Tag: Gary Varsho

First Pitch: Content Creators and the Outlook of the 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates

First PitchFebruary 25, 2025

For many years of my life, I was a walking database of knowledge about the Pittsburgh Pirates and their minor league system. I covered Spring Training in Bradenton for years. I also covered games in each minor...

Business of Baseball: The Gold Standard, Inflation, Free Agency, and Salary Caps

Business of BaseballFebruary 20, 2025

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the...

This Date in Pirates History: June 20

Pirates HistoryJune 20, 2012

Five former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, including the man who had a big doubleheader in 2004 against the Cubs, that most...

Classic Pirates memories, Win Expectancy style

AnalysisOctober 16, 2010

While glancing at the Win Expectancy chart for last night’s Yankees-Rangers game, I realized that FanGraphs also has these charts for historical games. Although I already knew that, I had never taken the time to sift through some older games. Here is a look at some of my all-time favorite Pirates games.

Pirates fire Kerrigan, Varsho

AnalysisAugust 8, 2010

The Pirates fired pitching coach Joe Kerrigan and bench coach Gary Varsho this morning. Ray Searage will replace Kerrigan and Jeff Banister will replace Varsho.

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