Saturday, April 21, 2007

Game 16: Pirates at Dodgers

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Three feet under, the Pirates send Ian Snell to battle Brad Moneypenny.

Gorgeous day

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This would be a good weekend to get married.

Pure fantasy

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The Nuttings don't like the Forbes report . I was inclined to believe that the owners were not profiting excessively. Then I found out w...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Game 15: Pirates at Dodgers

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This is one of those west coast games that starts after the nightly departure of the early risers, the children, and the heavy drinkers. Bea...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Six and eight

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The Pirates are 2-2 on this road trip. That is OK. Six and eight is not good but not horrible. Six games under .500 would be horrible. They ...

Game 14: Pirates at Brewers

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Duke vs. Suppan. Bucs trail 4-1 in the third after Duke got roughed up for 4 earnies in the first.

Why Brewers outspend Bucs

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Dejan Kovacevic analyzes the payroll discrepancy between the Brewers and Bucs. Of the $20,000,000 difference, 9 and 5 million can be attrib...

Romo and Rooker

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From Pittsburgh Lumber Co. , Randy's 9th and 10th installments of the Downfall-of-the-Fam-A-Lee series continue the inquiry into whether...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Game 13: Pirates at Brewers

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For the first half of the long streak of losing seasons, the Pirates owned the Brewers. No matter how bad the Pirates were, they could still...

Go Trail Blazers

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Deadspin explains why we should be rooting against the Warriors tonight.

The little things

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Brian O'Neill explains why base hits are good .

One game out

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And tied with Houston , a team that obviously recovered from their home-opening series. Houston will play Cincinnati as the Pirates play Mil...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Game 12: Pirates at Cardinals

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Getaway day. Gorzelanny and Wainwright at one.

Five wins, six losses

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The NL Central is knotted up. The teams on top play each other tonight (Reds and Brewers). And the Pirates get another crack at the team imm...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Game 11: Pirates at Cardinals

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Ian Snell and Anthony Reyes in twenty.
Sunday, April 15, 2007

New tables + new chairs = profit!

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Honest Wagner friend Juan Quinto repaid his loan in full . Now to find another worthy microloan recipient . . . . . . some of the more appea...

We will read the standings every day

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You could call this last place, or you could call it two games out of first place.

We will freeze

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I dunno about this doubleheader .
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Do the Pirates make you a better beer drinker?

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. . . 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...

Big Poison's number retired

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