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What is the shortest program in the history of television? Click on the jump for the answer… “4:00pm - 4:30pm, FSN (29) Spotlight : “Pirates Player Development” A look at Pittsburgh s farm system, including some of the teams top prospects. (CC)”

Since this blog began back in November of 2007, this wraps up my first full year of blogging, and despite only seeing 67 wins, I think it has been a successful one. We?ve had over 25,000 visitors and this is my 600th post. When I started, I had no idea how far this would go, Related ...

How better to bring in the new year with an extremely boring edition of? ?News and Notes?? I think it?s pretty clear who the Pirates will be rooting for in today?s ?Granddaddy of Them All.? Freddy Sanchez had his at-bat music changed to the USC fight song the night they played Ohio ...

Free agent reliever and reclamation project, Derrick Turnbow has signed a 1 year deal with the Texas Rangers ending weeks of speculation of where his next home would be.

MLB.com is reporting that the Rangers and free agent pitcher Derrick Turnbow have agreed to a minor league deal. Turnbow chose the Rangers because he is familiar with Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux, who was the Brewers pitching coach while Turnbow was in Milwaukee. If Turnbow makes the major league roster, he will receive 925,000 plus incentives. This story was approved by MLB Rumors.

There is still nothing at all to talk about, so the year-in-review posts keep on After winning the opener on March 31, the Pirates split the next two games with Atlanta to earn a series win. Both wins came in extra innings. Unfortunately, [Jack Wilson was a casualty of the second win], ...

Huh? Ian is one of my favorite players and I had no idea he was Puerto Well, according to [PR-Inside.com], he has Puerto Rican ancestry on his dad?s side. This just goes to show you how the WBC is quickly becoming a joke. Come up with a legitimate way to determine which team players have ...

After a bottomless glass of Nate's hoppy homebrews, I'm nursing a minor "sinus condition" this morning. Fortunately, I have no responsibilities at all today aside from getting some greasy breakfast and watching sports. And what a day for it. The MLB Network launches full programming ...