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Pirates P Ian Snell admitted to the media today that before requesting to be sent to the minor leagues, he contemplated suicide. His up-and-down ride through MLB over the last few years and media/blogger scrutiny over the past few months sent him over the edge. It’s not very often a guy asks to [...]
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July 01, 2009
by Pat LackeyFiled under: Pirates, NL CentralThere have been very few stranger soap operas in baseball this year with more drama than the Ian Snell saga in Pittsburgh. Expected to be one of the Pirates' top starters after signing a contract extension before the 2008 season, Snell has struggled on the mound in the past two seasons, posting 5.00+ ERAs and struggling with his control...
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July 02, 2009
I had a really long post written out as an examination of the relationship between fans and bloggers and players as a result of this story about Ian Snell from an Indianapolis TV, and somehow when I went to copy and paste a line in the last paragraph, I somehow kicked open Baseball Prospectus and my post was gone. I of course hadn't even saved one draft and I don't have time...
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June 30, 2009
Ian Snell wants you to know that when he specifically pointed out things that Eric Kratz did that he liked on Sunday and made veiled references that those things weren't done so well in Pittsburgh, he didn't actually mean any insult to the Pirates' catchers. Because he's never, ever made it seem like he thought a catcher was to blame for one of his bad outings. Snell...
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June 29, 2009
Yea, you read the title right. Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said pitcher Ian Snell’s contract extension was a mistake, and did so very publicly. It’s no surprise that the deal was a mistake but it is surprising to see Huntington come out so blatantly about it. I’d agree this [...]
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June 29, 2009
After nearly a full day of talking about Ian Snell, we've finally got a baseball game to discuss. The Cubs come in to PNC tonight for an early-week three-gamer and here's a funny stat: if the Pirates sweep this series from the Cubs, they'll be ahead of them in the NL Central standings. There might be a better chance of that happening than you think; the Pirates are 21...
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June 29, 2009
Ian Snell yesterday sought to clarify remarks he made Sunday shortly after striking out 17 batters in his return to Class AAA Indianapolis, including an apparent jab at the Pirates' catchers.
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June 29, 2009
As Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, Pirates GM Neal Huntington says signing Ian Snell made "all the sense in the world" on paper, but the move failed.
"it certainly feels like a mistake on out part," Huntington said.
Before last season, the Pirates signed Snell to a multi-year deal that guaranteed him $8.6MM. They have the...
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June 30, 2009
The Pirates struggle against their division opponents. That isn’t a good sign. Especially in the National League Central. The division sucks. So far.
Cards
Won 6-4, John Grabow got the decision
Loss 3-9, Ian Snell before he became the star of AAA
Won 7-4, Zach Duke got the win and the All-Star buzz was on.
Loss 1-2, Ross Ohlendorf was [...]
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July 01, 2009
Cubs (36-38) at Pirates (36-41)
7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN
[Here is the MLB Gameday]
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Time to take another break from talking trades and focus on a ballgame instead. Tonight is a big rubber match between the Bucs and Cubbies.
Virgil Vasquez was not...
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July 01, 2009
Vazquez is back in the majors, making his second start since a couple brief stints in 2007 as a Tiger. We have some PITCHf/x data to compare Vazquez' one start as a Pirate to his partial PITCHf/x data as a Tiger (only one game of five is missing, actually).Vazquez is a 6'3" righty, played NCAA for UCSB, and is the replacement for the supposedly self-demoted Ian Snell...
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