BRADENTON -- Erik Bedard signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates in December, adding a lefty to the rotation, and depth to the pitching staff. Over the off-season, Bedard has been working hard to be healthy and...
Hopefully, the photo above imparts some sense of why hardcore baseball fans love spring training. Manny Sanguillen, Nate McLouth, Mike McKenry and Anderson Hernandez. A star from the 1970s, on hand to coach the young catchers....
Most Pittsburgh Pirates fans can tell you the team's all-time home run leader is Willie Stargell with 475. A lot of them could tell you whose record he broke as well, Ralph Kiner with 301. Prior...
BRADENTON -- Bob Nutting, the Pirates Chairman of the Board, addressed the team this morning at Pirate City. His message this year was different from a year prior --the expectations are higher heading into 2012.
"We have...
On this date in 1999 the Pittsburgh Pirates would trade second baseman Tony Womack to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor leaguer Paul Weichard and a player to be named later. Exactly six months later,...
Good morning from Pirate City.
--The Pirates added two "B" games to the spring training schedule. A "B" game against the Minnesota Twins at Pirate City on March 10. They also will play the Netherlands (International baseball)...
If you read the This Date article from today, you would've saw the story about Wilbur Cooper, the only pitcher in the history of the Pirates franchise to win 200 games with the team. He is...
BRADENTON -- Whenever Pirates reliever Jason Grilli was given the ball last season with Pittsburgh, he thrived. Grilli pitched from the 5th inning on during the 2011 season, but it was in the back end of...
BRADENTON -- The Pittsburgh Pirates took the field under the sunny skies at Pirate City on Friday at 10 AM for their first official full squad workout.
The club worked on conditioning, throwing programs, bunt plays. The...
Five former Pittsburgh Pirates players were born on this date. One of them being Honus Wagner, the greatest shortstop in baseball history and in my opinion, the greatest player in Pirates history. He got his own...
If there's one thing you can say about Keith Law, it's that he is consistent about being inconsistent. When I say inconsistent, I mean in relation to other rankings. Everyone's rankings are different, but Law is...
Happy first official full squad day. The Pirates position players were scheduled to report by Thursday, as today is the first full team workout. Anderson Hernandez, who was having visa issues,was delayed in getting to Pirate City...
