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...

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 ...

Throwback Uniforms: Pirates and Reds (1979)
inhistoric.com 10/15/2009 — For the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the World Series in seven games over the Baltimore Orioles, the Pirates held a reunion for the old players and managers. Phil Garner, Bert Blyleven, Bill Madlock, Chuck Tanner, Omar Moreno, Bruce Kison, Don Robinson, and the ...

Links and things
raisethejollyroger.com 10/10/2009 — [ WHYGAVS ] and [ Bucs Dugout ], along with [ Pittsburgh Lumber Co. ] all have excellent posts up countering [ Dejan's season ending piece ]’s final suggestion to improve the Pirates in 2009: “Spend.” Wait a sec…overpaying a half-decent veteran who’s probably ...

Gene the Werewolf Video Sends Message That G-20 Couldn’t for Pittsburgh
rumbunter.com 10/23/2009 — Gene the Werewolf captured Pittsburgh in one five minute video that the G-20 couldn’t do in months of planning. Pittsburgh isn’t about tough guy cops. Pittsburgh is about music. Winning. Action-packed events. Places. The boys in the band hit a home run. Congratualations. Ladies and ...

The importance of being different
whygavs.com 10/10/2009 — I wasn't going to post on this article published earlier this week by Dejan Kovacevic, but Charlie made a great post about it at Bucs Dugout and then Wilbur Miller followed it up with a great comment . Their two points in tandem jogged my memory a ...

Hill Gone. Searage a ‘Fun Guy to Have Around.’ What’s Next for the Pirates?
rumbunter.com 10/19/2009 — Some people say the coaches don’t matter, it’s the players on the field that make the difference. I disagree. Derek Lee also disagrees. Coach Perry Hill took a player that had played some second base, but was primarily an outfielder named Delwyn Young and made him a second ...

Pirates of the Desert
hyzduhq.blogspot.com 10/15/2009 — This week the Arizona Fall League started play and there a few interesting Pirates to be on the watch for in the desert. Among them are Danny Moskos, Tony Watson, Donnie Veal, and Jose Tabata. Tabata may be very interesting to see how he performs against some of the top competition in the minor ...

Pitching News
hyzduhq.blogspot.com 10/22/2009 — Over the weekend the Pirates found their man to study under the tutelage of Joe Kerrigan next season. I thought they might look far and wide, but it turns out they only had to look in the minor leagues for Ray Searage. Searage has been around teh block a great deal, so I almost wonder how much ...

Pirates = Where The Wild Things Are
rumbunter.com 10/26/2009 — Where the Wild Things Are. Theatrical trailer. @ Yahoo! Video I think the Pirate organization reminds me a lot of Where the Wild Things Are, the raw new movie from Spike Jonze based on the 1963 Caldecott Medal (means it is great) winning book by Maurice Sendak. We loved that book when we were ...

Girls volleyball roundup: MSIT escapes Tottenville upset — NY Post: Sports 10/27/2009
McKee/Staten Island Tech slipped past Tottenville, 28-26, 25-19, to move back up to second place Monday in PSAL Staten Island A9 girls volleyball. The Sea Gulls were pushed to the brink in the first set by a Pirates squad that has experienced a renai...