Game 57: Mets at Pirates

Niese and Matz tonight. Return of NFW.

Game 55: Angels at Pirates

Jeff Locke and Shawn Chacon underway.

King Kang went yard and the Bucs are up 2-1 in the third.

Game 43: Diamondbacks at Pirates

Liriano takes on the hapless 1-5 Shelby Miller tonight.

The Bucs are now 29-14, and have the best record in the majors.

Game 38: Braves at Pirates

Bucs won again today, 12-9. And so began the Alen Hanson Era.

Game 37: Braves at Pirates

The PBC trounced Oliver Perez and the hapless 9-28 Atlanta Braves today, 8-5.

Bucs are now 27-9 and in first place.

Game 32: Pirates at Reds

Niese takes on Dan Straily, whoever that is. I can not tell if this is true game or exhibition.

Game 29: Pirates at Cardinals

Bucs up 1-0 early. Voodoo dolls have claimed one.

Game 27: Cubs at Pirates

Arrieta beat Niese. Final score, 7-1.

Game 26: Cubs at Pirates

Cole and Hammel starting soon. Bucs are 3 games back.

Game 24: Reds at Pirates

Randall Simon vs Liriano.

Game 23: Reds at Pirates

Straily and Nicasio starting soon.

Game 22: Pirates at Rockies

Niese and Gray now. Over/under on Cutch homers, 1.5.

Game 21: Pirates at Rockies

Cole and Rubby Sr., starting soon. Polanco batting 8th.

Game 19: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Liriano and Ray at four. Beer fort barbecue, with bonfire of unwanted sofas.

Game 18: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Nicasio and De La Rosa at eight.

Game 17: Pirates at Diamondbacks

Niese and Corbin at 9:40.

Game 16: Pirates at Padres

Game starting soon. Cole and Shields warming up.

Game 14: Pirates at Padres

Liriano and Nelson at ten.

Game 13: Brewers at Pirates

Davies and Nicasio at one-thirty.

All windows open in beer fort. New, large garage-style doors up, too. Exotic animals wandering in and out. Trained monkeys juicing celery for Bloody Marys.

Game 12: Brewers at Pirates

Jungmann and Niese at seven.

Bloody Marys in the beer fort.

Game 11: Brewers at Pirates

Meaningful baseball in PNC. Nelson and Locke at 7.

Meaningless exhibition game

Nothing of note happened today.

Game 7: Pirates at Tigers

Niese and Verlander at one.

Game 6: Pirates at Reds

Locke and Melville at one.

Game 5: Pirates at Reds

Cole and what's-his-name just underway. The defense is working out some new ideas.

Game 4: Pirates at Reds

Liriano vs Randall Simon. Game on at seven.

Game 3: Cardinals at Pirates

Nicasio wins on our first free t-shirt day of the year, 5-1.

Game 2: Cardinals at Pirates

The Pirates host the winless Cardinals at seven. Wacha and Niese will start.

Opening Day: Cardinals at Pirates

Wainwright and Liriano at 1. Play ball

More March

Be where you are.

More Spring Training

Trevor Williams and Ubaldo Jimenez down at McKechnie Field.

Spring training

Aw yeah. Never too soon to begin domination of all the haplessness out there.

NFL week 6: Cardinals at Steelers

The Michael Vick Era continues vs. Carson Palmer and the 4-1 Cardinals.

NL Wild Card: Cubs at Pirates

Cole and Arrieta tonight at 8. Season on the line.

Game 162: Reds at Pirates

J.A. Happ and Josh Smith, whoever that is, starting soon. Home field on the line.

Game 161: Reds at Pirates

Bucs trail 2-1 in the 4th as Burnett makes his final start. Home field on the line.

Game 160: Reds at Pirates

Liriano and Sampson tonight, home-field on the line.

Off day

Cubs and Reds are scoreless in the second. Meanwhile, the PBC prepare their Arrieta voodoo dolls.

Game 158+159: Cardinals at Pirates

Cole and Wacha then Lyons and Morton. Division on the line.

