If you love pitching and defense, with a hint of attention seeking umpiring, man, what a game this was for you.
Author Archives: Gary Morgan
The Pirates are Winning, Is This Sustainable?
The easy answer would be, no. I’m not going to trust these 19 games any more than I trusted the 60 games last season.
Tigers Strike Back, Beat Pirates (8-10) in Nightcap in Detroit
The Pirates won the first game of this twin bill and were debuting a couple players. Miguel Yajure got the call up from the taxi squad as the 27th man for the start, and Rodolfo Castro who was called up to replace the DFA’d Anthony Alford got the call at third base.
Pirates (8-9) Take Game One, Anderson Impressive
Seven inning games are super weird. I mean you’re sitting here watching the Pirates starter in the bottom of the 5th protecting a slim one run lead and it’s not like you’d ever want him to give up the tying run but it’s also pretty easy to forget it would be like surrendering the lead in the 7th.
Did the Pirates Fix Colin Moran or Simply Play Him?
The common narrative this season early on has been that Colin Moran has a brand new approach at the plate and while he himself deserves the credit for implementing it, the Pirates too for identifying the holes and helping him improve.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five 4-19-21
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 7-9 on the young season and it has provided a boost of confidence to a team that probably felt they were the only ones who believed they could do better than keep the seat warm for developing prospects.
Enjoy What You Can, When You Can
I’m sure you already have yourself convinced I’m going to launch into an I told you so type article, but I’m really just trying to show how quickly it changes. Currently sitting at a still losing record 7-9 the Pirates have looked like, well, a young building baseball team.
Pirates (7-9) Take the Series and Game 3 in Extras, Reynolds, Moran Lead the Charge
The Pirates looked to bounce back and win the series in Milwaukee today. After Trevor Cahill blew up yesterday giving up 7 runs the Bucs really needed to get some length and preferably quality out of Chad Kuhl.
The Pirates Have Better Options Than Trevor Cahill
In my season preview one of my predictions was that the Pirates rotation would be better by the end of the season than the beginning.
Unlocking the Talent Blockers
How many players have left the Pirates over the years and upon being interviewed at their new home have mentioned some small tweak as being responsible for helping them reach new territory in their success?
Steel City Pirates 