Saturday, July 17, 2004

Second-half strength

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Joe Rutter reviews the recent history of the Pirates in the second half . I expect 83 wins by the end of the second half. This team can do t...

Jason Bay is good

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Smizik on the Giles deal . Bay's batting eye is discriminating. His .370 OBP is tremendous, and his little career (300 AB) OBP of .393 i...

Expect more Hill, less Simon

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Stands to reason .
Friday, July 16, 2004

All hail Kris Benson

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Just win, matey. We could keep this guy Kris Benson. To hell with all-you-can-eat B prospects. We got plenty of guys who can compete for b...

More light blogging

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Cruise the links on the right-hand side. There's lots of good stuff over there. I'll be back. I'm not sure when, but it will be...

Games 87, 88, 89: Burnett, Pavano, and Penny at Bucs

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A.J. Burnett missed nearly all of 2003 after Tommy John surgery. He's been back for eight starts this year and he's been excellent. ...

Generic trade response

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I will be back before the deadline, but maybe the Pirates will make a trade while I'm away. So here's a generic response. Wow, I...

Duquette offers all-you-can-eat crap

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Story here . He's telling reporters that teams offering star players can choose between medium, large, and jumbo collections of scrub pl...

Craig Wilson

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John Perrotto has a report . Question of the day: What will Craiggers make in arbitration, assuming his second half is as good as his firs...
Thursday, July 15, 2004

NL Central tonight

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Who had the bright idea to give the Pirates this night off? We'll have to settle with looking in at the competition. The Cardinals beat...

Many moves today

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Welcome , J.R. House . Can he pinch-hit against right-handed pitching? That's what I'd like to know.

Dickheads in the clubhouse

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I had a hard time reading Ron Cook's piece on Jack Wilson because the thought of Pat Meares and Kevin Young makes my skin crawl. It...

Kent Tekulve in left field

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I remember the game Mike Prisuta describes in his column about "Tanner's commitment to the abstract" in 1979. I also share a b...

Mercedes, Bonifay, Sadler

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Paul Meyer reports on some farther-away guys in the minors. Bonifay is a bit old for AA but who knows what he'll become. Ray Sadler was...
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

In Praise of G. Ogden Nutting

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Richard A. Mathews of the inimitable OnlyBucs.net has this column praising G. Ogden Nutting as a Pirate fan and successful businessman. F...

Mon Du

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And I thought " Mon Du " was French for "My God, how will he make it through the fifth inning."

Home Sweet Home

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As the Pirates come back to PNC Park, I remember the end of Gene Collier's July 5 editorial : "Absolutely," McClendon said wh...

Astros fire Jimy

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It's bush league to fire your manager in the middle of a season. It's disgraceful and cowardly. If he was that bad, or that clearly ...

new Q & A

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All kinds of fun in Paul Meyer's new Q&A . I do believe said Charlie Wilmoth has a blog, Value Over Replacement Blog . The title al...

All-Star game

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I think we all know what happened at the All-Star game. Roger Clemens took the field and was rattled by the sight of Edgar Renteria at short...