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Life After Littlefield: Pirates make some roster moves; call up Lambo, sign Shoppach

Life After Littlefield: Pirates make some roster moves; call up Lambo, sign Shoppach

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 12, 2013

After literally getting beaten up by the Rockies, the Pirates decided to makes a couple of roster moves as they head into St. Louis for 3 games starting on Tuesday. In Saturday’s 6-4 loss to Colorado, we saw Pedro Alvarez get cleated on the back of his left hand by Dexter...

Life After Littlefield: Huntington stands pat at deadline

Life After Littlefield: Huntington stands pat at deadline

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 2, 2013

The non-waiver trade deadline came and went Wednesday without the Pirates front office making a much talked about trade to try and bolster this team down the stretch.  Some people preached about team chemistry at the deadline, while others made their case for an improvement...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates' Trade Deadline Preview

Life After Littlefield: Pirates’ Trade Deadline Preview

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 30, 2013

With tomorrow’s 4:00 PM trade deadline fast approaching, General Manager Neal Huntington will be on his phone more than a 16-year-old teenage girl over the next 24 hours.  And rightfully so, as him and the rest of the front office will be busy deciding what to do, or not do,...

Life After Littlefield: Down goes Grilli

Life After Littlefield: Down goes Grilli

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 23, 2013

In last night’s 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals, we saw two very telling things concerning this Pirates team. One being Andrew McCutchen is really turning it on of late, going 10 for his last 24 Abs with 5 homeruns.  And there is something wrong with Jason Grilli. With...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates' first half recap and second half preview

Life After Littlefield: Pirates’ first half recap and second half preview

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 21, 2013

A lot has happened this summer in regards to Pirates’ baseball and unfortunately a busy summer has kept me from blogging about it.  However, I’ll do my best to bring you up to speed on the magic that has happened in Pittsburgh over the past several months. Some of the...

Life After Littlefield: I know it's a little late, but here is a Cards' series recap

Life After Littlefield: I know it’s a little late, but here is a Cards’ series recap

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
April 20, 2013

It has been a couple days since the Pirates’ series against the Cardinals’ ended, but I think that with everything that has gone on in Boston over the past few days, this will help everyone get back up to speed on where the Pirates are at the moment. Monday’s game was...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates weekend series against Cincinnati

Life After Littlefield: Pirates weekend series against Cincinnati

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
April 15, 2013

After being blown out in the last game of the Arizona series and losing Wandy Rodriguez for at least one start, it seemed like the Pirates were in for a rough series against the NL Central powerhouse Reds. Friday’s game had AJ Burnett going against Cincinnati’s Mike Leake,...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates take 2 of 3 from Arizona after learning how to hit again.

Life After Littlefield: Pirates take 2 of 3 from Arizona after learning how to hit again.

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
April 12, 2013

After an embarrassing showing in Hollywood over the weekend, the Pirates went into Arizona with hopes of being able to put up a fight this week.  And that is just what they did as they won the first 2 games of the series before imploding in the series finale. Monday featured...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates swept by Dodgers in weekend series

Life After Littlefield: Pirates swept by Dodgers in weekend series

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
April 7, 2013

The Pirates’ struggles continued this weekend, as they traveled out to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers and were promptly swept in the 3 game series.   While many “fans” think it’s time to press the panic button, the fact that it is only 6 games into the season makes...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates drop first series 2-1 to the Cubs

Life After Littlefield: Pirates drop first series 2-1 to the Cubs

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
April 4, 2013

What started out to look like a day in the middle of December, Opening Day eventually began to look like a usual Opening Day in Pittsburgh, weather-wise that is.  Being there first hand, you could feel the buzz in the sold out stadium as AJ Burnett took the mound to start the...