Game #45: Pirates 5, Cubs 4

The Pirates and Cubs kicked off a three-game series on Tuesday night, two days after the Bucs took two of three from the Astros.  With…

Series Preview: Pirates vs. Cubs

Pittsburgh Pirates (26-18) vs. Chicago Cubs (18-25) May 21, 2013 – 7:05 pm May 22, 2013 – 7:05 pm May 23, 2013 – 12:35 pm…

J-Mac’s performance wasted as Bucs drop first series of 2013

Short recap of today’s game: UGGGGHHH — Brian McElhinny (@rtjr) April 4, 2013 Long recap of today’s game: The Buccos and Cubbies met for a…

National League Central Division Preview

National League Central Division Preview

The Cincinnati Reds ran away with the NL Central title last season, beating out the second-place St. Louis Cardinals by nine games. Despite leading the…

Top Ten Pirates of the PNC Park Era: #7 Aramis Ramirez

Games Hits HR RBI AVG OPS 6 years 559 542 76 316 .263 .747 Before being salary-dumped to the Chicago Cubs, Aramis Ramirez held down the…

Top Ten Pirates of the PNC Park Era: #9 Paul Maholm

Wins Losses ERA IP SO BB 7 years 53 73 4.36 1143.2 705 382 Although he’s not the flashiest pitcher with the greatest stats, Paul…

Pirates Sign Felix Pie

Well, we’re running pretty low on Pirates news right now, but here’s a minor signing: The Bucs inked Felix Pie to a minor league contract…

MLB Free Agency: Open for Business

Free agency is officially underway in Major League Baseball. The Pirates probably won’t make a big splash, but could add depth at some point this…

Season in Pictures: July 2012

July 3rd, 2012 Drew Sutton is pied in the face by A.J. Burnett after his walk-off home run lifted the Bucs over the Astros, 8-7. July…

Late night baseball in Chi-Town

After a rain delay of 3 hours and 37 minutes, the Bucs and Cubs finally got started at 10:42 Chicago time for the final game…

Bullpen blows it

Wow.  Hard to put one of these games into words.  Just an emotionally-draining loss. To quickly recap the first five innings: – Rod Barajas hit…

Wandy keeps Bucs above .500

For the first time in ten days, the Bucs won a game.  The offense produced and Wandy Rodriguez pitched a great game.  But just like…

Losing streak continues

Welp, the Pirates lost again today.  In some afternoon-action at Wrigley Field, the Bucs lost 7-4 to the Cubs. James McDonald couldn’t make it out…