Entries from February 2008

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Tom Gorzelanny is officially a Pirate pitcher

Last season, Tom Gorzelanny threw 201.2 innings, compiling a 3.88 ERA.  He is unofficially scheduled to start the first game of the season right now and is one of the two best pitchers, if not players, on the Pirates.  Gorzelanny is, however, revealing that he is a Pirate pitcher in the best way possible: by [...]

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

How the Marian Hossa trade really happened

Ray Shero, the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, had a very good but very busy Tuesday, making two trades that nobody saw coming and vaulting his team into the favorite spot for winner of the Eastern Conference. It went something like this:

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Terrible Towels hang at halfstaff

As many sports fans have already heard, Myron Cope, iconic radio broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers died this morning at the age of 79.  He was the voice of the Steelers for 34 years, up until his retirement in 2004, when his health began to decline.  Cope, best known for his warbly voice and his [...]

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Visions of a winger dancing in our heads . . .

The day started with Ray Shero saying that the Penguins weren’t going to do anything major and ended with teenage girls in Pittsburgh crying about Colby Armstrong being traded and wondering why the team picked up some girl named Mary Ann.

Monday, February 25th, 2008

News flash: No decision yet for Pryor

All-athlete QB Terrelle Pryor has not officially made up his mind on where he will attend college yet, but the quarterback is making news with his personal appearances.

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Ray Olmedo means nothing to Neal Huntington

The Pirates brought in Ray Olmedo, a slick-fielding middle infielder, off of waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on February 1.  Now, on February 25, Olmedo is off of the 40-man roster and back on waivers to make room for recently signed pitcher Byung-hung Kim.  Obviously Huntington and Pirate management thought very, very highly of [...]