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Busy Pirates fill up 40-man roster

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:33:12 +0000

By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com 11/20/09 9:12 PM EST PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates made a flurry of roster moves before Friday's midnight ET deadline, setting the 40-man roster in advance of next month's Rule 5 Draft. As expected, the Bucs added pitchers Brad Lincoln and Bryan Morris to the roster, ...

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Obama Torches Troy Polamalu in VIDEO

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:03 +0000

Troy Polamalu was torched on the White House lawn by Barrack Obama? Who said the President hasn’t gotten anything done? Sure Troy will be out again Sunday and has been hurt this season as he suffers through the dreaded Madden Curse, but to be burned by the cigarette smoker? In the video ...

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2009 Rule 5 Eligible Players

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:00:00 +0000

With the 40-man roster now set, the following Pittsburgh Pirates players are eligible for the 2009 Rule 5 draft, straight from the BUCCO Fans.com Wiki page:Eligible from Previous DraftsJean MachiErik KratzKyle BloomDerek HankinsMoises RoblesJeff CorsalettiCiro RoseroRafael De Los SantosAdenson ...

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Roster moves!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:00 +0000

With the deadline to set 40 man rosters (midnight tonight) fast approaching, the Pirates shifted things around a bit today. Some moves were expected, some weren’t: Relievers Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio moved from the 60-day-DL to the 40-man. Prospects Brad Lincoln, Gorkys Hernandez, ...

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40-Man Roster is set

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:00 +0000

The Pittsburgh Pirates have set their 40-man roster, by adding Brad Lincoln, Gorkys Hernandez, Bryan Morris, and Ramon Aguero today. To make room for these players, the Pirates designated Jeff Karstens, Justin Thomas, and Robinzon Diaz for assignment.I'm surprised that Diaz was designated for ...

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Dock Ellis And His Acid-Induced No-Hitter

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:10:23 +0000

Most people know the story of the late Dock Ellis . He was a World Series winning pitcher for the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates and the starter in that year’s All-Star Game. But Dock’s lasting legacy is his 1970 no-hitter, which he threw under the influence of LSD. The way more ...

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Karstens, Diaz out; Aguero, others added to 40-man

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:04 +0000

By Chuck Finder | 5:05 p.m. Facing a midnight deadline tonight to set their 40-man roster, the Pirates late this afternoon announced that they cut loose starter-reliever Jeff Karstens and officially added hard-throwing reliever Ramon Aguero, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez plus starters Brad ...

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Looking at the free agent market

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:00 +0000

The past two years the Pittsburgh Pirates have done very little to make any changes in the off-season through the free agent market.Last year we saw them unsuccessfully try to sign Daniel Cabrera, Rocco Baldelli, and Derrick Turnbow, although in hindsight, none of those deals looked to be any ...

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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 11 - Jeff Locke

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

To cap off the end of the 2009 season, I'm going to be counting down my list of the top 50 prospects in the Pittsburgh Pirates' system. I'll be counting down one prospect per day, with an extensive recap on each player, until I reach number one. Check out the previous ...

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Do you know what was awesome about Game 7 of the 1979 World Series? EVERYTHING!!!!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:34 +0000

The other day, the MLB Network was showing Game 7 of the 1979 World Series, which is to date the last time the road team won Game 7 of a World Series. As I wrote in the Pirates Home Grown vs Acquired entry that the 1979 Series was the first one I have any real memory of. When my ...

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Cubs, lefty reliever Grabow agree to 2-year deal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:56 +0000

By Paul Sullivan The Cubs and left-hander reliever John Grabow have agreed in principle to a two-year deal, team sources said today. There was never any doubt that Grabow would return, but with the 15-day exclusivity window to re-sign your own free agents ending today, the ...

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Akinori Iwamura is a gateway Japanese baseball player

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:03:20 +0000

For the uninitiated, Igarashi has spent his entire professional career with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and apparently throws very hard. The right-handed reliever registered only three saves last season, but racked up an impressive 37 in 2004. The Bucs’ closer in 2004 was Jose Mesa, soooo.

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Cubs re-sign John Grabow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:07 +0000

It sure will be a bummer to watch our old buddy pitch in Cubbie blue for the next two years, especially when he comes in to shut down the Pirates in the 8th inning of a close game. That’ll happen, oh, about 20 times over the next two seasons in my estimation. Thing is, Chicago’s ...

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Grabow deal nears

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:46:45 +0000

Free agent pitcher John Grabow and the Chicago Cubs are close to agreeing on a two-year contract worth nearly $7.5 million for the left-handed pitcher. Grabow, who was traded to the Cubs last summer from Pittsburgh, will be the North Siders' primary set-up man from the left side before Cubs ...

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Cubs reach contract agreement with pitcher John Grabow

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:54:00 +0000

The Cubs and relief pitcher John Grabow have reached an agreement on a two-year contract extension that has been anticipated for weeks.

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Ryan Doumit and the Prospect of "Selling Low"

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:00:35 +0000

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Browse more photos » The hot stove is in full effect, and teams are taking a hard look at their rosters to prepare for the winter meetings. One team that has ...

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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 12 - Robbie Grossman

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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It Wasn’t Us

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:58:21 +0000

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Bucky Williams Passes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:18:24 +0000

Negro League player Bucky Williams died at 102 : Williams was born on Dec. 15, 1906, in Baltimore, and his family moved to Pittsburgh when he was a baby. He began playing for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, played briefly with their rival Homestead Grays in 1936, then returned to the ...

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Pirate Prospect Hot In AZ

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:41:52 +0000

Update: Jose Tabata is tearing up the AFL and once again emerging as a top prospect. Tabata has a league leading 39 hits and is hitting .359 so far in Arizona.He was acquired by the Bucs from the Yankees in the Xavier Nady trade. The Yanks had soured on him because of "attitude" ...

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