This series was absolutely miserable.  The pitching was average, the offense was nonexistent to say the least, and the defense was completely terrible in the second game of the series. Jeff Locke continued to show that he is prone to giving up the longball, as he gave up...

The title says it all really because its's at the point in the year where there really are not that many games left.  If the Pirates get swept by the Cubs today and finish the home stand with a 1-5 record, some reevaluating needs to be done.  The lineup, pitching rotation,...

This is really starting to get out of hand lately and if Hurdle and the rest of the team don’t figure something out before the start of tomorrow’s game, they can forget about a Wild Card spot.  Tonight’s game wasn’t as bad as last night’s, but it didn’t look like...

Really don’t even know where to begin with this one. I guess I can start by saying that it was hands down the worst game that the Pirates played the entire season.  It’s games like this that make you wonder how a starting pitcher doesn’t grab up his struggling, to put...

With the minor league baseball season finishing up this week, MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo posted an updated version of the top 100 prospects among baseball.  Pirates’ fans have plenty to cheer about as six players from the team’s farm system cracked the list. First to make...

Voters in America’s 50 states are now less than 60 days away from electing the next President of the United States. Over the previous three nights, Democrats at their national convention made their case as to why the next president ought to be the current one. Voters...

President Bill Clinton is the best political orator of this generation and perhaps of any generation. On Wednesday night, he delivered again for the Democratic Party. Because he did, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will wake up Thursday morning with an even...

Another game against a sub-.500 team, another Pirates’ victory as the Pirates knocked around the Astros’ pitchers in a 6-3 win as they try to close in on a Wild Card spot. Behind the quality start of Kevin Correia, who went six innings and gave up only one earned run,...

The initial night of the Democratic National Convention is over, and if it is fair to compare the Democrats’ opening night to the Republicans’, then the victory belongs to the Democratic Party. Before we analyze the Democrats, let’s flashback to one week ago: The Republicans...