This Date in Pirates History: February 12
There have been eight former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, among them two very recent ones. Chris Snyder(1981) spent the last two seasons with the Pirates after coming over in the five player deal the Pirates made at the 2010 trading deadline with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates gave up DJ Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby in the deal and along with Snyder...
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Astros sign Houston-native Chris Snyder
For Chris Snyder, just finding an opportunity would have been enough. Getting a shot with his hometown team was far more than he expected.
The Astros signed the 30-year old catcher Friday to a one year contract with a mutual option for 2013. Snyder gives the Astros a veteran player to add to the mix with Humberto Quintero and the very young Jason Castro, who is coming off knee surgery...
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24 days ago
Astros, C Snyder agree to terms on contract
The Houston Astros and catcher Chris Snyder came to terms on a one-year deal Friday.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Snyder batted .271 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 34 games last season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 30-year-old's campaign came to an early end after he had surgery on his lower back.
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Astros agree to contract with catcher Chris Snyder
Free agent catcher Chris Snyder has agreed to a one-year contract with the Houston Astros, a deal that includes a 2013 mutual option.
The 30-year-old hit .271 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 34 games for Pittsburgh last year, when his season ended in June because of surgery on his lower back. Snyder hit 15 homers with 48 RBIs for the Pirates in 2010.
Snyder played for Arizona...
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24 days ago
Astros Sign Chris Snyder, Rays Sign Carlos Pena
Another former Pirate has found a new team, and that is Chris Snyder. The Astros gave Snyder a one-year deal with an option for 2013. Also, Carlos Pena is officially off the market. He is heading back to Tampa Bay to play his former team once again. Last season and at the beginning of this offseason, I really wanted the Pirates to sign Pena, but I think it's for the best that...
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
ROAD RAGE
Pirates catcher's wife attacked
The wife of Chris Snyder was attacked by a scooter rider after the two nearly collided and the worst part was that Snyder, who recently had back surgery, couldn't do a thing about it.
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June 16, 2011
SLOW AND STEADY
Chris Snyder, MLB’s slowest baserunner
Since MLB keeps every stat known to man, it shouldn’t be surprising that they keep track of the most at bats without a stolen base. And because of MLB’s penchant for keeping meaningless stats, you’re able to be introduced to Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Synder. You see, Snyder is said to be the slowest baserunner in MLB. A perception that Snyder desperately...
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April 29, 2011
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April 29, 2011
Pirates Fall to Brewers, Chris Snyder Activated
The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the first game of their series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight.
I’m basically just going to give you the box score, considering I chose to watch the Penguins’ opening playoff game on Root Sports over streaming the Pirates.
Actually, here you go:
****** quality, I know. It’s a screen shot, chill out.
Anyway, Correia threw five innings of...
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April 13, 2011
Is Chris Snyder As Good As Randy Johnson?
RumBunter is working on a post of the All-Time classic PirateFest questions, but we aren’t sure Pirates fans could ever top this one:
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August 02, 2010
Pirates Snyder Had A Testicular Fracture?
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded for Chris Snyder yesterday. I was spinning my wheels trying to determine just how it will upgrade the team and then I found out that thishappened…..
Catcher Chris Snyder left Monday night’s game after getting hit by a foul tip in the groin area. About an hour before Tuesday’s game the Diamondbacks put him on the 15-day disabled list with a left...
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August 01, 2010
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