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raisethejollyroger.com - 2 hours ago
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This is kind of weird… according to Rob
Biertempfel’s Twitter , the Pirates and Phillies will wrap
up Spring Training with games on April 2 and 3. In Philly. Opening up the season at home is enough of a risk to freeze, but I guess that will serve as a bit of a transition from the ...
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rumbunter.com - 9 hours ago
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Kyle Orton was not popular on the football
field in Chicago. However, off the field, he and
his neck beard were loved by the ladies. Almost as much as he loved Jack Daniels. Just watch… There isn’t a receiver that hits harder than Hines. Period. A full compliation of Steeler hits ...
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MNF Steeler Video Overload; Kyle Orton and his Neck ...
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bucsdugout.com - 9 hours ago
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More photos » by Matt York - AP
3 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Virgil Vasquez delivers
against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second ...
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Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, Steve Lerud Booted From 40-man
bucsdugout.com - 10 hours ago
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First, the good news from last night's AFL
Rising Stars game : Chase D'Arnaud and Jose Tabata
both went 2-for-3. Neither of Tabata's hits left the infield, and the first of D'Arnaud's was a shallow fly that no one could get to, but Tabata ...
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Danny Moskos Bombed in AFL Rising Stars Game
rumbunter.com - 11 hours ago
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RANDOM EX HR KING: For a moment we
thought Sammy Sosa was making a guest appearance on
True Blood or the second coming of Michael Jackson, that is not the case says a former Cubs employee [Chicago Trib] AFL BASEBALL: Danny Moskos neck was snapped on several occassions as he watched laser after ...
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Moskos Might Need Neck Surgery; Sosa Not Michael Jackson
buccofans.com - 20 hours ago
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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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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 20 - Ronald Uviedo
quinnmedia.blogspot.com - 27 hours ago
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The Minnesota Vikings had their lead in the
NFC North go up to three full games today,
and they don't even take the field, as it is their off-week. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers both lost. Chicago was routed by the Arizona Cardinals at home, 41-21, and Green Bay blew a two touchdown ...
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Vikings Lead Increases On Their Off Week
rumbunter.com - 32 hours ago
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The 2008 Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
will pay $250 for possessing a pot pipe an
AP report said today. The agreement must still be approved by Judge Darvin Zimmerman. Grant Hansen, the deputy prosecutor on the Lincecum case, said his office is willing to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of ...
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Lincecum Off the Hook? This Video Helped.
buccofans.com - 44 hours ago
rumbunter.com - 48 hours ago
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Pittsburgh struggles with the idea that Jack Wilson
is gone. Some fans still think the world of
the Mariners shortstop. He certainly did a great deal for so many people off the field in Pittsburgh that the line is blurred between player and citizen. Many Pirate fans are actually excited ...
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Jack Wilson Is Your Ex Girlfriend. Keep It That Way
raisethejollyroger.com - 2 days ago
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Regardless of whether or not you think bringing
him in was a good idea, I have a
feeling that Akinori Iwamura is going to make quite the impression on Pirates fans over the next year, half year, or next few years. “Aki” should be both productive and exciting, no matter how long he ...
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Let’s get to know Akinori Iwamura
bucstradewinds.net - 2 days ago
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With the trade for Akinori Iwamura out of
the way, second base seems to be set for
2010. This trade is so far to the polar opposite of what Huntington has done so far in his tenure, it leads to a few questions… 1) What move is next? Knowing that Alvarez is not far away. There are ...
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What Is Next?
rotoprofessor.com - 2 days ago
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Donald Veal, acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates in
the 2008 Rule V draft, may finally be displaying
the talent that many have believed he possessed. He has struggled since being promoted to Double-A in 2007 (with the Cubs) to the point that the Pirates tried him out of the bullpen last season...
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AFL Quick Hit: Has Donald Veal Turned The Corner?
rumbunter.com - 2 days ago
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Pirates LHP Donnie Veal threw four more innings
for another victory today for Scottsdale. Veal gave up
three hits, struck out five batters. He lowered his ERA to 0.54 Do you believe yet?
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Veal Continues to Deal
hardknoxsports.com - 2 days ago
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Girardi will wear 29 at some point in
his career: Why does this prediction matter? New York
Yankees manager Joe Girardi picked the number 27, because he wants to lead the Yankees to their 27 th World Series win. Girardi accomplished that this week and is now switching to number 28 for ...
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Schagren Says: This is not Girardi’s Last Jersey Switch
raisethejollyroger.com - 2 days ago
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Couple of quick hits, now that it’s officially
the offseason: The Pirates removed three players from the
40-man roster : Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. Vasquez, of course, pitched horribly in the second half as an emergency starter/bullpen guy with the Bucs. Hacker was ...
