There probably isn’t a more important storyline to tonight’s ball game beyond Joe Musgrove returning to the mound.
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After An Extended Rain Delay The Pirates Lose To The Cubs In Extra Innings
Tonight the Pirates were set to begin a normal three game series with division rival, the Chicago Cubs; this was until the announcement was made late in the day yesterday that Pittsburgh’s #2 Prospect according to MLB Pipeline, Ke’Bryan Hayes would be joining the club once they returned to PNC Park. This caused pandemonium toContinue reading “After An Extended Rain Delay The Pirates Lose To The Cubs In Extra Innings”
Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers
With a couple of tough late inning loses to the Brewers and a extremely quiet trade deadline, much like we had predicted all along, there isn’t much for Pirates Fans to be excited about following a series loss to the Brewers; who they had swept in fairly convincing fashion just one week ago. However, inContinue reading “Yinzer Reactions: Recapping The Pirates Series With The Brewers”
Errors Come Back To Haunt Pirates As They Lose 6-5
With trade rumors swirling around several of the Pirates players over the last couple of weeks, and especially in the days and even hours leading up to the 4 PM deadline today, many were unsure as to what Pittsburgh’s lineup would look like as the entered Miller Park for tonight’s contest, a four game seriesContinue reading “Errors Come Back To Haunt Pirates As They Lose 6-5”
Pittsburgh Pirates News & Views
Starting something new here on Inside the Bucs Basement, and we’ll start out calling it News & Views. I plan to have this every Monday and it will be a place to reset the week, recap the news and talk about some things to look for in the next.
Oh What a Feeling! Bell Clobbers Home Run Off a Toyota as Pirates Win 5-1
Josh Bell has looked like anything but the Pirates best player this season for the most part. In fact not two weeks ago he was twitching like cat in a room full of rocking chairs in the box. Suddenly since the road trip began, he is quiet in the box and putting nice swings onContinue reading “Oh What a Feeling! Bell Clobbers Home Run Off a Toyota as Pirates Win 5-1”
Five Pirates Pre-Deadline Topics
The rumor mill is hottest in the fan base, just as predicted the deadline itself is pretty slow. We heard that team executives around the league wanted to get their deals done early because of the unique circumstances in 2020, well, here we are on deadline eve, what happened?
What In the World Has Happened to Bryan Reynolds?
Let’s start by being honest about how bad it has gotten. The Pirates are down a couple runs in the bottom of the 8th and they have a couple speedy runners at second and third. Bryan Reynolds steps to the plate, you actually find yourself withing it was Newman or Gonzalez.
Through The Prospect Porthole: Revisiting The Journey Of Cody Ponce
Back in December when I was working for a now defunct Pirates website my main focus was prospects, which has always been a passion of mine. Due to this fondness of players who are constantly fighting to make their Major League Baseball games come true, I often become defensive of them when fans and othersContinue reading “Through The Prospect Porthole: Revisiting The Journey Of Cody Ponce”
JT Riddle Provides Only Power For The Pirates As They Fall To Brewers
In the four games since they last played and swept the Brewers, the Pittsburgh Pirates have played like near polar opposite teams. After being no-hit by Lucas Giolito, shown how high powered the White Sox offense can be and taking both games of a double header from the Cardinals, I was not really sure whatContinue reading “JT Riddle Provides Only Power For The Pirates As They Fall To Brewers”
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