Pirates News: You know it?s a boring day when [losing TJ Beam to the Blue Jays off waivers] is the biggest news we can come up with. For what it?s worth, [I was baffled as to why we let Beam go], as he proved to be somewhat useful at the major league level. Not a [...]
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