Pirates.com spreads the good word that the team has retired their red alternate jerseys and will unveil a new alt at PirateFest on Friday. At Roar of the Tigers, Samara Pearlstein illustrates the offseason that would not die using her terrific “Terrible Cartoons.” Andrew McCutchen is given an honorable mention in Project Prospect‘s list of [...]
Archive | January, 2009
McLouth’s Price is Not Right for Pirates
Nate McLouth’s price tag just went up. The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Nick Markakis, the Orioles’ 25-year-old right fielder, has reached an agreement with the team on a six-year contract that should be worth $66 million. Markakis was set to enter arbitration for the first time this offseason, and so the deal will buy [...]
Top Five Third Basemen in Pirates History
After Alan mentioned some terrible names from the Pirates’ past on Thursday, I thought I’d spin the blog in a positive direction with today’s post. Who are the best third basemen in the team’s history? Who are we hoping fat Pedro Alvarez becomes? I used Baseball-Reference’s Play Index to help answer my question. Between 1901 [...]
Bring Michael Young to Pittsburgh?
The situation, in brief, is this: Michael Young won a Gold Glove award in 2008, even though he wasn’t the best fielding shortstop in the American League. In December, the Texas Rangers asked Young to move to third base. Young had previously moved from second base to short after the 2003 season, when the Rangers [...]
Links: January 13, 2009
Statistically Speaking‘s Pizza Cutter mentions former Pirates Brian Giles, Bert Blyleven and Jay Bell in a post related to the Hall of Fame announcements made yesterday. At Big League Stew, David Brown provides ten reasons why Pedro Gomez may have voted for Jay Bell on his Hall of Fame ballot. Jim Callis of Baseball America [...]
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