After a brief three-day break for the Cardinals ‘Rona situation the Pirates hit the road to visit the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark, where hopefully the Pirates bats roar back to life. They sure better, because the Pirates pitching situation is on life support.
Author Archives: Gary Morgan
The Real Problem with Small Market Regime Change in Baseball
If you have nearly unlimited resources, identifying talent and turning a franchise around makes a lot more sense
Let’s Have a Realistic Pirates Trade Deadline Talk
I know, I know, trade ‘em all, they stink. Maybe in the off season you’ll get your wish, personally I believe what the club will actually do will leave many feeling they didn’t go far enough and many believing they gave away everything.
Postponed. The Story of MLB’s Lack of a Plan That Punishes Non-Offenders
As everyone is by now aware, the three-game series set to start tonight between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals has been postponed.
Pirates, Holland Lose 11-5 as First Innings Looked More Like Home Run Derby
The Pirates and Tigers had a slobber knocker last night putting up a combined 30 runs and wreaking havoc on one another’s bullpens. Today the Pirates sent Derek Holland to the mound hoping for minimally stability while the Tigers countered with old friend Ivan Nova.
What is the Pirates Plan with Erik Gonzalez?
Let’s be clear, I don’t know, and really, I doubt if Ben Cherington knows with any level of certainty at this moment. So, what I think we can do successfully here is talk about the different paths they could choose using the new information we have from watching some choices the management has made.
What a Ballgame! Pirates Fall 17-13 to the Tigers in a Wild Slugfest
When all things were said and done, you could barely recognize the outcome if you only watched the beginning. I joked on Twitter I almost felt the need to write two game stories it was such a definitive break.
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Detroit Tigers – Series Preview
Ahh thank the good lord COVID didn’t take away this um, natural rivalry! The Pirates and Tigers play every season in a home and home since MLB has decided these two clubs are rivals and largely the Pirates have done well in the series.
Pirates Fall 5-2 – Bell Surges, Williams Mows Them Down
On most nights I’d spend a decent amount of this column talking about hometown kid Randy Dobnak, and he was really good, tossing 6 innings of shut out ball, but tonight he wasn’t the story. Not alone at least.
Pirates Positively Have an Optimism Problem
The biggest problem with being positive about the Pirates is probably the simple fact that its always about the future.
Steel City Pirates 