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News and Notes
buccofans.com - 3 days ago
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According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates
have designated three players for assignment. Those players are
Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker, and Steve Lerud. All three players will have ten days to be traded, claimed by another team, or released. The likely outcome would be that ...
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Pirates DFA Vasquez, Hacker, and Lerud
nleastchatter.com - 3 days ago
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According to Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher and Husband of the Year winner,
Brett Myers was told today by Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. that the team will not pursue a new contract with him, Myers said that he’s open to starting or relieving with ...
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Brett Myers To Be A Free Agent !!
nleastchatter.com - 3 days ago
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JOHN STERLING IS AN ASSH%$E !!! There I
said it !! Unfortunately one of the universal truths
is if you are a Mets fan you are bound to be flanked by Yankee fans. And when you are out flanked by Yankee fans on a day like to day , you are forced to listen to the droningly indulgent self ...
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This Day In Mets Infamy
macho-row.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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First game against Yankees is March 4, 2010.
A quick post to tell you that the 2010
spring training schedule is now officially up on Phillies .com . The Phillies will open with an exhibition game against Florida State University on March 3 and play the Yankees the following day at home in ...
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Phillies announce 2010 spring training schedule
community.post-gazette.com - 3 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:29 p.m. Friday The
Pirates today outrighted pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker
to Class AAA Indianapolis, catcher Steve Lerud to Class AA Altoona, removing them from the 40-man roster. That roster currently stands at ...
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Vasquez, Hacker, Lerud off 40-man
hyzduhq.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
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Today the Bucs removed Virgil Vasquez, Eric Hacker,
and Steve Lerud off the 40 man. All three
were on the roster for about a year or so. The removing of Lerud makes the most sense of them all. He was added last year as a worst case scenario backup at catcher. A team needs to have one and since ...
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40 Man Shuffling
northsidenotch.com - 3 days ago
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The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez
and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting
C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both remain on the 40-day DL.Vasquez, 27, pitched ...
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Pirates drop 3 from 40-man roster
community.post-gazette.com - 3 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:49 p.m. Friday Jack
Wilson, the Pirates' shortstop most of this decade, is discussing
a multiyear extension with Seattle that would keep him from becoming a free agent. The Mariners are believed to have offered a ...
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Wilson, Seattle talking extension
buccofans.com - 3 days ago
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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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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 21 - Daniel McCutchen
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 days ago
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Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura is headed to
Pittsburgh, says the St. Petersburg Times and several other
sources. According to ESPN's Buster Olney, right-hander Jesse Chavez will be the return when the deal is announced, something that might not ...
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Pirates to acquire Rays' Iwamura in exchange for reliever
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 days ago
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Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that Tim Hudson
"has passed his physical and essentially made his three-year
contract extension a done deal." Unlike the Rays and Pirates with yesterday's Akinori Iwamura-for-Jesse Chavez trade the Braves will likely ...
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Hudson passes physical, extension with Braves all but ...
northsidenotch.com - 3 days ago
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Earlier today, Marlins OF Jeremy Hermida was traded
to Boston for 2 minor league relievers. The Marlins
were obviously just trying to get something for Hermida as they expressed interest in non-tendering him this off season instead of going to arbitration.After seeing this trade, I am not going ...
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A missed opportunity
jabosports.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
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People don't like the New York Yankees anyway,
but in the midst of a recession, the Yankees
are even easier to hate. They represent so much of the ugly in our struggling economy; the excessive spending, exorbitant bonuses, and the unsavory Wall Street brutishness that Joe Six-Pack ...
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Disdain for World Champion Yankees About Timing, Symbolism
fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com - 4 days ago
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Watching Pedro Martinez pitching in the first inning
of Game 6 in the World Series, so it
seems natural to offer some more pitching advice that likely will be ignored. I don’t know about the Angels or Dodgers, but I would risk $50,000 on a Rule ...
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A first look at some Rule V shopping
rotosavants.com - 4 days ago
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We already have two trades. Here's the first.
Rays trade Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for
Jesse Chavez Chavez is a decent haul for the Rays who didn't have a spot anymore for Iwamura. Zobrist should now be enshrined as the permanent second basemen, unless the Rays want to push him ...
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Hot Stove: Pirates-Rays Trade
community.post-gazette.com - 4 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 10:25 p.m. Tuesday Akinori
Iwamura would be "interested" in exploring a long-term contract
with the Pirates, he said in a conference call just now from Japan. Some highlights of the call, during which agent Yoshi ...
