Saturday, March 31, 2007

Freddy DL'd; Cota, Eldred, Doumit make team

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And there's your 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates for April 2, 2007. Please make predictions in the end-of-spring poll thread.
Friday, March 30, 2007

A miracle happens

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So I was at lunch today, by myself, after doing a whole bunch of work all morning, at a fairly swanky establishment. I ordered an over-the-t...

Kolb released

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Pirates tell Kolb he is free to go , reports Dejan Kovacevic. It seems John Wasdin now has a roster spot.
Thursday, March 29, 2007

Any gnus?

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Just logged on to see if we have some roster decisions made. Not much else going on. Time to dig in and wait for Opening Day, which can'...

exhibition: Phillies at Pirates

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Phils up 2-1 in the third. Back-to-back doubles from #3 hitter Paulino and #4 hitter Bay scored the early run for the Pirates. Shawn Chacon ...

The ceiling of these guys

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Dejan Kovacevic distinguishes between the ceiling for our young talent and that of, say, the Marlins. I think this has little to do with wh...

Roster moves coming

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Dejan Kovacevic explains why .
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Tomlin passes test

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Ed Bouchette has this report on Tomlin getting his luggage back from US Airways . In it, I see he passes an early test for me: He also began...

Hot-weather Jose

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I learned a lot about life and baseball playing fantasy baseball fairly intensively in the late 90s and early 00s. One thing I learned, and ...

exhibition: Pirates at Reds

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Zach Duke will pitch at one.

A work in progress

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Stats Geek on the infield . I have an idea. Move Brad Eldred to second, and keep Freddy Sanchez at third.

Final cuts

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Dejan Kovacevic summarizes the state of the roster . I guess Matos and Hernandez make the bench.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sense has rarely ruled

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John Perrotto summarizes the spring . Is Freddy's footwork that bad at second? I have always brushed off the suggestion that he's un...

Uni Watch

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Paul Lukas writes down everything you need to know , and some things you did not need to know, about the uniform changes around the league. ...

Sanchez to "heck, let's go out and play"

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Freddy will try some minor-league action tomorrow, Dejan Kovacevic reports.

He is 23 for his past 38

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Dejan Kovacevic with the game summary . Also noted: Brad Eldred went 0 for 2 with two walks. For the spring, he has nine walks against 19 st...

exhibition: Pirates at Red Sox

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Game at one.

Sharpless, Ryan, Diaz cut

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Danny Kolb will make the team. Dejan Kovacevic reports on the cuts . The best-case scenario for Danny Kolb is something like Rick White 2005...

Now pitching, Brad Lincoln

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Lincoln has been cleared to pitch , reports Dejan Kovacevic.

Dog food

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Steve from The Parrot critiques the steak-or-dog-food menu. Mmm ... steak.