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July 6, 2006

Sort of a Step in the Right Direction

Posted by Mike | 11:00 am | Pirates | Comments: 0

Kip Wells gives up five over six, brings ERA down three points to twelve point fourish in loss to Mets.

June 28, 2006

Sometimes Wit Isn’t Straightforward Enough

Posted by Mike | 8:43 pm | Pirates | Comments: 1

Iratefans.com’s slogan is “Best Park, Worst Owner”. Personally, I think it should be “Fuck the Pirates and their jackass owner”.

Sent To The Pen

Posted by Mike | 8:39 pm | Pirates | Comments: 0

Olly Perez, once considered Pirate hotness, is now mopping up what the rest of the Pirate starters leave behind.

June 27, 2006

Getting Your Money’s Worth

Posted by Mike | 9:38 pm | Pirates | Comments: 2

Pittsburgh lose twelve straight, have as many wins as Chicago have losses. At least they’re not paying this team much.

June 23, 2006

Swept

Posted by Mike | 7:05 am | Cubs | Pirates | Comments: 0

Sometime Cub Todd Wellemeyer walked two, wild pitched, and gave up a run in a win over Pittsburgh. He was also distracted by a bug.

June 22, 2006

Pirates in 25

Posted by Mike | 7:48 am | Pirates | Comments: 0

Pittsburgh faces Kansas city in a clash of the titans. Sorry, Cubs: I know you wanted last place, but Pittsburgh is about to be swept.

May 16, 2006

Historically Bad

Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | Cubs | Pirates | Comments: 0

When your newspaper covers teams like the Cubs and the Pirates, it’s easy to run out of ways to write about how bad the team is doing. The Chicago Tribune and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are finding ways, though:
For a franchise steeped in innumerable infamous incidents, it’s hard to believe the Cubs could find new ways to […]

May 5, 2006

Gloomy Numbers

Posted by Mike | 12:34 pm | Cubs | Pirates | Comments: 0

In a brief afternoon post today, I want to highlight some numbers about the worst teams in the NL Central: the Pirates and the Cubs. Here is the offensive output of both teams over the last 5 games where each team went 1-4 and played each other twice.
Team […]

March 24, 2006

Spring Training Prospect Watch - Pirates

Posted by Mike | 7:00 am | Pirates | Comments: 0

#3 - Tom Gorzelanny
Born: July 12, 1982
Height/Weight: 6′ 2″/207
Bats-Throws: L-L
Position: OF
2005: 3.26 ERA in 23 starts and a 124-46 K-BB ratio for AA Altoona. 12.00 ERA over 3 games (1 start), and a 3-3 K-BB ratio for Pittsburgh.
BA on Gorzelanny: “Though he got a major league look, Gorzelanny needs to spend the majority of […]

March 7, 2006

Wells Update

Posted by Mike | 3:00 pm | Pirates | Comments: 0

A few days ago I wrote that Kip Wells was probably out for the season because of the blood clot in his arm. Turns out he could actually be back by the All-Star break.