Today, the Pirates family lost one of their own. Pittsburgh Pirates legend Lonnie Chisenhall retired from Major League Baseball today at the early age of 31 after an 8 year career. His career started in in the Cleveland Indians organization and he had a solid showing out that way. He will be most notably knownContinueContinue reading “Lonnie Chisenhall Retires”
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Pablo Reyes Suspended 80 games for PEDs
Hahahahahahahahahahaha oh man this is actually hilarious! The headline says it all as he got banned for an illegal steroid called Boldenone. He’s a career .229 hitter who did not have a place on the Pirates now or in the future. https://twitter.com/FanMorningShow/status/1230462197119299586?s=20 Reyes was a utilityman and not a very good one to say theContinueContinue reading “Pablo Reyes Suspended 80 games for PEDs”
Pirates Should Call The Dodgers Today
What a wild few days of MLB offseason news. Trades being reported. Trades being almost finalized. Trades falling through. One of these trades being reported again and finally finalized while the other fell through for good. Mookie Betts and David Price are on their way to LA, but two of their new teammates may notContinueContinue reading “Pirates Should Call The Dodgers Today”
It’s Okay To Say It, Ben Cherington
Jason Mackey of the Post Gazette has been doing a great job covering the Pirates offseason. So much so, that I have created multiple accounts with separate emails on the Post Gazette website because I keep running out of my monthly complimentary allotment of article views. He wrote one today about GM Ben Cherington’s refusalContinueContinue reading “It’s Okay To Say It, Ben Cherington”
Rapid Reaction to the Starling Marte Trade
Well, there it is. Ben Cherington made his first splash transaction as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has traded Starling Marte, the team’s longest tenured player, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP Brennan Malone, infielder Liover Peguero and $250K in international bonus money. https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1221903189412368390?s=20 This deal kicks off the official rebuild of theContinueContinue reading “Rapid Reaction to the Starling Marte Trade”
Pirates Bring Back Scripted Road Jerseys
The 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates got one of their first wins of the year on Friday by releasing their new road uniforms featuring Pittsburgh script lettering across the chest. https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1220803493994385419?s=20 The scripted Pittsburgh look is reminiscent of the team’s road look throughout the 90s…the last time the team won a division title for those not aware.ContinueContinue reading “Pirates Bring Back Scripted Road Jerseys”
Best of the Decade: Honorable Mentions
The 2010’s in the sports world was an absolute roller coaster. So much happened that it’s difficult to really narrow down which moments were exactly the best. The decade was felt with shock, awe, triumph, disappointment, passion, and every other emotion you can think of. I’ve been working on this for quite some time butContinueContinue reading “Best of the Decade: Honorable Mentions”
Pirates Offseason Update – January 8
First Pirates Offseason Update since the holidays, but as expected there is not much to report on. With yesterday’s hiring of Assistant Hitting Coach Mike Rabelo, Derek Shelton’s coaching staff has been finalized. https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/1214658691238113281?s=20 Overall I am glad with the changes made to this staff but also who was chosen to stay, especially Eckstein andContinueContinue reading “Pirates Offseason Update – January 8”
Pirates Offseason Update — December 17th
Another Tuesday, another Pirates Offseason Update. Catch up on what went down in the past seven days as Winter Meetings came to a close and the Pirates coaching staff and roster slowly come to form. Oscar Marin Hired As Pitching Coach Yesterday, the Pirates answered the biggest remaining question about their coaching staff by hiringContinueContinue reading “Pirates Offseason Update — December 17th”
Pirates Offseason Update – December 10th
As promised, here is this week’s Pirates Offseason Update. If you haven’t already, check out last week’s update headlined by the Derek Shelton hire and Starling Marte trade rumors. With Winter Meetings kicking off this past Sunday evening, expect this week to be huge for potential trades and moves. So stay tuned as everything unfolds,ContinueContinue reading “Pirates Offseason Update – December 10th”
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