TGIF: Nate McLouth Traded to Atlanta
sportsofboston.com 6/5/2009 — This past week, Pittsburgh Pirates CF Nate McLouth was dealt to the Atlanta Braves for three minor league players (SP Charlie Morton, OF Gorkys Hernandez, and SP Jeff Locke). The Braves are hoping to beef up their offense and make a charge in the N.L. East where they trail Philadelphia by 5.5 ...

The Pirates Haul
fangraphs.com 6/5/2009 — Earlier today, we talked about the Nate McLouth trade from the perspective of what McLouth should bring to Atlanta. He’s a good player and the Pirates offense will miss him. However, Neil Huntington didn’t just toss him off the ship, but ...

Pittsburgh Pirates Become The World's Stupidest Soap Opera
bucsdugout.com 6/7/2009 — I take a certain amount of pride in writing about the Pirates in what I hope is a well-reasoned, nuanced way, and so to me (and many others) a complex event like the Nate McLouth deal presents an interesting opportunity to examine something from a ...

Bax’s Bucco Blog: An Unconscionable Trade
mlbcenter.com 6/9/2009 — The Pirates not only have to deal with losing McLouth in their clubhouse but now have to deal with him on the opposing team. The Pirates have four games against the Braves and will look to take advantage of the light-hitting Atlanta lineup as they continue to battle towards .500.

Braves trade for All-Star outfielder McLouth
ajc.com 6/4/2009 — One day after sending Jordan Schafer to the minors, the Braves made a bold move to improve their outfield by trading three prospects to Pittsburgh for All-Star center fielder Nate McLouth. They shipped right-handed starter Charlie Morton, center-field ...

Game 57: Braves 7 Pirates 6
whygavs.com 6/9/2009 — A lot of stuff happened in this game tonight, but when games go 15 innings, I tend to focus on things that go wrong in the extra innings that I feel like I harp on the things that could've been done differently that alter the outcome of the game. ...

Pirates lighting candles over McLouth trade
bases.newsvine.com 6/12/2009 — I liked last week's Nate McLouth trade better from the Braves' point of view and felt that the Pirates didn't get a particularly good package of prospects in return, so it's tough to blame his ex-teammates in Pittsburgh for being upset about McLouth's ...

McLouth speaks about his ex-club
community.post-gazette.com 6/8/2009 — By Chuck Finder | 10:36 a.m. ATLANTA -- Before the media confronts him in the Braves clubhouse this afternoon, recently traded Pirates center fielder Nate McLouth appeared on WCNN 680-AM in his new place of employment. And he had a few things ...

Gameday #54 at Astros
raisethejollyroger.com 6/5/2009 — Pirates (25-28) at Astros (23-29) 8:05–Minute Maid Park, Houston TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Houston [ Here is the MLB Gameday ] ————————————— OK, time for the first game in which I can ...

Game 66 Recap: Cubs 0, Braves 2
thecubreporter.com 6/23/2009 — A Loss, or a Metaphor? W - Vazquez (5-6) L - Dempster (4-5) S - Soriano (6) Box Score , Photos Things to Take from This Game   1. An Evening Full of Singles and Scoring Opportunities... The Cubs had 9 hits off of Vazquez, all of them ...

Pirates Fans Were Taken For Suckers, But McLouth Has a Future In Atlanta — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/8/2009
Pirate fans, you were cheated by your management again. You saw another good young player with potential slip through your fingers to a better team. Nate McLouth is now like Jason Bay and Xavier Nady last year. Good, young outfielders ...

NOTEBOOK / Pirates' GM explains trade in letter to fans — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/8/2009
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington wrote an open letter to the team's fans explaining the decision to trade center fielder Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves wasn't financially motivated. The Pirates, who traditionally have one of the ...

No Win(d)s For The Pirates' Ship — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/8/2009
You need to walk before you can run; you need to grow wings before you can fly; and, in the case of the Pittsburgh Pirates, you need wind before you can sail. Nate McLouth, Pittsburgh's lone All-Star representative in 2008, was traded to Atlanta ...

Houston Astros Win Rubber Game, Defeat Pittsburgh Pirates — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/8/2009
The Houston Astros are now 25-30, half a game from getting out of dead last place in the National League Central courtesy of a rubber game victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4. The good news is, Houston won. The bad news is, they still used ...

Andrew McCutchen and the Three Things I Learned at the Braves Game — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/9/2009
Andrew McCutchen is fast. Andrew McCutchen can hit. Andrew McCutchen is going to be a star. Somewhere between Nate McLouth's first home-run as a Brave and Craig Monroe being thrown out at home in the 11th inning, it occurred to me that ...