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Hanrahan’s Magic Act Spoiled… Again. Bucs Houdini Nats 2-1
May 20, 2009 by
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The Nats just found a way to lose tonight. A wild pitch allowed Freddy Sanchez to score the game winning run and an Adam Dunn throw into no man’s land led to the other Pirate run and their fifth victory.
Paul Maholm had a Houdini outing. He threw 114 pitches, but...
Pirates Win in Tenth. Who Is This Team?
May 19, 2009 by
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An Adam LaRoche two-out double into the right field corner stretched the Bucs win streak to four. His hit saved a game that started with the Bucs jumping to a 3-0 lead that elicited emails and text that included the highlight by PJ who texted, ”who is this team?”
We...
Golf for Maz June 15-16 at Nemacolin
May 18, 2009 by
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The Bill Mazeroski tournament returns to Nemacolin Resort in less than a month. It’s the can’t miss golf outing of the summer for die hard Pirates fans. Our hats are off to you Ralph Terry.
Check out just some of the list of attendees below and the complete list...
Circus in DC includes Leprechaun Innings by Pyromaniacs… Bucs Beat Nats 12-7
May 18, 2009 by
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Pyromania Video.
As I listened to the broadcast tonight, Bob Walk and Greg Brown talked about a quote from Nats CF Willie Harris. He felt confident about the Nats offense. ‘We just have to avoid the leprechaun innings.’ Hmmm, ok whatever that means. It fit into...
Catching and Defense Improvements Spark Pirates
May 18, 2009 by
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Catching Upgrade evident:
When Ryan Doumit was injured 25 games ago, Pirate fans were left to wonder how we would get through one game let alone the weeks it would be until he returned. After all, little was known about the backups other than Robinzon Diaz tore the cover off the...
Nats Love What They See in Strasburg
May 18, 2009 by
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I received the following in an email from the Nationals last week. Each year we go down with clients and we have been placed on an email list. So who do you think the Nats are going to take with their first pick in the draft? Enjoy…
Tom,
With Ryan Zimmerman riding a 29...
Fansided.com Prepares for World Domination
May 17, 2009 by
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A blog network dedicated to you, the fan. If you haven’t added this to your favorite list, we should talk. Yeh, I know Pittsburgh, who cares about anything other than baseball right?
The new site has drop downs for all sports. Within a few months, the site will...
Bucs Win; Curve Starters Hot
May 16, 2009 by
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Matt Capps got right back on the bull last night. He got the save and the Pirates won 7-4. The bullpen gave us seven innings of one run baseball after the rain delay.
Delwyn Young certainly looks comfortable in the lineup doesn’t he?
The Pirates catchers are hot....
The Mad Capper’s Fastball May 08 vs May 09
May 16, 2009 by
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Many people are saying that Pirates closer Matt Capps has lost some umphhhhh on his fastball. He has given up a hit in each of his last eight appearances. He has been knocked around in three of his last five outings. Surely something must be wrong with his fastball? I wanted...
Pedro Alvarez Show Returns
May 16, 2009 by
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Pedro Alvarez wasted no time in his at bat last night. With third round pick Jordy Mercer on base, Alvarez blasted the first pitch for a towering two-run walk off homerun to give the Hillcats their 15th comeback win of the year.
We all know Pedro’s average hasn’t been...
Swab the Web
May 15, 2009 by
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We head to DC today to check out the world champion Phillies. My scouting report is weak. No excuses. It was a youthful mistake. We just didn’t hit. I credit him for always getting me out with Nyjer and Freddy on, anyway enough excuses…. Here come the Rockies...
Karstens Stranded by the Allegheny; Bucs Lose 5-1
May 14, 2009 by
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12300 fans at PNC Park.
Pitching was solid.
Plenty of hits.
The key elements of a sweep were right there for the Pirates to break out the brooms and knock out the division leaders.
Nothing was quite enough.
It didn’t happen.
One baserunning blunder
One wild pitch led to two...
Quick Hits
May 14, 2009 by
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LETTING THE WILDCAT LOOSE
Madden 10. The Wildcat in full effect. Check out this link on the work behind the new game. It gives you an inside look by former Florida Gator QB now gamer guru, Larry Richart...
The Bullpen Works in Indy*
May 14, 2009 by
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I was desperately looking for some good news on the Pirates baseball front. It has a small asterik, (a loss for the AAA Indians) but here you go. The Indians needed help from their bullpen this afternoon after Syracuse jumped out to an early lead. They finally got it in the...
3rd Boss Wins Photo Caption Contest
May 14, 2009 by
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3rd Boss I take my hat off to your efforts. Please print and send to MOM. You are making a difference. Now if the Bucs snap their skid tonight, you know I will need your captions for future editions of Rumbunter.
Amazed by the site of Moss actually on base a few Bucco...
John Daly Wins Again: Heh, Loudmouth Golf: Order Some Pants! The 3 Irish Open Preview
May 14, 2009 by
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Dust Off the Jolly Roger: Duke Dazzling in Pirates Win Over Cardinals
May 14, 2009 by
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I think it was how the game started that just caught my eye and said, “this one’s for you kid.” Zach Duke struck out Cardinals leadoff man Skip Shumacher with one of the best pitches he has thrown all year. He then got ahead quickly with an 0 and 2 count on...
Walk the Plank
May 14, 2009 by
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If you look at no other link today, make it this one. Hilarious. [Seperated at Birth, 20 Twins from the NBA Playoffs. Fansided]
Number 16 does in Tony Romo (+7) in his bid to move along in the US Open Sectional Qualifier. Insert choke joke here. [Dallas Morning News]
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After Further Review… Adam LaRoche Makes Trivia History; Pirates Take Another One From Cards 5-2
May 14, 2009 by
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With most of Pittsbugh focused on the Pens Caps in the House that Unused Cell Minutes Built tonight in DC. We wanted to give you a quick snapshot of the matchup before all eyes move South. Go Pens.
UPDATE: My game recap is below:
Adam LaRoche became the first MLB player to have...
Thursday’s Swab the Web
May 14, 2009 by
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Keep your eyes peeled at this link the next few days for what we trust will be the official John Daly coming out party. http://www.3irishopen.ie/irish_open_standings.php
The best writing I have seen done on the Crosby Ovie series is by Mike Wise. He called Ovie the more clutch...
Cage Those Red Birds
May 14, 2009 by
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Pregame:
Jeff Karstens (1-1, 5.19ERA) goes against RHP Mitchell Boggs (1-0, 3.50ERA).
The Pirates have won five straight against the Cardinals. PNC Park is becoming quite the birdcage as well with the Bucs taking six of their last seven against them. After tonight the Bucs and...
The Putter is Hot–Look Out! John Daly 4 Under at 3 Irish Open
May 14, 2009 by
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Enough about how the pants look, a relaxed John Daly fired a 68 today at the 3 Irish Open in Baltray. He is four shots off the lead.
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