The Pirates lost today (4-2 to the Cubs). It was loss number 82 in a 162 game season, assuring that the Pirates will finish under .500 for a record 17th consecutive year. That goes for all four major ...

In 2010, the Pirates will… Open the season at home for the first time since 2005. The opener will be Monday, April 5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. Travel to Detroit, Texas, and O...

The Pirates’ high-A affiliate captured the Mills Cup with a 3-0 sweep of Salem in the championship series. Prominent Lynchburg prospects include: Middle infielders Chase d’Arnaud, Jordy M...

Remember back on April 5, Well, we were all way too optimistic–which is pretty sad considering none of us even predicted a winning season. Here are the responses: @stevebraband: 73 @laclips: 69...

Hopefully sometime in the next few years this blog will be at its peak in early/mid October, but instead we’ll have to settle on short blurbs about each series from time to time: Phillies/Rocki...

’s final suggestion to improve the Pirates in 2009: “Spend.” Wait a sec…overpaying a half-decent veteran who’s probably past his prime to play on a team that is going to...

This is kind of weird…according to Rob Biertempfel’s Twitter, the Pirates and Phillies will wrap up Spring Training with games on April 2 and 3. In Philly. Opening up the season at home is...

Goodness…nothing happens for what seems like weeks on end and all of a sudden we’re bombarded with news! Here goes… The Pirates are apparently interested in Japanese reliever Ryota ...

Jumpin’ Jack Flash signed a 2-year deal worth $10 million with the M’s on Friday. I guess there had been a few rumblings about Wilson potentially returning to Pittsburgh as a free agent, b...

Nothing interesting really going on of late… The Pirates hired Steve Williams as a scout. Hooray! You know what’s really useless? An online petition. But, since there’s nothing bett...