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Everywhere you look Aaron Harang continues to get referenced as a sleeper pitcher that doesnt get the respect he deserves. Baseball writers...

The Bucs keep winning, and keep hitting. Freddy Sanchez uses a grand slam in the first game to help secure a win, while Adam LaRoche knocks ...

Indy: Game One, 7-0 Win vs. Columbus Bixler, Ryan and Morgan each had a hit. Eldred was 3-for-3 with a two-run homerun JVB went seven stron...

Dave Littlefield is smarter than both you and I. Maybe. For it was the majority of opinion of Pirates Nation that turning down a deal for Ja...

Jim Tracy loves to play matchups . Sunday, he played one that lost the Pirates the ball game. In the bottom of the eighth Marte got Lee to ...

Jose Bautista homered twice and Matt Morris put up a quality start as the Pirates won for the seventh time in their last eight, and continue...

The lineup's posted for Tonight's game vs. Houston CF McLouth SS Wilson 2B Sanchez 1B LaRoche RF Bautista C Paulino 3B Castillo LF K...

The Pirates have placed King Salomon on the DL and have called up Romulo Sanchez , a reliever from AA Altoona. Sanchez, a 23-year-old right-...

...yeah, yeah -- we know. So Matt and I have been out of the game for quite some time now and we're itching to get back. The work world ...

Box Score -- Recap Couple things: 1. Jim Tracy looks as though he is going to lose it when it comes to this bullpen. And I mean, lose it. ...

Boxscore -- Recap Maybe Zach Duke will figure it out soon. Maybe he won't. Maybe the Pirates can contend in the Central in 2007. Maybe...

Okay, I said I wouldn't slack. But I'm working my tail off and I now manage a baseball team for my boss in a summer league where I...

Recap -- Box Score Was that the 2007 Pirates out there Tuesday night? No, really, THE 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates? With clutch hitting, solid ...

You could have dreamed up a scenario for how the series against the Reds could go. Your dream couldn't have been much different than the...