post-gazette.com - 12/1/2008
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GUERRA, Dominican Republic -- Perhaps it is designed to make Pittsburgh seem real to the youngsters who will play here. The arched-crown facades of the two building frames, which will dominate the Pirates' new $5 million Latin American Academy, resemble the headquarters of the franchise's spring ...
themilliondollararm.com - 11/26/2008
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themilliondollararm.com —
Special blog from both Rinku and Dinesh… On
November 24, 2008, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Kumar Patel
made Indian Sports History becoming the first athletes from that country to sign professional sports contracts here in the USA. Monday our ...
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We Are Now Pirates!!!
post-gazette.com - 12/2/2008
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post-gazette.com —
BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic -- Rene Gayo is
a mountain of a man in many ways, big
as Santa Claus and, to some, no less generous. As the Pirates' director of Latin American scouting, he is empowered to dramatically change people's lives -- ...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Part scout, part savior
shysterball.blogspot.com - 12/3/2008
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shysterball.blogspot.com —
In the normal course I would never devote
a post to the fact that a terrible, eighth-year
pitcher has declared minor league free agency. Most terrible, eighth-year pitchers who declare minor league free agency, however, aren't John Van Benschoten . ...
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The End of a Grand Experiment
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Pirates Finishing Dominican Facility
Bucs Dugout —
... Here's another great article about the Pirates' efforts in Latin America. Dejan Kovacevic suggests that the Pirates' new Dominican facility will be among the best in the business. On top of that, the Dominican has become a major priority for Bob Nutting, who has tripled Latin scouting director Rene Gayo's signing budget and has taken a personal interest in the area: ...
News and Notes--Dec. 1
Raise the Jolly Roger —
Welcome [Pirate Revolution] to the Pirates blogosphere! Cory Humes, the creator, has blogged the Pirates before and has teamed up with a few more writers for his new blog. It looks fantastic so far. -- [MLB Trade Rumors] lists the Pirates as one of the four teams interested in infielder Mark Loretta. [The link] ...
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Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? —
For reasons that will become shortly apparent, I've been working on cleaning/updating the sidebar links. That means that I've got some new links to add to the sidebar, as well as some other things for your general perusal. ...
Kovacevic: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Part scout, part savior
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Kovacevic: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Part scout, part savior Part 3 of 3 in Dejan’s series about Pittsburgh’s Dominican academy profiles Latin American scouting director Rene Gayo. He bounced from the Texas Rangers to Cleveland, and his turning point came in 1998 when the Indians were eliminated by the New York Yankees and Cuban pitcher Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez. John Hart, the Indians’ general manager, fumed and assigned Gayo to study the team’s operations in Latin America. By 2000, Gayo had the title of scouting director for that region and soon would sign a remarkable total of 11 players who have made it to Cleveland or ...
It's in the Minors
Bucs Dugout —
... strength and major-league strength, Coonelly and Huntington's only responsible choice was to rebuild the minor leauge system, and that is exactly what they have sought to do. The letter writer's claim that "While much of the blame for this problem can be placed on past management, the current management does not appear to have taken a course that is much different" only reveals, to me, that he probably doesn't read the paper he's writing to. For example, he'd only need to check this article about Latin America or ...
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