We all have hobbies, interests, passions or activities that allow us to escape the “hustle and bustle” of daily life; bills, work and anything else that causes us stress and anxiety. For me the one constant “escape” in my life has been Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball. However, I never really looked at it that way becauseContinue reading “Just A Little Getaway: Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball and Me”
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MLB and the Players Union Strike a Deal to Resume the Season – What Does it Mean?
This deal had to happen one way or another, plain and simple. If the season starts late, that causes a set of questions. If the season is cancelled, yet another set. Play 80, yup, you guessed it another set still. The two sides did their very best to plan for all scenarios and create theContinue reading “MLB and the Players Union Strike a Deal to Resume the Season – What Does it Mean?”
One Magical Night: The Pirates 2013 Wild Card Game
A lot has been written about this particular game over the past few days; especially after AT&T Sports Net’s airing of the game for all to see on Tuesday Night and the subsequent showing of the game on MLB’s #OpeningDayAtHome Thursday Morning on @MLB Las Mayores and Twitter. Hell, the Pirates even have a linkContinue reading “One Magical Night: The Pirates 2013 Wild Card Game”
Friday Focus – The Year We Missed Opening Day
Everything was there but the game, baseball has punched our ticket out of Winter’s darkness for well over a century as Americans, and many of us have taken it for granted.
Ten Pirates Questions Still Unanswered
These are my top ten burning issues, I’d love to more from you or answers you feel are already there.
The Inner Workings of Your Pittsburgh Pirates
In any good relationship there is a lot of give and take, talking through problems and many compromises along the way. Solid partnerships are very much the same. You play off of one another’s strengths, back each other’s play, celebrate when you profit and makes plans to pick up the pieces and rebuild if youContinue reading “The Inner Workings of Your Pittsburgh Pirates”
The MLB Trade Deadline in 2020 May Not Matter or Happen – How Does That Affect the Pirates?
One of the most interesting things that could come from shortening the season is either the actual, or perceived elimination of the MLB Trade Deadline.
Basement Boys: From the Clubhouse
The DH is Coming to MLB – Can We Take Advantage and Realign?
Craig and I are going to lay out a bunch of scenarios here and we’ll each give our take on them.
xERA:The Lost Metric
Imagine working on something so hard for months and possibly years, only to have unveiled at a time when no one is paying attention. As most of you probably know by now, I am a pretty big “stats nerd” and spend a lot of my time in the Nerd Cave, compiling and comparing MLB playersContinue reading “xERA:The Lost Metric”
Steel City Pirates 