AJ Burnett is not Matt Morris (and other thoughts on the potential trade)
I was going to wait until the Pirates and Yankees officially have a deal more about AJ Burnett, but since I'm in lab this afternoon without much to do I figured I'd put together a post that tries to get as much Burnett information into one place as I can. I have this bad habit of assuming that everyone is on the same page as me, even when I write things in November and don...
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6 hours ago
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The Richest Player in Pirate History. Really.
Pretty sad that the all-time HR leader didn't earn close to what Matt friggin Morris does in the Steel City.
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August 09, 2007
Three years of Bob Nutting quotes
Reading yesterday's excellent interview with Bob Nutting in the PG and watching some of the reaction to it in various places around the internet really got me thinking about Nutting's tenure as owner of the Pirates so far. It's more or less been three years since Nutting officially took control from Kevin McClatchy as the team's primary ownership. With Nutting'...
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January 26, 2010
Pirates rebuild has been a failure
When your team ERA is under 1 over a four game stretch, you are going to win some games and that’s what the Pirates have done – win games.
Despite poor fielding and ridiculous risky chances taken, many of which happened to have worked the last few days.
Despite poor fundamentals on the base paths.
Despite hitting 0.018 points above the Mendoza line during the run.
Despite...
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July 02, 2010
Look Back at 2006's Free Agent Pitching Buffet
I hope you like expensive buffets with shitty food. It's almost humorous to read through this list of terrible free agent signings.
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July 18, 2006
Pittsburgh Pirates: Poor Calls on Hague, Hernandez
(Follow me on Twitter @jim_krug) The parallels between current Pittsburgh Pirates’ GM Neal Huntington and former GM Dave Littlefield are growing. Months before being fired in September of 2007, Littlefield completed a horribly ill-advised trade by acquiring $10MM+ a year veteran SP Matt Morris at the MLB trade deadline, in a desperate attempt to boost...
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September 11, 2011
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September 11, 2011
Sports Sound Off: Pirate Fever
The city of Pittsburgh has a lot to be proud of - the Pitt Panthers, Sidney Crosby & Co., the Steelers... however, the one thing that has plagued this city for the past 15 years is the Pirates organization. Playing in the best stadium in baseball, the Pirates are mired in one of the longest, most depressing streaks of mediocrity that baseball has ever seen. FIO humor writer...
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April 01, 2008
No Clement; Thoughts on the Rotation
This article discusses GM Neal Huntington's decision to stick with the current starting rotation this season rather than pursuing another SP in the offseason. Go Buccos!
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January 05, 2008
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January 05, 2008
Fantasy Impacts at the Trade Deadline
As a result of yesterday's MLB Trade Deadline, some things got shook up in fantasy baseball. FIO staff writer Lou Poulas discusses some of the trades that went down - those with fantasy implications and the ones that really didn't mean anything.
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August 02, 2007
Worst Trades of the Decade
Today we continue the "Decade" series with the worst trades of the decade. First, a review of what I've covered so far:
Top 10 Draft Picks of the Decade
Worst 10 Draft Picks of the Decade
Top 10 Free Agent Moves of the Decade
Worst 10 Free Agent Moves of the Decade
Best Trades of the Decade
Before I begin on the worst trades of the decade, I wanted to...
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December 30, 2009
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December 30, 2009
This is what baseball is all about
Today (weather permitting), the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to play a game with pennant implications against a division rival in July. This hasn't happened since 1997. Take one second today to breathe all this in and enjoy: games like these, weeks like the two weeks the Pirates have coming up, this is what we watch baseball for. This is what we've sat through blowouts and...
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July 18, 2011
Vazquez out?
Surprising news from Dejan Kovacevic today: Ramon Vazquez thinks he might be gone from the Pirates once the regular season begins.
I think it's safe to say that most of us assumed Vazquez would make the team due to his $2 M salary this year, and that the only way to avoid Vazquez taking up a bench spot would be if another team traded for him, or in the seemingly unlikely event...
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March 11, 2010
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March 11, 2010
Giants Clobber Pirates In Series Opener – Fred Lewis To Be Traded?
I’m not sure what the Pirates ever did to the Giants, but man, they’ve really taken it to them over the years – and not just on the field. They snagged Barry Bonds from them. They abused them in the Jason Schmidt/Armando Rios trade. They dumped the catastrophic mistake called Matt Morris on them for [...]
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April 13, 2010
Get Away Day?
Would you be happy with a 5-2 record on a 7 game roadie? I would be be. And I'm pretty sure the Phils would be too, because they went into PNC on Sunday and played the final game of their trip like they couldn't wait take their 5 wins and head back to Philly.
Some credit must go to southpaw Paul Maholm though, who pitched a gem. The Phils managed only a Pat Burrell double...
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April 27, 2008
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April 27, 2008
Pirates Fire Pierogi, End Losing Streak
We’ve ripped on the Pirates a number of times for a number of reasons. A few years ago their fans had a walkout to protest the ineptitude in the organization. Between not having a winning season since 1992 and trading away all their talented players, the fans have been given a lot of reasons to be unhappy. The Pirates also were riding a 12-game losing streak until Saturday...
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June 20, 2010
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June 20, 2010
Moneyball and the Pirates: Now and Then
This team is lost at sea. Aside from a few prospects in the minors, it has no strengths. There's not a bad management philosophy in this organization there is no management philosophy. This team is not rebuilding, not tooling up for a run at the pennant, not looking at any time horizon, and seems as if it's run by Rachel Phelps. There is absolutely no reasonable explanation...
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September 20, 2011
I'm sad and happy all at once
#pirates tried for pavano. clint hurdle really impressed the pitcher. but understandable he chose to stay w/winning teamThu Jan 20 00:17:29 via webJon HeymanSI_JonHeyman
Carl Pavano and his age and his low strikeout rate would've likely equaled an eight-figure, multi-year disaster on the level of Matt Morris for the Pirates, so I'm happy we didn't sign him. But every...
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January 19, 2011
Please come back, Joe
Chuck Finder reports today that Joe Kerrigan is undecided on returning for 2010. I understand that some people, including the Pointy Haired Blogger, have seriously started to question Kerrigan's contribution to the 2009 Pirates. I think it's always natural to question the coaching staff when things go downhill and I agree that it's nigh impossible to actually quantify...
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September 18, 2009
WHYGAVS is:
I've been toying around with a mission statement/manifesto type post for a little while now, but in light of DK's blog post yesterday morning on Pirate fan polarization and some of the questions raised in one of my interview posts with Huntington, I think now is as good a time as any. If you've been reading for a long time, much of this post might seem obvious to you, but the reality...
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March 30, 2011
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