Honest Wagner

Neil had wrist surgery , DK reports. Apparently, he tore a wrist ligament Nov. 9 swinging in the AFL, but is expected to be fully healed and...

Well, this explains everything .

The news gets worse. "If the Pittsburgh Pirates were to offer free drinks to prospective season ticket holders, we would blast them for...

Rob Rossi of the Tribune-Review says the mystery man is Nomar . The Pirates probably wouldn't have to commit to a long-term deal to sign...

I'm used to Rowdy's tongue-in-cheek hyperbole, so I didn't think he seriously thought we could pursue Manny. But I don't agr...

How do we trade for Manny Ramirez? Manny could be Manny in Pittsburgh. He was better in Cleveland than Boston. He is owed $57M for the next...

Nice stuff on eBay this morning. 1909 Real Photo card . 1908 Card . 1935 the "other" Pirates . 1960 Yearbook . Of course, I'm ...

Two years, $3.35 million . Guess the Phils won't be looking for Freddy Sanchez in trade.

Dejan is back . The most interesting nugget I can share with you from the handful of conversations I have had in the past couple days is tha...

Three more scurvy RHPs signed to minor league contracts. 34, 29, and 38 years old, respectively. I guess you can never have too many age-in...

Huge game on Sunday. Despite last night, Stillers right now are 3.5 point favorites. Not too surprising, though, given our earlier 27-13 wi...

Cowher's sticking to the onside kick call. "The design of it was not to be feast or famine, which it was," Cowher said. ...

My experience following baseball lately has taught me that it is folly to bank long-term player contracts as evidence a team will still have...

That sucked. We'll see them again in the playoffs. Maybe. Cincinnati next week.

Make predictions. Here's mine: Steelers win, 27-10. They get up for MNF games and regular-season games like no other team in the NFL.

We report that Rotoworld reports that WFAN reports that the Mets signed Tike Redman.

This is interesting. John Perrotto reports the Pirates had interest in Josh Beckett, but would not take Mike Lowell in the deal. Call me en...

Designated for assignment . Hand of the Lord . This image looks good on a shirt, I think. I have no other explanation for it.

Flurry of trades this week. What does it mean for the Pirates?

Smith, Starks, and Farrior all should be back for Monday night's donnybrook. And finally a healthy backfield of Willie, Jerome, Duce, a...