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The Pirates are third
hardballtimes.com - 2/2/2009
The Pirates are third
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Another fun day in Pirates land : The Pittsburgh Pirates made a candid and surprising admission: Not only are they perennially in last place in the NL Central, they've dropped into last in their own city. The Pirates rank third among the Steel City's three major sports franchises from a ...
GM for a Day: Pittsburgh Pirates
diamondcutter.wordpress.com - 1/31/2009
GM for a Day: Pittsburgh Pirates
— diamondcutter.wordpress.com — Now in no way can I turn almost two decades of failure around in one day and... make the Pittsburgh Pirates a contender, but I can get them on the right track to finish at the .500 mark this upcoming season. (more) GM for a Day: Pittsburgh Pirates

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New Pirates Uniforms To Be Proud Of
pabaseball.blogspot.com - 1/30/2009
New Pirates Uniforms To Be Proud Of
— pabaseball.blogspot.com — Since I think the new Pirates uniforms are shit, I figured I would be proactive instead of... just reactive, and create some new Pirate jerseys. So, here are my ideas. 1) The Pittsburgh Obamas - Our President wants to pass a stimulus package that would ... (more) New Pirates Uniforms To Be Proud Of

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Ten ways the Pirates again can be sporting kings of Pittsburgh
sports.yahoo.com - 2/4/2009
Ten ways the Pirates again can be sporting kings of Pittsburgh
— sports.yahoo.com — Good morning-ish and welcome back to baseball season. The Stillers won the Super Bowl last night (... there was a game ? ) giving the franchise six championships, a number that eclipses the five World Series won by the Pirates. The Steelers? ... (more) Ten ways the Pirates again can be sporting kings of ...

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State of the Pittsburgh Pirates Franchise: Down, But Certainly Not Out
MVN RSS — ... given that [the Pirates have] had a lack of success on the field over an extended period of time, the Steelers and Penguins are very popular now," [Frank] Coonelly said during a talk to business students at Penn State, his alma mater. "We are clearly third in the marketplace in terms of the mindset of where we are as an organization. We're working hard to get ourselves back up to where we belong both in Major League Baseball and Pittsburgh." While Craig Calcaterra and Dejan Kovacevic took umbrage at the tone of the Associated Press article from ...

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