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Let’s get to know Akinori Iwamura
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Regardless of whether or not you think bringing him in was a good idea, I have a feeling that Akinori Iwamura is going to make quite the impression on Pirates fans over the next year, half year, or next few years. “Aki” should be both productive and exciting, no matter...
News and Notes
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Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially the offseason:
The Pirates removed three players from the 40-man roster: Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency starter/bullpen guy with the Bucs. Hacker...
Yankees Win World Series
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vomit.
That is all.
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Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
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The Pirates don’t think so, as they made yet another trade Tuesday. Chavez is headed to Tampa Bay, and Iwamura is coming to Pittsburgh.
The blogs/media I’ve read so far are happier about the Pirates’ end of the deal than I thought they would be. As much as I like...
Akinori Iwamura?
4 days ago by
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DK just tweeted that he “hears the Pirates [are] part of trade talks” with the Rays’ mouthful of an infielder.
Iwamura, 30, played 2nd and 3rd base and had some injury issues this season. He’s a relatively credible 2B both offensively and defensively, and was...
Winter Leagues Update: October
6 days ago by
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Let’s see how the notable Pirates players in prospects who are still playing ball performed in their first month with their fall/winter teams:
Position Players
Brian Bixler is hitting .260 with two extra base hits (both doubles) and one RBI in 72 at-bats. He’s struck out...
Happy Halloween!
7 days ago by
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Pumpkin-carving work by Evan. Enjoy the day. Go Bucs!
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Giants re-sign Freddy
8 days ago by
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Freddy Sanchez has signed a 2-year deal with the Giants, [according to Comcast SportsNet]. Details have not been released.
more coming…
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Justin Thomas: Best Pirates lefty reliever?
8 days ago by
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[The Pirates claimed lefty reliever Justin Thomas from Seattle off waivers yesterday]. He spent all of 2009 in AAA, going 2-4 with a 4.48 ERA in 53 games. He also walked 40 men in 60.1 innings, and has only thrown 4 innings in the big leagues.
Best lefty reliever, you say?
Well, it...
Cliff Lee was nearly a Pirate
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…but we didn’t want him. No, it wasn’t that the Bucs didn’t want him, the fans didn’t.
In December of 2007, [the Pirates and Indians were discussing a swap involving Jason Bay for Lee and backup catcher Kelly Shoppach]. The deal nearly happened, but fell...
Catching up on Bucs news
10 days ago by
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Lots of little bits and pieces over the past few days that I’ve yet to address…
[Tyler Yates was outrighted to Indianapolis, and then he decided he rather be a free agent]. Hooray, no more Flood Gates Yates, right? Maybe. [Neal Huntington said] that “We are in dialogue...
BBA Ballot: NL MVP
12 days ago by
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This is the fourth and final installment of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here], the [Rookie of the Year post is here], and the [Cy Young post is here].
After the obvious winner, this is extremely difficult and...
A Yankees-Phillies WS may suck, but…
13 days ago by
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it could be worse.
At least it’s not Yankees-Brewers.
Go Phils.
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Ross Ohlendorf: Smartest man in MLB
15 days ago by
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Granted, I have no idea if any of the other 29 teams have a guy like this, but I’m willing to bet they don’t. Ross Ohlendorf is a ridiculously smart dude. You probably knew he went to Princeton. You might have even heard of his legendary senior thesis. If you’re...
Phillies headed back to the World Series
16 days ago by
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And now we’re one game away from the World Series of Death…Phillies vs. Yankees. As Pittsburghers, we’re obligated to hate Philly, and as baseball fans not from New York, we of course despise the Yankees, so what do we do if the Angels can’t pull out a miracle...
Playoffs roundup and a roster move
18 days ago by
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Hopefully sometime in the next few years this blog will be at its peak in early/mid October, but instead we’ll have to settle on short blurbs about each series from time to time:
Phillies/Dodgers–Phillies lead, 3-1
The World Champs are in an awfully good position to return...
BBA Ballot: NL Cy Young
20 days ago by
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This is part three of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here], and the [Rookie of the Year post is here].
Well…definitely no Pirate-fan bias to influence me on this one (it may or may not have in the ROY voting...
Perry Hill won’t be back in 2010
21 days ago by
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Bad news this morning: [Infield instructor and first base coach Perry Hill has decided to leave the Pirates].
Hill, known as the game’s premier infield coach, joined the team last offseason and made remarkable improvements to the Pirates’ infield defense. As a whole, the...
Three Pirates to go up against Stephen Strasburg
22 days ago by
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As if there wasn’t enough to watch tonight with both playoff series in action and Pitt-Rutgers at 8, three Bucs prospects will battle the phenom this evening in an epic Arizona Fall League showdown.
The Phoenix Desert Dogs host the Scottsdale Scorpions at 6:35 MST. The Scorpions...
News and Notes
24 days ago by
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Not a whole lot going on…
The Pirates had higher TV ratings than 11 other MLB teams in 2009, including both LCS participants from Los Angeles. [Ratings on FSN were up almost 20% this year]. Why? Who the heck knows, but it sure does give us yet another reason to wonder why they...
Happy Anniversary, Maz
25 days ago by
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That’s right, 49 years ago to the day, Bill Mazeroski capped off an unbelievable Pirates World Series win, possibly the greatest game of all time, and still the only World Series Game 7 to be decided on a walk-off homer. And just as they do every year (since 1985), a group...
BBA Ballot: NL Rookie of the Year
26 days ago by
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This is part two of our end-of-season award ballots for the [Baseball Bloggers Alliance]. The [Manager of the Year post is here].NL Rookie of the Year is a ridiculously tough call this year. Especially as a Pirates fan/homer. Part of me wants to give Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones...
Links and things
29 days ago by
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[WHYGAVS] and [Bucs Dugout], along with [Pittsburgh Lumber Co.] all have excellent posts up countering [Dejan's season ending piece]’s final suggestion to improve the Pirates in 2009: “Spend.”
Wait a sec…overpaying a half-decent veteran who’s probably...
Playoffs Roundup 10/6-10/8
29 days ago by
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Hopefully sometime in the next few years this blog will be at its peak in early/mid October, but instead we’ll have to settle on short blurbs about each series from time to time:
Phillies/Rockies – Series tied, 1-1: I’m pretty impressed that Colorado was able to...
BBA Ballot: NL Manager of the Year
October 08, 2009 by
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One of the main goals of the newly-formed [Baseball Bloggers Alliance] is to create a different (read: better) version of the end-of-season awards determined by the Baseball Writers of America. We’ve split it up so all 30 team chapters vote with equal weight (the Pittsburgh chapter...
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