Today (Tuesday/Wednesday nights) are kind of busy for us, so we aren’t going to do reviews of the Penguins’ victory or the Pirates’ defeat until, probably, Thursday night or late Wednesday at which point they’ll be lumped in with some other game recaps. There was, however, a tidbit out of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton where the Baby Penguins [...]
Daniel Moskos turned 22 on Monday and, as a present, received a start for Lynchburg against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Apparently, the Pelicans didn’t get the memo that it was Moskos’ birthday and decided to give him the equivalent of a present for his siblings.
Moskos surrendered six runs off of six hits in [...]
There is an article in the Post-Gazette today about how the Pirates’ four main trade pieces have improved their stock, suggesting that the selling attitude that pervades the Pirates around June or July will hit once again. There is no problem with that, as Dejan ended one mailbag last week by predicting that the outfield [...]
The Pirates have enough problems right now to fill a season’s worth of Jerry Springer. Some problems have simple solutions, such as the release of Matt Morris, while others are a bit more complex, such as the teams massive weakness at shortstop. Here are the five biggest questions right now.
He was a really terrible pitcher, but one of the favorite players in the clubouse. He always seemed like a nice enough guy, but his “fastball” was 86 mph. In the end, Matt Morris, despite his role as a veteran leader on the Pirates, was released because his performance was terrible. Unfortunately, [...]
The hype was all about a former superstar, but with 101 seconds to go in one of the most hectic and fluky NHL games this season, the puck was right where it needed to be. On the blade of Sidney Crosby, the face of the NHL, who had drawn the penalty on ex-Pen Marty [...]