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Iwamura 'interested' in talking long term
mlbtraderumors.com - 4 days ago
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As usual, Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
has the latest on the Pirates... The Akinori Iwamura
addition does not necessarily mean more significant moves are coming. The Pirates are comfortable with their internal options. The ...
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Pirates Talk: Iwamura, Ankiel, Wilson
sportsbookbettingpromotions.com - 4 days ago
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team. A-Rod is getting paid 33 million a
year which is more the whole team of Pittsburgh's
salary of 25 million
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Yankees World Series Champions with 208 million bankroll
raisethejollyroger.com - 4 days ago
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vomit. That is all. ©2009 Raise the Jolly
Roger . All Rights Reserved. .
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Yankees Win World Series
buccofans.com - 4 days ago
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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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Pittsburgh Pirates Top 50 Prospects: 22 - Donald Veal
hardballtimes.com - 5 days ago
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I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by
Tampa Bay's ability to turn Akinori Iwamura into a
young, cost-controllable fireballing reliever. It was essentially a done deal that Iwamura would become a free agent so Tampa could move to Ben Zobrist as a full-time second baseman (with Sean Rodriguez ...
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Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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Give the lack of newsworthy items yesterday, one
of the hotter topics of conversation in the baseball
blogosphere was whether or not Chase Utley should win the World Series MVP even if the Phillies lose. I linked to Dan Levy's post at the Sporting Blog last night but wanted to take a closer ...
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Why Did Bobby Richardson Win The WS MVP in 1960?
community.post-gazette.com - 5 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Wednesday Chuck
Finder had to take a couple days off, and
I agreed to cover for him in the unlikely event that anything happened. Oh, well. I do have a few other points I want to make, culled from conversations I ...
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Morning links: Manage your expectations
post-gazette.com - 5 days ago
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In Neal Huntington's first major transaction prioritizing the
present above the future, the Pirates' general manager last
night acquired veteran infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for rookie reliever Jesse Chavez.
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Pirates' acquisition of Iwamura aimed at present
fangraphs.com - 5 days ago
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All things considered, maybe it’s for the best
that no small market teams made the playoffs. Now
the next four months will be void of asking who the next “x” is. The sensation grasped onto the Tigers, Rockies, and Rays unlikely runs and killed any ...
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More on the Pirates Front Office
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com - 5 days ago
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates
got together and made a trade yesterday. The Tampa
Bay Rays sent 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Jesse Chavez. The Pirates will assume all of the $4.85 million on Iwamura's contract for 2010.
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Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura To Pirates
thedailysomething.com - 5 days ago
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I like Huntington and what the Pirates are
doing generally, but don't get this one...
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What on Earth Do the Pirates Want with Aki?
baseballmusings.com - 5 days ago
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The Tampa Bay Rays send Akinori Iwamura to
the Pittsburgh Pirates for reliever Jesse Chavez : UPDATE,
7:00: Rays make it official, trading Iwamura to Pirates for Chavez. Added bonus, Rays save the $550,000 buyout they would have had to pay Iwamura for declining his option. UPDATE, 6:06: ...
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Rays and Pirates Trade
rotoprofessor.com - 5 days ago
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According to mlb.com (click here for the article),
the Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired 2B Akinori Iwamura from
the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange RP Jesse Chavez. Let’s take a look at the fantasy impact of the deal:
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Fantasy Impact: Iwamura to the Pirates
tylersarticles.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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As expected would happen this offseason, the Akinori
Iwamura has come to an end in Tampa Bay.
The Rays on Tuesday sent Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez. Given the context, I think that the deal makes sense for both sides. Iwamura was an excellent ...
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Akinori Iwamura Dealt To Pirates
passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
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While the baseball world waits for tonight's Game
6 between the Yankees and the Phillies, other teams
are not standing around doing nothing. The Rays made a trade with the Pirates and a Blue Jay had a surgery that will hopefully help him start earning his pay.The Tampa Bay Rays seem to be run by ...
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Two Non-World Series Stories
beyondtheboxscore.com - 5 days ago
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The news broke out today that the Pittsburgh
Pirates acquired infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay
Rays for reliever Jesse Chavez . Now, there have been many sources of analysis on this topic, so I won't delve too much further into this, but I ...
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Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
mlb.mlb.com - 5 days ago
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By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com 11/03/09 10:35 PM
EST Pirates general manager Neal Huntington wasted no time
addressing one of the team's most critical offseason needs, doing so before the Hot Stove season even officially began. On Tuesday, the Pirates ...
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Bucs acquire Rays' Iwamura for Chavez
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 5 days ago
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay
Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the
Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.
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Rays trade second baseman Iwamura to Pirates
































