Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell is reportedly in the running for the Pirates’ managing job. Farrell, whose Red Sox pitchers have been terrible in the American League Championship Series, has connections with General Manager Neal Huntington dating back to Cleveland, where Farrell was the Director of Player Development until last season.
Syracuse agreed today to give a contract extension to Mike Hopkins, who is going to be the successor to Jim Boeheim. I understand giving contract extensions to head coaches and all, but to an assistant so that he can be the successor? That’s usually not something that’s announced to the public.
Either Syracuse knows that Boeheim [...]
This weekend was one of those required high school dances and Matt had a convention to attend. We apologize for the lack of material, but here is just a list of random thoughts about, well, everything:
When did Pittsburgh become the crime capital of the athletic world? Honestly, from Levance Fields to Najeh Davenport [...]
Pittsburgh is in the beginning stages of a panic attack. And, no, this is not still a reaction from the Steelers’ loss to Arizona two Sundays ago. This consternation comes from the fact that the Penguins have started 1-2, with their one win being eked out over an exhausted Anaheim Mighty Ducks team. Not to [...]
Neal Huntington is taking is time in deciding on the next manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The story says that Huntington has spent time basically putting the organization in order and figuring out just how bad the situation that he inherited is.
He is working on basically rebuilding a whole system [...]
Today is one of those days that I really wish I was 21, if only so that I could drink enough to forget that the Pitt’s two overtime loss to Navy ever happened. I walked into the stadium looking for any excuse to call for defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads’ head, and I left with an [...]
