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Author: John Dreker

John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

This Date in Pirates History: April 13

Six former Pittsburgh Pirates players have been born on this date, one of them is in the system now in a front office role....

Minor League Schedule: 4/13/12

Jameson Taillon gets his second start of the season tonight. He was ranked second overall in the Pirates Prospects 2012 Prospect Guide. In his...

This Date in Pirates History: April 12

Nine former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, six of them were pitchers. Earlier this morning I covered Vic Willis, a four time...

Vic Willis, Pirates Hall of Fame Pitcher

On December 15, 1905 the Pittsburgh Pirates sent three players to the Boston Braves for Vic Willis, a pitcher who had just led the...

Minor League Schedule: 4/12/12

Altoona was rained out last night. The game against Akron will be made up on June 23rd as part of a doubleheader. The Curve...

This Date in Pirates History: April 11

Four former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date and they played in four different eras. Starting with the most recent player first. Turner Ward(1965)...

Minor League Schedule: 4/11/12

All four teams in action today, beginning with a late morning start for West Virginia. A.J. Burnett makes his second rehab start for Bradenton....

This Date in Pirates History: April 10

Six former Pittsburgh Pirates born on this date, four of them pitchers and two of them teammates in 2002. Starting with the youngest one...

Minor League Schedule: 4/10/12

Indianapolis and West Virginia each have top-15 prospects in the Pirates system pitching tonight. Rudy Owens,ranked 13th overall in the Pirates Prospects 2012 Prospect...

This Date in Pirates History: April 9

On this date in 1930, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded away Hall of Fame pitcher, Burleigh Grimes, to the Boston Braves in exchange for veteran...

Minor League Schedule: 4/9/12

All four teams play tonight, starting with Altoona at 6:30 against Akron. Both Altoona and Bradenton had off yesterday. Two big starts on the...

The 1909 World Series: Game One

Last week we went through the position-by-position match-up of the National League champions, Pittsburgh Pirates(110-42) and the American League champions, Detroit Tigers(98-54). A crowd...

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