Blass’ struggles still live on

I’ll defend the paranoia of the Customs agents here. This does sound a wee bit sketch. According to the AP, 1000 Obama bobbleheads have been held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection warehouse since May 20. The dolls were en route to Charleston, West Virginia - home of Minor League baseball team the West Virginia Power, Single-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates who were planning...

Born on this day in 1959.Of course the France native Jeltz is most famous for his performance on June 8, 1989 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. After the Pirates built a ten run lead after the first inning, which Pirates broadcaster Jim Rooker proclaimed that if Pittsburgh lost that he would walk home from Veterans Stadium, the Phillies made a furious come back to win 15-11. Jeltz...

Carlos Zambrano has a well-deserved reputation as a hot head. The fiery character was in typical form on Wednesday afternoon during the Cubs/Pirates game. With the Cubs leading 2-1 in the Top 7th, Zambrano threw a wild pitch that allowed Nyjer Morgan to score the game-tying run. Zambrano felt that he had covered the plate to prevent Morgan from scoring, but Nyjer was called safe...

Carlos “Big Z” Zambrano put the ‘Z’ in Crazy with a classic meltdown during the Cubs 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.  It was a Pinella-esque tirade complete with an ump bump, thrown balls and gloves and another assault on the new dugout Gatorade dispenser.  Here’s another clip of the Big Z meltdown [...]

One of Dynasty’s newest baseball clients, has been on a tear since signing with the sports and talent agency. Kyle McPherson, a 14th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2007 amateur entry Draft got the start for the Low A West Virginia Power last night and went 5 innings with 6 strike outs and only walked 2 batters, gave up 2 hits, and just 1 earned run. You might...

While I was frantically trying to find a class to substitute the terrible Child Support Enforcement Law that I dropped yesterday, I received an IM from Brian Foley of TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com. I had read headlines about Pedro Alvarez yesterday, but had not checked the full story yet. He wanted a quote, so this is what I offered him: Collective bargaining agreements are...

B.U.C.C.O. Fans.com looks at why it's too early to give up on Ian Snell in the rotation, citing another Pirates' starter who struggled early in 2008, only to turn things around after his first ten starts. Also a lot of draft notes, including a look at several options for the number four overall pick.

B.U.C.C.O. Fans.com was in attendance for the Lynchburg Hillcats victory on 5/26.  Here is the recap, along with pictures and videos of top Pittsburgh Pirates prospects Pedro Alvarez, Matt Hague, and Jordy Mercer, amongst other players.

B.U.C.C.O. Fans.com looks at the recent rumors that the Pittsburgh Pirates are planning on drafting based on signability with the number four pick in the 2009 draft, in order to sign top Dominican prospect Miguel Angel Sano.

We just saw this video and felt like we had to share it. Chicago Cubs Pitcher Carlos Zambrano...well, let's just say he blows a gasket after a very close play at the plate versus the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this afternoon.Not the best video, if you want a cleaner look...follow the link here ((Thanks MLB.com))While this was interesting, and the beatdown of the Gatorade Machine...