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The Pirates are clubbing homers at a frantic pace, which makes up for their sluggish start to the season.

In which Cal and Smoltz say, in essense, JMac who?

CLEVELAND — Most teams have yet to decide whether they are buyers or sellers, which has retarded the trade market this year. “We’ve been engaged with other clubs for the last six weeks, but there’s no traction anywhere,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “The extra wild card has added time for everybody. With each passing week, [...]

CLEVELAND — A.J. Burnett today will try to win six straight decisions for the first time since July 23 to August 19, 2008, when he won six in a row for the Blue Jays. Coming into today’s game, the only pitchers in the majors with longer active win streaks are R.A. Dickey (eight games), Matt [...]

In which Cole takes the next step, JMac needs to be the stopper and Hanny is on verge of a milestone (of sorts). Oh, and lineups, too.

Morton will be out for a year, maybe longer. Oh, and lineups, too.

A few more kids sign on, Pearce learns his way around Bawl’mer and Stargell is an also-ran with the USPS. Oh, and lineups, too.

In which we narrowly miss the President en route to Camden Yards, and Cutch lags in All-Star voting. Oh, and lineups.

Bedard forgets to guide Barajas home, the Bucs and Braves flash back to the ’90s and the 30-win mark is reached in a hurry. Oh, and lineups, too.

Jim Leyland looked back at his time with the Pirates during a recent chat with Bob Costas.