As we recently changed our calendars to September, United States Steel Corporation introduced a new Chief Executive Officer or CEO.  The company announced in August that current CEO John P. Surma, would retire at the end of the calendar year.  Surma will continue as Executive...

20 years.  It has been 20 straight years of losing baseball in Pittsburgh and it could all come to a highly anticipated ending tonight as the Pirates look to continue their recent success, having won four of their last six.  After taking two of three from St. Louis and winning...

Just when everybody thought GM Neil Huntington was done wheeling and dealing this summer, he pulls off another key trade to bolster this Pirates team.  Earlier this afternoon, the Pirates acquired Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau in exchange for outfielder Alex Presley,...

Founded in 1869 by Thomas Mellon and his two sons Andrew and Richard, Mellon Bank and the Mellon name became a Pittsburgh institution.  First known as T. Mellon & Sons’ Bank, the first bank was located on Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. At a young age son...

After splitting a four game series out west with the Giants and losing the first game of this series with the Brewers last night, the Pirates will get a shot in the arm with the additions of outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck, as GM Neil Huntington acquired the two...

‘Changes Lives,’ is the slogan of local public broadcasting channel WQED Pittsburgh.  WQED was the nation’s first, yes first community supported television station.  WQED was founded in 1954 and first aired on April 1, of that year.  The station was designed to provide...

In yesterday’s post, I looked at the vast differences between the embarrassment that was the Pirates’ farm system when GM Neal Huntington took over towards the end of the 2007 season, and the Pirates current farm system, a system of young, extremely talented players that...

Warren Buffett, who is considered one of the most influential and successful investors (in the world), has decided to purchase more stake in Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon). Pittsburgh Business Times reported back in May, Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway...

The date is August 21, 2013, and the Pirates are in first place in the NL Central with a record of 74-51.  That’s 23 games over .500 for those who struggle with math.  But that isn’t the important part; the important part is that the Pirates would not be in this position...

Many people are probably not familiar with the name Frederick Ingersoll, but might know the name Six Flags.  Pittsburgh native, Frederick Ingersoll was the first man who created the first chain of amusement parks, entitled Luna Park. At the turn of the 20th century, Ingersoll...