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Blogging the Pirates and the Steelers since 1904.

Saturday, January 01, 2005

Happy New Year

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Here's hoping that the New Year finds you happy, warm, and well-fed. This is probably my last post until next Tuesday. I'm still on...
Thursday, December 30, 2004

King of the World

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More weird and impressive news about our poised rookie .

Elmer the Great

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In October 1936, the two New York teams were playing in the World Series . Lux Radio Theater, then considered the best and most high-brow o...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Cool Steelers music

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Please help Eileen name that tune .

On minor-league stats

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Regular readers of the blog know that I can be impatient with fellow amateur Bucco writers who think they understand the value and potential...

Trading with Arizona

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John Perrotto reported last week that the Bucs might get involved in the Return of the Randy Johnson Trade. CNN/SI clipped his paragraph a ...

All hail Bert

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Rich Lederer has posted an interview with Bert Blyleven . Blyleven was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates prior to the 1978 season, and he hel...
Monday, December 27, 2004

Steelers 20, Ravens 7.

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Sweet. Stillers secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs by pounding the crap out of the lowly cheapshot-artists/professional thu...
Friday, December 24, 2004

Gone fishing

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See you January 3rd. Feel free to amuse each other in this comments thread. Go Steelers. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
Thursday, December 23, 2004

Joe Liggins

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True or false: Lloyd McClendon looks more than a little like Joe Liggins . More pictures here . No wonder I like him as much as I do. I...

Honest Wagner NFL pick 'em: week 16

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Altoona well promoted

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All hail Stink Night!

More McClatchy

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Dejan Kovacevic's interview with Kevin McClatchy continues . They discuss G. Ogden Nutting and other mysteries of ownership.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Thursday Steeler links

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The team gets the Washington Post treatment from Camille Powell. Not much to see, but it's hard to tire of reading "the Dominant T...

Paul Meyer Q & A

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Meyer says the Bucs can't win it all with a $50M payroll . A reader recommends that MLB cane and flog players who test positive for ster...

We got Pro Bowlers

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Six of them . I'm confused. How can they make a list of bowlers and not include Bettis?

Ward signed for just under $1M

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Daryle Ward was great pre-thumb injury, so this signing strikes me as a good gamble. Power is expensive. There's a chance - maybe not r...

Payroll going up

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Dejan Kovacevic interviews Kevin McClatchy . The owner suggests payroll will cross $40M soon and generally says the right things about compe...
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

No Nishi

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The Japan Times reports that Toshihisa Nishi will stay with the Yomiuri Giants . His agent, Scott Boras, attempted to get a major-league tea...

Festival of Steelers links

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Patriots nation is in full sour-grapes mode . All that is laughably stupid. They lost to a two-win team on Monday Night Football . The loss...
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