Honest Wagner
Blogging the Pirates and the Steelers since 1904.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Another beer
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This stuff is good, and it comes with pictures of Honus Wagner. They trade Craig Wilson yet?
25-man roster almost set
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Gerut, Duckworth to AAA. Jose Hernandez, Nate McLouth, and that surprisingly mature young man, Matt Capps, make the 25-man roster. Victor Sa...
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Readers Poll III: the first 17 games
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Enough of predicting the win-loss record for the whole season. Let's hear your opinion of a more certain stretch of games: the seventeen...
Working the bench
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Finally read this Jim Tracy disseration by Dejan Kovacevic. There's a lot to digest. It all generally looks positive to me. Tracy does...
Seattle
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Mark Hersh's comment led me to this article by Art Thiel for the Seattle Post Intelligencer . Wow. WTF? This should win some kind of uns...
Jim Tracy quiz
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Take the Jim Tracy quiz by Dejan Kovacevic. Great, ingenious idea. I knew all the right answers and guess what, Tracy got two of three righ...
Joel Pineiro for Craig Wilson?
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Dejan Kovacevic reports this rumor for the PG . My reaction: Hey, that Pineiro guy used to be good! Not sure what he's done lately. ......
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
It's coming back
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Now Alan Robinson reports the velocity is coming back for Flaco. Of course, he can throw 69 if they swing and miss. There are many reasons,...
Acoustic Ollie
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The immortal azibuck, from the comments for the previous thread: Acoustic Ollie looked pretty good. He may have learned how to pitch. He thr...
Pirates and Red Sox
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This game began at one; it's looks to be available only on MLB.tv. Anyone watch or watching it and have a report on Oliver Perez?
Cuts today
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Rob Rossi reports them . Looks like Jose Hernandez is down with the second UT job and the final bench spot.
John Perrotto, Plogger
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John Perrotto has a "plog" . Not sure if this has been or will be a regular feature. Curiously, it's not linked from the main ...
KDKA v. Clear Channel
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Bob Smizik reports today on the future of Pirates radio . Would a move to Clear Channel involve a shake-up of the broadcasting crew, or are ...
Jack Wilson
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Dejan Kovacevic reports this fact about Jack's spring: Just consider this: In 39 plate appearances, he has swung and missed at exactly ...
News Flash
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This just in: Jason Bay is good .
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Selflessness
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So this is the new or current explanation of Perez's lost velocity: "When you have opportunities to get strikeouts, you feel good. ...
Readers Poll I : The Team
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Only six more days before baseball starts , so last chance for predictions (and last chance for me to subvert Rowdy's overly optimistic...
Readers Poll II : Grounds crew and marketing
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Inspired by our new motto and the newfound realization that "We are trying to be the benchmark in the sports industry in everything we...
Pirates and D' Rays
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Paul Maholm, one o'clock.
Fourth outfielder
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McLouth lacks the range to be considered a starting CF , John Perrotto reports. So far as I know, he authors the BA prospect list that he ci...
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