post-gazette.com - 1/1/2009
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Ian Snell sounds prepared for a personal rebound in 2009, including pitching in the World Baseball Classic as a springboard.
post-gazette.com - 12/31/2008
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3rd Down & Full Count —
... Happy New Year! May 2009 be better than 2008… especially for the Pirates. Now, onto the links.
Ian Snell is the 2nd Bucco to speak out (after Jack Wilson), and follows Jack’s call…
“Jack said it best: We need more players,” Snell said. “I want to win. We’ve got some talent, but it’s a pretty young group. We need more.”
Of course, it’d be nice to see Ian improve his performance as well, given that last year was a disaster.
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... First off, there was news earlier in the week that Ian Snell would pitch for Puerto Rico in the WBC. I think this is generally good news, if only to give Snell a bit of a chance to really get himself ironed out this spring and start really thinking about pitching a few weeks early. He seems excited about the whole thing and that lead to him echoing Jack Wilson's call for the Pirates to get more "players" in yesterday's PG. So the guy who underachieved all last year, pouted, and made excuses for his bad performances is now looking to Neal Huntington to add some talent to the ...
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