Baseball Season Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates [Baseball Season Preview]

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 Baseball Season Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates [Baseball Season Preview]
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews . Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all. Every weekday until the start of the season, a different writer will preview his/her team. We asked a gaggle of writers, from the Web, from print, from books, to tell us, in as many or as little words as they need, Where ... [link]

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The 2008 Mondesi's House Pirates Deadspin Preview
Published 3/20/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... This year's topic is "16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008". Hope you enjoy it. 16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008 [Mondesi's House/Deadspin]

16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008
Published 3/20/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008 I originally wrote this piece for Deadspin's 2008 Baseball Preview Series I sat in this spot last year and labored through not one, not two, but 79 reasons why it's hard to be a Pirate fan. The research alone for that article made me question why I still bother with this organization. Of course, that in itself was the answer: they're a gold mine of comedic material, whether they try or not. So what did the 2007 Pirates do to prove me wrong? For starters, they went 68-94, ...

Bucco Thoughts On Beaker
Published 8/1/2008 by Texas Gal at Center Field
... . Don also brings with him a pretty fantastic nickname for Jason. How do I describe Jason Bay in just a few short paragraphs? Well, there's times when you love him, and times when you love him just a little less. He's not the kind of guy that ever would inspire any of the hatred directed at, let's say, the player who he was traded for. My best synopsis of what you're getting out of Bay could be taken from my 2008 Pirates preview for Deadspin, entitled, 16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008: 5. Jason Bay is not happy Jason Bay ...

JASON BAY, AS INTRODUCED TO BOSTON
Published 8/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (mondesishouse) at Mondesishouse.com
... My best synopsis of what you're getting out of Bay could be taken from my 2008 Pirates preview for Deadspin, entitled, 16 Reasons Why the Pirates Streak Won't End in 2008: ...

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