Although its not technically the end of the season, the Pirates have been playing meaningless games for at least a month now. Does anyone really care what happens in the last game tomorrow? However, there are some leftover minutiae to deal with:
Jack Wilson got jacked up tonight. Diving after a ball hit by So Taguchi, [...]
The Pirates emerged victorious from Thursday’s game with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning their first series since July 8. The five-series-long losing streak came to a sudden end yesterday as Jose Castillo made a rare contribution with a pinch-hit eleventh inning single to lead the Pirates to the 5-4 victory. It is nice [...]
Well, well, well, just as I was getting ready to turn in my Pirates’ fan card they go out and win a few ballgames against the best (or second-best, depending on whether you live in New York City or not) team in the National League. The two aces came through nicely and a replacement [...]
My rant yesterday prevented me from posting an update about the game, so I’m just going to lump that in with my recap of today’s dud. Alas, we will start with a non-walkout-related review of yesterday’s game:
Last night, the Pirates beat a Washington Nationals team that is even worse than they are in order to improve their record to 34-45, or 11 games away from that ever-elusive .500 mark. Ian Snell turned in another very solid outing and Jim Tracy’s gamble with his bullpen paid off on the way to [...]
The Pirates are not worth game by game recaps anymore, so I’m just going to go over series’ as a whole for now, including random notes and making individual posts about especially interesting events. So, with no further ado, here goes:
