For every run the Pirates score during the three-game series this weekend against the Chicago Cubs, fans will receive one dollar ($1) off the purchase price of left and right field box seats during the series against the Florida Marlins at PNC Park on Friday, September 9 through Sunday, September 11.  The Pirates ran a [...]

I met Mike Fanagan back in 2002, when I was traveling to each baseball stadium.  I ended up seeing the Orioles play a lot that year, and so I became a familiar face as the season progressed.  He was a broadcaster at the time, and always had strong but loving things to say about the [...]

The Braves hosted the Pirates last night for the longest games in either team’s history.  If you haven’t seen the replays yet, then you may not know that after 19 innings of play, with all players being used, Home Plate umpire missed the tag of Braves’ Julio Lugo, and awarded the run, and the game, [...]

What is clutch?  It is an every-growing debate in the sports world, though some claim to have proved that there is no such thing.  Tell that to a Derek Jeter fan who will forever believe their Captain isn’t just Captain of the Yankees, but also Captain Clutch.
Do Pirates fans care about statistics?  Not today.  Their [...]

Well, I won’t get into all the buyers and sellers, but I do have two interesting pieces.  First, the Pirates look like they might be buyers this year- and though they did pick up some payroll last year, it is an entirely different ballgame in 2011.  This Rob Biertempfel piece talks about the Pirates interest [...]