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Troy Polamalu was at Nemacolin Woodlands doing a promotional video for the pet resort.  These are the behind the scenes clips of some candid moments.  Hat tip to Marcus.

If you are a pet lover, check out Marcus at Skene 19 &#8217;s final video which overviews all of the activites at Nemacolin WOOFlands,  and as Polamalu puts it, &#8220;the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rumbunter.com/2010/03/08/troy-polamalu-loves-his-dogs-video/</link>
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		<title>The Hurt Locker:  Pirates Get Back-to-Back Blast of the Bronx Bombers</title>
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Smitty was a 12 Bravo in the Army.  A combat engineer, so of course he is a big fan of  The Hurt Locker.  Although all of us trust Master Sergeant Sarver from West Virginia didn&#8217;t get shafted as he claims.   Like many things, we will find out soon enough we trust.  Also, congrats to Jeremy Renner for [...]]]></description>
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