Rained out

No game tonight, doubleheader tomorrow.

Game 157: Cardinals at Pirates

Happ and Lynn underway. Division on the line.

Game 156: Pirates at Cubs

Sunday night baseball. Mad bunter A.J. Burnett vs. Arrieta at 8.

Pirates going for ninth straight W.

Game 155: Pirates at Cubs

Liriano and Hammel in a likely NLDS Game 2 preview.

Hammel has been chased and the Bucs lead 3-0 in the 5th after a Mercer 3-run tater.

Game 154: Pirates at Cubs

Cole and Lester today in a likely NLDS Game 1 preview.

Game 153: Pirates at Rockies

Jeff Locke and Jerome Bettis' kid Chad today.

The lackluster-of-late Wacha starts for the Cards vs. the Brewers, so should be a good day to pick up a game.

Game 152: Pirates at Rockies

Morton and Bergman tonight. Prepare to uncork.

Game 151: Pirates at Rockies

Happ and Rusin tonight as the Bucs make their final pennant push. Magic number two.

Game 150: Pirates at Rockies

Burnett takes on perennial loser Jon Gray and the hapless last-place Rockies tonight. Prepare to untuck.

Game 149: Pirates at Dodgers

Cole takes on Mike Bolsinger, whoever that is, starting shortly. Cards are up 4-2 over the Cubs after three.

NFL week 2: 49ers at Steelers

The Steelers are pistol-whipping the 49ers 29-3 after three quarters. Extra point guy needs more practice.

Game 148: Pirates at Dodgers

Kershaw and Liriano in the 6th, Bucs up 2-1. Frankie has 9Ks already and has retired 16 in a row.

Game 147: Pirates at Dodgers

Locke and Greinke later tonight. Cards vs. Cubs starting soon.

Game 146: Cubs at Pirates

Morton and Hendricks underway. Bucs down 3-1 in the third.

Game 145: Cubs at Pirates

Burnett and Arrieta tonight.

The PBC "A" team returns and will try to prevent Arrieta from becoming the first Cubs pitcher since Jon Lieber in 2001 to win 20 games.

Game 144: Cubs at Pirates

J.C. Happ takes on Jon Lester in Game 2 as the PBC continue their journey to the division title.

What's the buzz, tell me what's a-HAPPening?

Game 143: Cubs at Pirates

Cole and the Bucs are up 4-1 in the sixth in the first game of today's doubleheader. Cole has a 3 hitter going with the pennant on the line.

Game 142: Brewers at Pirates

Bucs have battled back to tie it up 6-6 in the seventh. Cards won earlier today.

Game 141: Brewers at Pirates

Locke and Davies tonight with a chance to pull within 2.5, after the hapless Cards lost twice today.

Game 140: Brewers at Pirates

Morton and Nelson tonight with the playoffs on the line. Only 4.5 games back.

Game 139: Brewers at Pirates

AJFB returns from the DL to make the hated Brewers STFD. Prepare to untuck.

Game 138: Pirates at Reds

J.A. Happ and Keyvius Sampson (whoever that is) tonight at seven.

Bucs are now 4.5 games behind the Cards and just 2 games in front of the Happless Cubs. Cubs are up 3-1 in the third.

Game 137: Pirates at Reds

Francisco Liriano and Raisel Iglesias (whoever that is) tonight at seven.

Bucs are now 5.5 games behind the Cards and just 2 games in front of the hapless Cubs.

Off day

Bucs took the day off today. Happy Labor Day!

Game 135: Pirates at Cardinals

Cole and Lackey underway, scoreless in the second. The Bucs are 6.5 games back and really need a win, or at least a well-placed BUNT, tonight.

Game 134: Pirates at Cardinals

Morton and Garcia underway. Bucs are down 2-0 after three.

Game 133: Pirates at Cardinals

Pirates are bringing the Happ to St. Louis for the first of a three-game series. The Cardinals trot out Carlos Martinez. Game on central time.

