Not much time, but here's what I could come up with on Wednesday:[PirateFest plans unveiled] Woot! Jan. 23-25 at the convention center. Kids 14 and under get in free. 10 bucks for adults. Ticket-buyers get a code to buy single-game tickets before everyone else. See you there.[The Pirates don't ...
Found December 03, 2008 on
Raise the Jolly Roger!:
Original Story:
Yardbarker aggregates the latest sports news, rumors and gossip from around the web. We use proprietary algorithms to automatically categorize stories and associate photos with articles. If you feel an article was miscategorized, please email tagging@yardbarker.com.
THE BACKYARD
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES
Pirates interested in Turnbow
I suppose every GM has a weakness. For a over year now, I've been intrigued watching Neal Huntington try to rebuild the Pirates, trying to figure out his plan of attack, how feasible it is, how he's different from Dave Littlefield, etc. One thing is inextricably clear: Huntington loves relievers ...
Links
For reasons that will become shortly apparent, I've been working on cleaning/updating the sidebar links. That means that I've got some new links to add to the sidebar, as well as some other things for your general perusal.Cory Humes, Geeves, and Alan from Bucco Wire are all blogging again at MVN ...
More Rumors, Anyone?
Via Sports Blog Net
|
December 02, 2008
You guessed it, Jack Wilson. [The Detroit Free Press] says the talks are "ongoing" and that "there appears to be genuine interest on both sides." Although the Pirates aren't going to get great value for Wilson, the Detroit system is [not exactly chalk-...
|
December 02, 2008
DEREK BELL STILL DOING WELL...OR NOT
Plax wasn't the only former Pittsburgh athlete to make the news for the wrong reasons this week, after hearing that former Bucco Derek Bell, the creator of "Operation Shutdown", was arrested last night in his hometown of Tampa and charged with four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.Deadspin so gloriously revisited Bell's famous quote from Spring Training 2002, one that will...
The lamest pun ever
I'm sorry for the lack of posts today, but I'm giving group meeting for my lab tomorrow and that has me really tied up. I did manage to wander over to Pirates.com today and see what a fantastic old man pun.Nice work, headline writer. Pat yourself on the back for that one.
Alex Ramirez is MVP in Japan
It's amazing how one headline can bring back a rush of Pirate memories. Over at Bucs Dugout, I saw this post about former Pirate Alex Ramirez winning MVP of the Japanese league with a monster year for the Yomiuri Giants.Over the winter in 1999, the Pirate signed Wil Cordero to a contract. He ...
The Pirates are talking to Mark Loretta
There are a couple of possible reactions when reading that the Pirates are talking to Mark Loretta. The easy reaction is, "Well, so long as he's replacing Chris Gomez, I'm fine with that." That's true. Loretta's a useful utility infielder that can still handle a bat fairly well and can play just ...
Post-turkey links
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I am officially back in Western PA for a few days, goggling my eyes at the snow. We don't have that in the south.With the Winter Meetings looming, Dejan's back at the PG. His first story updates the offseason to this point, mentioning that Grabow, ...
Neal Huntington on free agency
From Pirates.com:"The reality is we're just trying to acquire talent and deepen the talent level in the organization. That's our main goal," Huntington said in a discussion about the club's potential interest in free agents. "As we are looking at the 2009 Pirates, we'd love to upgrade the ...
Link
My preview of the Pirates' off-season is up at FanHouse this afternoon. It's stuff most of you probably already know, but here's the link anyways.
Jack Wilson Traded! No, just kidding...
Via Raise the Jolly Roger!
|
December 04, 2008
If that's news to you, imagine how I felt when I booted up the internet and saw the first half of that headline. My RSS reader gives me the oldest stories I haven't read first, so I saw that the [Tigers had acquired Jack Wilson] (no more information). To see how Bucco nation responded, I of ...
|
December 04, 2008
Let's talk about John Russell
About a week ago, ACTA Sports and the Hardball Times were kind enough to send me a preview of this year's Hardball Times Annual. The topic of the preview that they sent me was an interesting one-- quantifying managerial performances. If making a good fielding metric is hard, finding a way to ...
Fire up the Jack Wilson rumor mill again
Yes! It's finally time to talk about the Hot Stove! The Pirates aren't likely to do a whole lot of interest this winter, but they're probably going to do something and the past few weeks have been brutal in their absence of Pirate news. On Sunday, the Detroit Free Press reported on the ...
Something is brewing on the Jack Wilson front
A report out of New Jersey earlier today said that the Pirates traded Jack Wilson to the Tigers, though Frank Coonelly is denying that any trade is done. At the moment it appears that the Pirates were discussing Wilson with the Dodgers, but impressed with an offer the Tigers made last night. ...
MLB Forum Discussions
|
|
|
|
|
Today's Best Stuff |
For BloggersJoin the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money. |
Company Info |
Help |
What is Yardbarker?Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond. |
