Entries from August 2007

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Bad News for Pitt Fans

As if Pitt football fans haven’t had a hard enough last two weeks or so, with Pat Bostick leaving the team for unspecified reasons, leading receiver Derrick Derek Kinder tore his ACL Saturday night and will miss the season. Kinder was expected to contribute a significant level of consistency to a team that has [...]

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Steely McBeam? Try These Names Instead . . .

The Steelers named a mascot on Wednesday for the first time since Stevie Steeler was retired in the mid-90’s. Steeler Nation is both upset and bewildered at this idiotic new mascot, who has been unfortunately christened with Steely McBeam in order to somehow honor Pittsburgh’s heritage as a steel town. Here are some [...]

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

On Krivsky and Ankiel

The NL Central has been the scene of two of the more interesting stories in baseball (excluding that one about that guy in San Francisco) over the past few days.  The two stories have involved two of the teams that the Pirates should be most interested in, if not only because they have been linked [...]

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Fun with PittsburghPirates.com

The Pirates’ fantastic website is the home to some glorious self-propaganda. Chief among these are Dave Littlefied’s Q and A session and the glorifying notes section which appears daily. These two features attempt to put a positive spin on this absolutely dreadful baseball team. I only have time to give honest answers to [...]

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Let’s Finish This

[Ed. In light of recent events, we are bringing this post back from the archives.]
Barry Bonds’ chase of Hank Aaron’s legendary record is one of the most well-publicized stories in sports right now. This is mainly due to the fact that 755 is one of those numbers that the young baseball fan is bred [...]

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

The Late Liveblog – 8/7

I’m here . . . sorry that I’m running late. Tonight, the Pirates go up against the Arizona Diamondbacks who are suddenly one of the hottest teams in the game. So far, it appears as if nothing of note has happened. I’ll put more stuff after the jump . . . starting in [...]