Game 132: Pirates at Brewers

Liriano and Jungmann tonight on Aramis Ramirez Day. Win, please.

Game 131: Pirates at Brewers

Jeff Locke takes on some scrawny kid tonight. Bucs are now six games back.

Game 130: Pirates at Brewers

Cole and Nelson at eight. Untucking at nine.

Game 129: Rockies at Pirates

Bucs down 5-0 after seven. Nothing to see here.

Game 128: Rockies at Pirates

Happ and Rusin starting soon. Cards are up 4-0 in the 8th.

Polanco's frozen rope looping on the Beer Fort wall.

Game 127: Rockies at Pirates

Liriano and Gray on Friday Night Block Party. Stop by the Leinenkugel Bar and meet Pirates Alumni Al Oliver.

Game 126: Pirates at Marlins

Cole and Nicolino tonight. Still 4.5 games back.

Game 125: Pirates at Marlins

Locke and Narveson tonight as the PBC pennant push begins in earnest.

Game 124: Pirates at Marlins

Morton takes on Mr. Hand tonight. Morse at 1B, JHay at 2B.

Game 123: Pirates at Marlins

Happ and Koehler tonight. Meanwhile, the Cards face the D-backs.

Game 122: Giants at Pirates

Franky beat White Flag yesterday 5-2. Bucs are 3.5 games back.

Game 121: Giants at Pirates

Cole and Leake on Free T-Shirt Day. Scoreless in the third.

Game 120: Giants at Pirates

Byrd just put one out for an early 3-0 lead.

Game 119: Giants at Pirates

Morton and Peavy tonight. Cards are off, so a win would bring the PBC to within four and a half.

Game 118: Diamondbacks at Pirates

J.A. Happ takes on Johnny Ray tonight. Five games back.

Game 117: Diamondbacks at Pirates

Francisco Liriano takes on Jimmy Anderson tonight.

Game 116: Diamondbacks at Pirates

Cole and Hellickson tonight. Five games back.

Game 115: Pirates at Mets

Locke and Harvey underway. Tied up 1-1 in the fifth.

Game 114: Pirates at Mets

Morton and Niese starting soon. Morse at 1B, Serpico in left. Forecast: PAIN.

Game 113: Pirates at Mets

Happ and Colon underway. NFW went yard in the first as the Bucs lead 1-0 after one.

Game 112: Pirates at Cardinals

Liriano and Lynn tonight at 7:15. Bucs are now seven games back and need a WIN.

Game 111: Pirates at Cardinals

Cole and Wacha tonight in a likely NLCS preview.

Game 110: Pirates at Cardinals

Locke and Martinez with the pennant on the line.

The 2015 PBC World Champions DVD Box Set will feature a montage of highlights from this game, set to the tune of Accept's "Balls to the Wall."

Game 109: Dodgers at Pirates

Bucs down 5-3 in the 7th. Cards lost earlier today.

Game 107: Dodgers at Pirates

Dodgers up 2-1 early. Cole and Kershaw.

Game 106: Cubs at Pirates

Jeff Locke and Dan Haren tonight at seven. Bucs still 5.5 games back.

Game 105: Cubs at Pirates

Happ makes his debut against Arrieta and the Happless Cubs.

Game 104: Pirates at Reds

Pirates up 3-0 in the sixth.

Prediction for the rest of this fight: Pain.

Game 103: Pirates at Reds

Cole goes for win 15 vs. Julio Iglesias and the hapless Reds. Bucs are just 5.5 games back.

Game 101: Pirates at Reds

3-1 Reds going into the bottom of the second.

It never gets old, raiding small-market rebuilding teams at the deadline.

Game 100: Pirates at Twins

Liriano and Santana, tied 1-1 after three.

Game 99: Pirates at Twins

Morton and Pelfrey at 8.

Off day

Nothing to do but root against the Cardinals.

Game 98: Nationals at Pirates

Ross and Cole starting soon.

Pirates have slipped to 7 back of the Cardinals.