5/3/23- By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter When the Pirates are playing a team of the Rays caliber, they don’t have to be perfect; although it would be nice. They simply have to avoid the types of mistakes that have plagued them over the past few seasons; especially when they seem to comeContinue reading “Costly Errors Sink Pirates: (20-11)”
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Hump Day Pirates Q&A
We’re in the midst of a real measuring stick week. The Pirates are facing the Rays and Blue Jays in back to back 3 game sets and while it won’t tell us how far this team could go, it might show us and them, they still have work to do.
The Pittsburgh Pirates Are Building Differently
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ebze5-13f9a6d Craig and Chris discuss the contracts that have been signed, talent that has been identified and acquisitions that have been made, as well as the steps that the Pirates are taking off the field to generate revenue. Brought to you by ShopYinzz.com! Craig Toth covers the Pirates for Inside The Bucs Basement, and joins his buddyContinue reading “The Pittsburgh Pirates Are Building Differently”
Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: April Showers Bring More Than May Flowers
5-2-23 By Craig W. Toth (aka @BucsBasement on Twitter) This past Saturday I arrived at the ball field at 8 AM for my youngest’s Modified T-Ball Game-that was scheduled for 10 AM-to see how much damage the rain from the previous day had done to the dirt surround the bases; as well as the stateContinue reading “Top 5 Pirates Prospect Performers: April Showers Bring More Than May Flowers”
Series Preview – Pittsburgh Pirates at Tampa Bay Rays
The Bucs took two of three against Washington, and now face their toughest test of the young season.
Five Pirates Thoughts at Five
That’s 11 games over .500 folks. If the Pirates were to go 2 games under .500 every month from here through the end of the season, they’d still finish a game over. That’s how incredible this start has been.
Know Your Enemy – April Edition
The first month of the season has come and gone and things have been…wild. Just like everyone predicted, the Pirates have the best record in not only the NL Central, but the entire National League.
Oviedo Struggles As Bucs Drop Rain-Delayed Game 7-2 (20 – 9)
4/30/23- By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on Twitter Some days, you drop 16 on a team and some days, you just flounder. Today, the team was a bit on the fishy side. Following a 2 ½ hour rain delay, Pirates were sluggish out of the gates, dropping the final game of the series 7-2 andContinue reading “Oviedo Struggles As Bucs Drop Rain-Delayed Game 7-2 (20 – 9)”
The Incredible, Unexpected, 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates
I said this season would be fun, and took a heap of crap for it too, but believe me, THIS, is not what I had in mind. I thought it’d be fun because of all the prospects who’d come up and impact the franchise.
Pirates Put An Exclamation Point On The Evening: (20-8)
4-29-23- By Craig W. Toth – @BucsBasement on Twitter When a team is feeling it-and I mean really feeling it-the chances of slowing them down are slim to none. This evening your Pittsburgh Pirates were a runaway freight train. In their path was the unfortunate victim in the form of the Washington Nationals; led byContinue reading “Pirates Put An Exclamation Point On The Evening: (20-8)”
Steel City Pirates 