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Pirates Hire Pitching Coach Brent Strom

TransactionsNovember 15, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates hired Brent Strom to be their assistant pitching coach, as reported by Noah Hiles of the Post-Gazette. Strom is a highly regarded pitching coach, who has spent time with Houston and Arizona over...

Pirates Hire Matt Hague As Their New Hitting Coach

TransactionsNovember 13, 2024

The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired Matt Hague to be their next hitting coach, according to Scott Mitchell of CSN. Hague was the assistant hitting coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2024, after three years as...

Pirates Pitchers with Strange Records

Pirates HistoryMarch 22, 2012

Every now and then, while doing the player bios for the "This Date" articles, I will find a pitcher who has a record one...

Pirates Pitchers Leading the League in Unenviable Stats

Pirates HistoryMarch 10, 2012

While talking to Tim today about Daniel Cabrera I noticed that Cabrera had at one point(or more in a couple cases) led the league...

Can You Spare a Win?

Pirates HistoryMarch 8, 2012

Today's "This Date" article had a bio for former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jim Hughey, who had a career record of 29-80. That record gave...

Trade History Between Pirates and Yankees

Pirates HistoryFebruary 17, 2012

It seems like recently the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates have been trade partners often but that wasn't always the case between the...

This Date in Pirates History: December 10

Pirates HistoryDecember 10, 2011

On this date in 1976 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Richie Zisk and pitcher Silvio Martinez to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for...

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