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raisethejollyroger.com - 36 hours 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
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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
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
raisethejollyroger.com - 5 days ago
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The Pirates don’t think so, as they made
yet another trade Tuesday. Chavez is headed to Tampa
Bay, and Iwamura is coming to Pittsburgh . The blogs/media I’ve read so far are happier about the Pirates’ end of the deal than I thought they would be. As much as I like Iwamura ...
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Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori ...
raisethejollyroger.com - 5 days ago
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DK just tweeted that he “hears the Pirates
[are] part of trade talks” with the Rays’ mouthful
of an infielder. Iwamura, 30, played 2nd and 3rd base and had some injury issues this season. He’s a relatively credible 2B both offensively and defensively, and was a key ...
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Akinori Iwamura?
raisethejollyroger.com - 7 days ago
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Let’s see how the notable Pirates players in
prospects who are still playing ball performed in their
first month with their fall/winter teams: Position Players Brian Bixler is hitting .260 with two extra base hits (both doubles) and one RBI in 72 at-bats. He’s struck out 24 ...
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Winter Leagues Update: October
raisethejollyroger.com - 8 days ago
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Pumpkin-carving work by Evan. Enjoy the day. Go
Bucs! ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger . All Rights
Reserved. .
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Happy Halloween!
raisethejollyroger.com - 9 days ago
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Freddy Sanchez has signed a 2-year deal with
the Giants, [ according to Comcast SportsNet ]. Details
have not been released. more coming… ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger . All Rights Reserved. .
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Giants re-sign Freddy
raisethejollyroger.com - 9 days ago
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[ The Pirates claimed lefty reliever Justin Thomas
from Seattle off waivers yesterday ]. He spent all
of 2009 in AAA, going 2-4 with a 4.48 ERA in 53 games. He also walked 40 men in 60.1 innings, and has only thrown 4 innings in the big leagues. Best lefty reliever, you say? Well, ...
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Justin Thomas: Best Pirates lefty reliever?
raisethejollyroger.com - 10 days ago
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…but we didn’t want him. No, it wasn’t
that the Bucs didn’t want him, the fans didn’t.
In December of 2007, [ the Pirates and Indians were discussing a swap involving Jason Bay for Lee and backup catcher Kelly Shoppach ]. The deal nearly happened, but fell ...
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Cliff Lee was nearly a Pirate
raisethejollyroger.com - 11 days ago
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Lots of little bits and pieces over the
past few days that I’ve yet to address… [
Tyler Yates was outrighted to Indianapolis, and then he decided he rather be a free agent ]. Hooray, no more Flood Gates Yates, right? Maybe. [ Neal Huntington said ] that “We are in dialogue ...
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Catching up on Bucs news
raisethejollyroger.com - 13 days ago
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This is the fourth and final installment of
our end-of-season award ballots for the [ Baseball Bloggers
Alliance ]. The [ Manager of the Year post is here ], the [ Rookie of the Year post is here ], and the [ Cy Young post is here ]. After the obvious winner, this is extremely difficult and ...
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BBA Ballot: NL MVP
raisethejollyroger.com - 14 days ago
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it could be worse. At least it’s not
Yankees-Brewers. Go Phils. ©2009 Raise the Jolly Roger .
All Rights Reserved. .
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A Yankees-Phillies WS may suck, but…
raisethejollyroger.com - 15 days ago
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Granted, I have no idea if any of
the other 29 teams have a guy like this,
but I’m willing to bet they don’t. Ross Ohlendorf is a ridiculously smart dude. You probably knew he went to Princeton. You might have even heard of his legendary senior thesis. If you’re a huge Ross ...
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Ross Ohlendorf: Smartest man in MLB
raisethejollyroger.com - 17 days ago
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And now we’re one game away from the
World Series of Death…Phillies vs. Yankees. As Pittsburghers, we’re
obligated to hate Philly, and as baseball fans not from New York, we of course despise the Yankees, so what do we do if the Angels can’t pull out a miracle? This ...
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Phillies headed back to the World Series
