Going into the 2008 MLB Draft, Pirates’ fans almost expected to be disappointed. After all, there was no way Neal Huntington and Frank Coonelly could live up to the expectations thrust upon them by a fanbase that wanted to see fifteen years of mistakes fixed in one draft, right? I hate to break [...]
The draft begins in 10 minutes, but multiple sources say that the Pirates have settled on Vanderbilt slugger Pedro Alvarez with their second pick.
The Penguins were never the better team in this series. The Red Wings always had crisper passes, played better defense and took more shots. In that sense, it was amazing that the Penguins won two games, but after losing to the Red Wings 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 6 of the Stanley [...]
On Tuesday, the Pirates were shut out for the first time this season, a somewhat remarkable feat for the last National League team to be shut out this season. Old nemesis Wandy Rodriguez, who always seems to pitch well against Pittsburgh, beat Phil Dumatrait who had a another solid start, giving up two runs over [...]
The Penguins won Game 5 in Joe Louis Arena in triple overtime on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Maxime Talbot scored with 35 seconds left to push the game to 3-3 tie and then two and a half more intense periods of hockey were played until Petr Sykora, who called his own goal on national TV, shot [...]
The best and the worst of the Pirates’ starters have been on display in St. Louis this weekend as Paul Maholm had a solid outing on Saturday night en route to a 14-4 Pirate win while Ian Snell had a disastrous one on Sunday en route to a 7-4 Pirates’ loss. The Pirates’ starters [...]
