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. He sounds equally eager to see the Pirates rebound as a team, though not necessarily confident it will happen unless management does more to bolster the roster. "You know ...
post-gazette.com - 12/31/2008
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Odds and Ends: Bonds, Boras, Snell
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Barry Bonds had hip surgery with the intent of playing in 2009, according to John Shea.
Darren Rovell interviewed Scott Boras.
Ian Snell agrees with Jack Wilson - the Pirates need more players. ...
ADP Report: Rising Pitchers
Crooked Pitch —
... Ian Snell | Pittsburgh Pirates | +17.6% - Snell was supposed to be a high strikeout sleeper in ‘08, but his strikeout total dropped by 24% and his ERA ballooned. He says he’s working out, eating right and feeling better, and apparently drafters are believing him. I’m not ready to drink the Snell rebound Kool-Aid, yet. He’s being taken at pick #263.67 (23rd round) now instead of #310.20 last week. ...
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whygavs.com 1/15/2009 — If there's one thing that's going to keep the Pittsburgh Pirates from losing 100 games this year. It's not their offense. The offense will likely not be nearly as terrible as people are expecting (I mean, it's impossible for a team to only score 300 ...
Snell’s Sluggish 2008
fangraphs.com 12/22/2008 — From the moment that Ian Snell (then named Ian Oquendo) was selected as a 26th-round afterthought in the 2000 amateur draft, he has had to fight an uphill battle to prove himself a capable major league starter. The Delaware native always possessed a ...
How did the Pirates do at the Winter Meetings?
whygavs.com 12/13/2008 — So the meetings are over and everyone's gone home from Vegas, which means that as fans we're left to pick up the pieces and figure out what happened. How did the Pirates do?
Trades- Not a lot happened here. Jack Wilson is still a Pirate, no one ...
The Pirates make a good move
hardballtimes.com 1/20/2009 — No, I'm not talking about anything they've done with the LaRoche brothers this week, I'm talking about banishing the ugly red vests :
The Pirates' red uniforms, which have drawn notable ire from the public since being introduced in 2007, will be no more.
The Pirates will introduce a new ...
Pirates Not Giving Up On 2009 (Wink!)
bucsdugout.com 1/20/2009 — I agree with the long-term plan the Pirates are pursuing and I think the work they've done in building the Bucs for the future has mostly been exemplary, but that doesn't mean I can't laugh a bit at this article , in which Bob Nutting and Frank ...
Upgrade City
thepensblog.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — We're moving our operation away from Blogspot. Next-generation blog programs are popping up on the internet, and we got the right offer at the right time. The most appealing part of Blogspot for us is its simplicity. No crazy bullshit going on. But ...
Wilson: Pirates need 'more players' to compete
post-gazette.com 12/19/2008 — Jack Wilson, sounding convinced he will return as the Pirates' shortstop next year, yesterday urged management to bolster the 2009 roster and heed its own call for accountability. "The only thing I wish we could do was compete," he said in an ...
It's in the Minors
bucsdugout.com 1/7/2009 —
Why didn't the Pirates just give this guy seventeen million? (Photo: Scott Ableman)
I can't blame any fan for being frustrated with the Pirates' losing ways, because we're all frustrated. But I still find this letter a little annoying.
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Does it Matter if the Pirates Win in 2009? Of course not.
piraterevolution.com 1/7/2009 — Authors from six different blogs chime in on a multimedia post focused on one topic: If the Pirates experience another 90-loss season in 2009, will you feel any differently about the direction the team is going? Does this season matter?
