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By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Friday Hey, who turned on the lights? Hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving, as well as all the other time that lapsed so quickly since the final out in Cincinnati. From a week in Mexico to a drive to Niagara Falls to simply teaching the kids some street hockey in the driveway (yes, the back is all the way back), it has been an outstanding break. But, as with all...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:50 p.m. Tuesday The Pirates are holding the first of two offseason conditioning camps this week at PNC Park, today and tomorrow. From the session this morning ... > Closer Matt Capps' father, Mike, died unexpectedly -- at age 61 -- Oct. 22 in Capps' native Douglasville, Ga., the result of a fall at the family home. "Never could have seen this coming," Capps said....
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Serves you right for choosing him over me, Lois! AK-AL : Don Young (R-inc): $117K raised; $129K CoH CA-03 : Ami Bera : $335K raised; $586K CoH (updated from earlier estimate ) CT-Sen : Chris Dodd (D-inc): $900K raised (note: Dodd missed a month due to surgery for prostate cancer) Tom Foley (R): $280K raised; > $1m CoH Rob Simmons (R): $970K raised; ~$1.1m CoH FL-24 : Suzanne Kosmas (D-inc): >...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
More photos » by David Kohl - AP about 3 hours ago: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jeff Karstens throws against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning during a baseball game, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl) Browse more photos » In the Pirates ' final game of the year, the Bucs managed to put a staggering fifteen men on base--ten hits, including a triple, plus four...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
More photos » by Paul Beaty - AP When Micah Hoffpauir and Sam Fuld couldn't come up with this fly ball, we should have known Game 2 wasn't going to turn out well. Browse more photos » The lineup for game one yesterday read like the list of players the Cubs send to Tucson every spring to play the Rockies . You know, because the regulars don't want to ride the bus for two hours. They played...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP about 12 hours ago: Pittsburgh Pirates' Lastings Milledge, left, keeps Chicago Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot from completing a double play during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Pirates' Steve Pearce was safe at first on a fielder's choice. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Browse more photos...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 4:35 p.m. Wednesday CHICAGO -- The Pirates' Charlie Morton finished his 2009 memorably, mowing down the Chicago Cubs for a four-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory this afternoon at Wrigley Field, easily the finest outing of his young career. Morton, pitching off the same mound on which he allowed 10 runs in an inning of Chicago's 17-2 romp Aug. 14, allowed two infield singles out of...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Lineup Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs 09/30/09 2:05 PM EDT Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Andy LaRoche - 3B Kosuke Fukudome - CF Garrett Jones - RF Jeff Baker - 3B Lastings Milledge - LF Micah Hoffpauir - 1B Steve Pearce - 1B Jake Fox - LF Jason Jaramillo - C Bobby Scales - RF Brian Bixler - 2B Geovany Soto - C Luis Cruz - SS Andres Blanco - 2B Charlie Morton...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 4:35 p.m. Friday A procession of about 200 uniformed police officers entered PNC Park at about 4 p.m., passing by the clubhouses of the Pirates and visiting Los Angeles Dodgers. They already had been on the North Shore because of the protest that passed across the Andy Warhol Bridge about a half-hour earlier. Some of them will remain in the stadium to provide security for Japanese...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
More photos » by John Heller - AP Browse more photos » Typical--the Bucs didn't get blown out by San Diego tonight, and they weren't even unambiguously bad, but they still ended up on the wrong side when the game ended. The Pirates rallied from a 6-2 deficit to tie the game against Heath Bell in the ninth, and that inning featured an awesome plate appearance by Steve Pearce , who laid off...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Lineup San Diego Padres @ Pittsburgh Pirates 09/21/09 7:05 PM EDT San Diego Padres Pittsburgh Pirates Everth Cabrera - SS Andrew McCutchen - CF David Eckstein - 2B Andy LaRoche - 3B Adrian Gonzalez - 1B Garrett Jones - RF Chase Headley - 3B Ryan Doumit - C Will Venable - RF Lastings Milledge - LF Oscar Salazar - LF Steve Pearce - 1B Nick Hundley - C Delwyn Young - 2B Tony Gwynn - CF Ronny Cedeno -...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
More photos » by Keith Srakocic - AP about 20 hours ago: Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Steve Pearce, left, tags out San Diego Padres David Eckstein in the first inning of the baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Browse more photos » PADRES: Correia remains an unexpected ace "It's just that I'm the guy with the most experience in the rotation...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Lineup San Diego Padres @ Pittsburgh Pirates 09/20/09 1:35 PM EDT San Diego Padres Pittsburgh Pirates Everth Cabrera - SS Andrew McCutchen - CF David Eckstein - 2B Ronny Cedeno - SS Adrian Gonzalez - 1B Lastings Milledge - LF Chase Headley - 3B Ryan Doumit - C Oscar Salazar - LF Brandon Moss - RF Edgar Gonzalez - RF Steve Pearce - 1B Will Venable - CF Neil Walker - 3B Henry Blanco - C Luis Cruz - 2B...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 8 a.m. Thursday Click here to submit a question. We have Qs ... __________ Q: How much longer is this going to go on? I there any chance that Major League Baseball will consider having a salary cap, or are certain teams like the Pirates going to be farm teams year after year? Shawn McLane of Wheeling , W.Va. KOVACEVIC: There is little reason to think it will end soon, Shawn. As...
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
I'm getting a serious dose of east coast bias here in Arkansas, which is set in the central time zone; the Dodgers managed to tie this one up after trailing most of the way in regulation following a Steve Pearce homer and Zach Duke's RBI single, both in the second inning. The Dodgers edged closer in the fifth on a Casey Blake triple and Mark Loretta's sac fly, and then tied it in the ninth when Matt...
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