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After some procrastination, I have organized and made some additions to the Pirates blogroll. You can access the blogroll by clicking the “Links” tag next to my head or by clicking here.
The changes are self-explanatory. I made new categories based on whether the sites are specific to the Pirates or about Pittsburgh sports in [...]

I picked up this book on ebay a couple of months ago for a pretty good price. The book dates back to 1961 and was published in the aftermath of the Pirates beating the Yanks in the series. It was the only book written about the 1960 Pirates (that I’m aware of) until longtime Pittsburgh [...]

Same deal as the previous post, but looking at the 1994 draft. In this case, I’m excluding any first round picks even though the Pirates picked Mark Farris before Nomar Garciaparra, Paul Konerko, Jason Varitek, Terrence Long and Jay Payton were selected.
Catcher – A.J. Pierzynski
First base – Wes Helms
Second base – Placido Polanco
Shortstop – Julio [...]

Thanks everyone for your comments on th post about the 1993 and 1994 Drafts. RollingWave had the salient point that there wasn’t much talent available in that draft for the Pirates to have selected. He was right. The following is an All-Star team of guys the Pirates could’ve taken. So, no players that were selected [...]

After the collapse in the 7th game of the 1992 NLCS, the Pirates lost two marquee free agents in Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek. As a result of the free agent losses, the Pirates received two sandwich picks in the first round of the 1993 draft, a measure designed to help teams recover from the [...]

The Reds and Rangers pulled off a trade: Josh Hamilton is headed to the Lone Star State. The Rangers are sending top pitching prospect Edinson Volquez and minor league hurler Danny Herrera to the Queen City.
Charlie has some comments detail on the pitchers in the deal. Baseball America has even more.
Rather than look at this [...]

We didn’t sign Chad Durbin, but came in second! This is great news since we really don’t need to sign these kind of players. We need to throw the kids out there and let them play and see what they have.
In short, we need to rebuild. I think that the new management knows this and [...]

The Pirates are continuing their quest for a right-handed reliever. Two names mentioned in today’s Post-Gazette are Shawn Chacon and Octavio Dotel. Chacon, who turns 30 on Sunday, was effective for the Pirates last season in a long relief role. He also started four games and saved another. Overall, he posted [...]

The Pirates have a barren minor league system, mostly devoid of impact talent. The Major League team has won less than 70 games in three consecutive seasons. The majority of the team’s offense is made up of average players in their prime who will be eligible for free agency in two or three [...]