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The Magnificent A.J. Burnett Dilemma

A.J. Burnett has 57 strikeouts, just one punchout behind Yu Darvish for the Major League Baseball lead.   When Burnett was acquired from the New York Yankees, if you squinted hard enough, it looked…Read More

Out Like a Lamb. Scenes from the Pittsburgh Pirates 83rd Loss of the 2012 Season

    The Pittsburgh Pirates never made it to second base.  Second base.  Second freaking base.  The Pirates went quietly into the autumn afternoon fallng to the Atlanta Braves in the final…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Skid Causes A.J. Burnett To Call Players Only Meeting

Ahhh, the dreadful ‘players only meeting’ was called this afternoon by Pittsburgh Pirates starter A.J. Burnett.  We looked at some of the teams that have called players only meetings this…Read More

Pittsburgh Pirates Ray Searage Talks Kevin Correia, Jason Grilli, James McDonald, A.J. Burnett

  The Fan has done excellent work this year getting Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage to open up in his interviews.  We even thought we heard the morning show team call him ‘Uncle…Read More

The Pittsburgh Pirates Hit Parade Pushes A.J. Burnett to 3-0 Against Cincinnati Reds

The Pittsburgh Pirates just thumped the baseball yesterday. Their opponent badly wanted a sweep. Instead they got pounded. It was a good sign for us. After the game Clint Hurdle had another classic line… “we…Read More

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Building the Bucs: A Look At How 2012 Came Together

At the outset of the 2012 season, not too many of the so-called experts pegged the Pittsburgh Pirates…Read More

Pirates Smorgasbord July 5, 2012

It is July 5, do you know where your Pittsburgh Pirates are? How about sitting at the top of the N.L.…Read More

The 2012 All-Snedden N.L. All Star Team

With 2012 All-Star voting coming to an end, it is time to name the next group of players to join the…Read More

The Best of Pittsburgh Pirates Photoshops, Part II

Pittsburgh Pirates photoshops is what we love to do.  So, we tried to wrangle up the best of the 2012…Read More

Pirates Smorgasbord June 24, 2012

With the Pittsburgh Pirates continuing to win series and maintaining their second place standing in…Read More

The Hot Pittsburgh Pirates Bats Look to Continue to Mash Hard

The Pittsburgh Pirates are riding high amidst a 16-8 record in their past 24 games. The obvious highlight…Read More

Pirates A.J. Burnett Keeps Grabbing Headlines, Pissing Off O’s Fans

A.J. Burnett does one thing very well.  Well, sure -  he has pitched his tail off since he has arrived…Read More

Pirates vs. Royals, Series Preview

The Pirates are hot. They have won 9 of their last 12 games and have won four consecutive series. This…Read More

The Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Staff: Cause for Concern?

With the Pirates off day, we had no idea what to do with ourselves late last night. So we started doing…Read More

A.J. Burnett Has Been A Game Changer for the Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates had to realize they were getting a quality arm when they pulled the trigger on…Read More

Thinking Happy Thoughts As The Cubs Roll Into PNC Park

      Don’t for a moment think Ryan Dempster isn’t having a solid season.…Read More

Pirates vs. Tigers, Series Preview

This is going to be a pretty quick and easy one. The Pirates are in Detroit for a three game set with…Read More

The Pirates Finally Draw a Losing Team – Series Preview

It’s been a gruesome start to the season for the Pirates. To this point they have played nine…Read More

A.J. Burnett Pies Rod Barajas After Walkoff Homer

    A.J. Burnett struck out ten Washington Nationals tonight, after giving up 12 runs in his…Read More

Do the Pirates Have a Chance Against the Nationals?

It seems like it was yesterday that the Pirates and Nationals were the two laughing stocks of the league.…Read More