Honest Wagner

From DK's PBC blog , I copy the pitchers: Starting pitchers: Paul Maholm, Zach Duke, Ian Snell, Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karstens Relievers:...

Deeply entombed in the heavily fortified HW beer fort, we're more than ready to weather out the imminent losing. While the 2009 losing s...

McCutchen sent down, Dejan reports . At times we've struggled with Neal's struggles . Now we just don't get why McCutchen needs ...

Xavier Nady, who played for the Pirates from 2006 to 2008: When you first got here, what was the most eye-opening aspect of playing with the...

Ronny has been traded twice in a few hours, and will now be calling games from the Marlins' bench. Bad news for the Bucs that RBG will ...

This Pedro Alvarez piece from Jayson Stark is a welcome distraction from Cougargate.

Confusing, eyebrow-raising news from Bradenton . Basically, 20-year-old Jose Tabata is married to a 43-year-old woman who has many aliases, ...

John Stallworth named part-owner , reports Ed Bouchette.

Rob Biertempfel twists the knife, revisiting the free agents . From the mothership, Nyjer's .173/.211/.250 line doesn't seem to st...

Pour some out for the late Vince Lascheid. PPG obit here .

Roster cuts send Gorzo to Indy to work on a more consistent delivery, Chuck Finder reports . Neil Walker also sent down due to the "ugl...

Dan Rooney, ambassador to Ireland .

Steve Treder for THT strums the lyre about Branch Rickey's 1950-1951 Bucs .

When I first settled in to read this John Perrotto story on the state of the minor-league system , I mis-read the title and thought the syst...

I was more entertained with the upper right part of this boxscore than this one . Does Monroe-on-fire trump Pearce's achy calf?

Opening day creeps a little closer.

Jose Tabata has a Clemente tattoo, Dejan Kovacevic reports .

Something very strange is happening right now.

In preparation for the 2009 baseball season, the beer fort is now crenelated with monitors looping this tear-jerking Steelers slideshow .

Here's a thread for whatever exhibition action you might want to kibitz about. I am taking it easy with these Pirates, and deliberately ...