rumbunter.com - 28 days ago
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Bradenton is buzzing about their new Class A team. The Bradenton Herald is running a story about what goes into the teams nickname, specifically the Pirates.
There is also a poll with suggestions for the teams new name. Let’s check it out. It is Election Day.
Names on the ...
Bring on the Bradenton Blackbeards!
rumbunter.com 10/29/2009 — Lynchburg keep your lemonade. Your facility was just not good enough to keep the Carolina League Champion Hillcats and an organization on the rise like the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pirates will be, in keeping with tradition of late, moving their team from Lynchburg to Bradenton at it’s ...
Minor Movement
hyzduhq.blogspot.com 10/30/2009 — The news sort of broke yesterday in the Cincinnati newspapers. Then today it was in the Lynchburg and Pittsburgh papers . It looks as though the Pirates are going to end their longest affiliation relationship after 2010 and leave Lynchburg and the Carolina League. It turns out that with the Reds ...
Bucs acquire Rays' Iwamura for Chavez
mlb.mlb.com 27 days ago — 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 ...
Should the Pirates Trade Ryan Doumit?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 17 days ago — After the Pirates traded Nate McLouth last spring, I figured the Pirates would be building around Ryan Doumit and his team friendly contract. Well, maybe not: "Pirates switch hitter Ryan Doumit drew interest from several teams during this week's ...
Pittsburgh's Pirates, revealed
thegoodpoint.com 10/9/2009 — The Bucs are one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball. But what ever happened to them? This is a franchise that has produced stars Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski and Jason Bay and on top of that they play in (arguably) one of the best ballparks in...
Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
raisethejollyroger.com 27 days ago — 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 ...
John Perrotto Fired. Here is Our Opinion Why.
rumbunter.com 10/9/2009 — Veteran Pirate writer John Perrotto was fired yesterday. The man was a very solid reporter who tried his best in the past year of covering the Pittsburgh Pirates to tell it like it was, yet, but, heh….. Ogden Enterprises does ultimately sign the check.
Many can look at some of the ...
Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates?
buccofans.com 28 days ago — The Rays are expected to deal Akinori Iwamura today, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. Roger Mooney of the Bradenton Herland believes Iwamura is headed to a National League club as a part of a sign and trade deal. So could that club be the Pirates?Dejan Kovacevic recently had ...
Pirates trade Lynchburg to the Reds
buccofans.com 10/28/2009 — The Pittsburgh Pirates have swapped high-A affiliates with the Cincinnati Reds, moving from Lynchburg to Bradenton. BUCCO Fans.com explains why the move is bad, not just for the site, but for the Pirates.
Report: Pirates set to trade for Iwamura —
Major League Baseball News 28 days ago
The Pirates are on the verge of completing a deal for Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura, according to The St. Petersburg Times, which is reporting that an announcement will come on Tuesday evening after Tampa Bay has been able to reach Iwamura in Japan.