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Author: Wilbur Miller

Having followed the Pirates fanatically since 1965, Wilbur Miller is one of the fast-dwindling number of fans who’ve actually seen good Pirate teams. He’s even seen Hall-of-Fame Pirates who didn’t get traded mid-career, if you can imagine such a thing. His first in-person game was a 5-4, 11-inning win at Forbes Field over Milwaukee (no, not that one). He’s been writing about the Pirates at various locations online for over 20 years. It has its frustrations, but it’s certainly more cathartic than writing legal stuff. Wilbur is retired and now lives in Bradenton with his wife and three temperamental cats.

If You’re Thinking of Heading to Pirate City . . . .

News
In the comments on the MiL exhibition schedule, Roberto suggested a refresher on visiting Pirate City, so here goes . . . . Pirate City...

Pirates Release 2020 Minor League Exhibition Schedule

News and Notes
In case you have a chance to make it to Pirate City this spring, the Pirates' minor league exhibition schedule is shown below.  As...

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First Pitch
This is something of a followup to the discussion yesterday of the Pirates' hitter development . . . more specifically, of some of the...

A Few Thoughts on That BA Ranking of the Pirates’ System

Analysis
Just a quick followup on Baseball America ranking the Pirates' minor league system 23rd.  I don't think anybody's excessively put out by this, especially...

First Pitch: Random, Speculative Thoughts

First Pitch
A couple unrelated ramblings . . . . **MLB apparently is considering changes to the postseason.  There'd be two more teams in each league make...

First Pitch: The Status of the Pirates’ Search for a Lefty

First Pitch
We're all aware that the Pirates are juuuust a bit short on left-handed pitching.  They currently have two left-handers on the 40-man roster.  One...

First Pitch: Will the Pirates Promote Aggressively in the Low Minors?

First Pitch
We're always eager to see the prospects we like promoted quickly (especially when things aren't going so well in the majors).  Considering the Pirates'...

The Marte Trade: Doing It Right

Analysis
Well, something finally happened.  It's really tough to see Starling Marte go.  From the very first pitch he saw in the majors, he's brought...

The Least-Known Great Player in Baseball History

Pirates History
The Athletic (you need a sub) has been running a daily series by Joe Posnanski covering the 100 greatest baseball players of all time. ...

First Pitch: Is “The Plan” Emerging?

First Pitch
New manager Derek Shelton had some comments recently about the Pirates' offseason direction, specifically, about the lack of changes to the roster.  You can...

Baseball Prospectus Releases List of Pirates’ Top Prospects

News
Baseball Prospectus has released its list of the Pirates' top 20 prospects, in the subscribers' area.  (For some reason, the article title calls it...

First Pitch: Building Up Innings at Greensboro

First Pitch
We've talked a lot here about the large number of interesting, and in some cases high-upside, pitchers who could be in the Greensboro rotation...
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