LATEST STORIES FROM RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER!
A Yankees-Phillies WS may suck, but…
October 25, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
it could be worse.
At least it’s not Yankees-Brewers.
Go Phils.
©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved..
Ross Ohlendorf: Smartest man in MLB
October 24, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 22, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 20, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 18, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 17, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 16, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 14, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 13, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 12, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
October 09, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
[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
October 09, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
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...
Opening Day predictions flashback
October 06, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Remember back on April 5, [when I polled readers (via Twitter) how many wins they thought the Bucs would rack up this year?] Well, we were all way too optimistic–which is pretty sad considering none of us even predicted a winning season. Here are the responses:
@stevebraband...
What did we learn in 2009?
October 05, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
I’m not quite ready to put together a huge season-in-review post, but as a bit of a preview to that, here’s a list of things that we know now, but didn’t back in March:
Brandon Moss is not the answer in a corner outfield spot: Management was pulling hard for him...
A fitting end
October 04, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
The Pirates finished 2009 with a 62-99 record after a very deflating loss to wrap up the year this afternoon in Cincinnati.
The loss ensured the Pirates will pick 2nd in the 2010 draft, so that’s good, I guess. Baltimore won, too, but the Bucs went final first.
Jeff Karstens...
Game 161 Liveblog: Pirates at Reds
October 04, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Game 161: Pirates at Reds
©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved..
Gameday #161 at Reds
October 04, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Pirates (62-98) at Reds (77-84)
1:10–Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
TV: FSN Ohio
[Here is the MLB Gameday]
————————————
This is it. The final game of 2009. Not number 162, thanks to that stupid...
Relevant baseball tomorrow
October 03, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
The Twins and Tigers aren’t the only ones who will be doing scoreboard watching tomorrow afternoon. With this loss and [Baltimore's 6-4 triumph over Toronto], the Orioles have overtaken the Bucs by a half game. In other words, Pittsburgh has a half game “lead”...
Game 160 Liveblog: Pirates at Reds
October 03, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Game 160: Pirates at Reds
©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved..
Gameday #160 at Reds
October 03, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Pirates (62-97) at Reds (76-84)
7:10–Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
TV: FSN Ohio
[Here is the MLB Gameday]
—————————
Since the Pirates don’t have to worry about 100 losses anymore, does this game have any...
Say no to 100
October 02, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Thanks to tonight’s win, the Pirates cannot lose 100 games this year. Feels kinda good, I guess. Nobody would’ve thought that a week ago, to be sure.
Lastings Milledge homered, and Dan McCutchen was really, really solid for 6.1 innings (1 run, a solo shot) for his first...
Game 159 Liveblog: Pirates at Reds
October 02, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Game 159: Pirates at Reds
©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger. All Rights Reserved..
Gameday #159 at Reds
October 02, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
Pirates (61-97) at Reds (76-83)
7:10–Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
TV: FSN Ohio
[Here is the MLB Gameday]
———————————-
Final series of the year. I think many of us have been longing for the season...
Only 161 games this year
October 01, 2009 by
Raise the Jolly Roger!
| Comments
| Comments
The Pirates-Cubs game Thursday night was cancelled after three innings. It will not be made up.
The Pirates led, 3-0, when the game was delayed by rain. Lastings Milledge hit a 2-run shot in the 1st, just after Garrett Jones had singled home Andy LaRoche following his one-out double...
SITE INFORMATION
Raise the Jolly Roger!
All you ever wanted to know about the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Related Yards
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers
Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?
Join the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money.
