Honest Wagner

. . . no game tonight . So this is all we got . . . Bucdaddy raised a good question in the comments the other day. Does being a fan of the P...

Dejan Kovacevic reports . Of course I agree with the decision to retire no. 11. All hail no. 11 !

Ortiz vs. Zuke, starting now. Bucs wearing the new red jerseys.

Baseball Musings notices how far off the scoring has been this year vs. last year. It's the Pirates' fault, of course.

The Pirates fell from first . The NL Central remains knotted up. The big event this weekend looks to be the Cardinals-Brewers series. Hopefu...

Wainwright vs. Maholm, underway. Eldred starting at 1B.

Here are the standings . If someone had told me that the Pirates would finish the first eight games with a 4-4 record, I would say, "Th...

Minor-league middle-relief journeyman vs. Beer-guzzling Tom Gorzelanny. Game on pretty soon.

It is not too early to look at the standings . It is much too early to worry about Adam LaRoche. He will be fine. He's not 39 years old ...

Levitt and Dubner hint at some forthcoming protection studies .

This is a day game. It will be cold . Braden Looper will start for the Cardinals, Ian Snell will start for the Pirates. It's never too e...

The Jeff Conine Experience continues with Zach Duke and Eric Milton at 1:15.

Paul Meyer on the return of Sanchez : the demoted Doumit will catch every day for Indy. Meanwhile, Don Kelly enjoys a major league roster sp...

Robert Dvorchak for the P-G, on 21st century baseball technology : A computer like IBM's Deep Blue can be programmed to beat a grand mas...

Tony Armas Jr. and Eric Milton. They moved the game from 7pm to 1pm because it's so friggin' cold.

Minor league previews of Lynchburg and Hickory at OnlyBucs, by Wilbur Miller. Another poor draft provides Hickory with little offensive ta...

Paul Maholm and uh Matt Belisle.

The following plan is foolproof. This is how the Pirates can win the NL Central: 1. Move into first place. 2. Stay there.

Dejan Kovacevic reports .

Now for the second leg of this road trip. Next stop: Cincinnati . But first, the Pirates get a day off to fly and sleep. If they maintain th...