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One hour to first pitch … Game: Pirates (40-39) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (40-41) Time: 7:07 p.m. Site: Rogers Centre, Toronto TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 76 degrees, clear Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Chase d’Arnaud, 3B Andrew McCutchen, [...]

This Jaromir Jagr drama is beginning to veer into silly territory, and it’s getting close to time for the Penguins to do something about that. First, agent Petr Svoboda said Wednesday was going to be Decision Day. Ray Shero, the Penguins’ GM, openly stated that he, too, expected a decision on his one-year offer on [...]

Here’s the chat transcript for the day. Thanks to all for participating. I’ll check in here if there are any follow-up issues.

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Going to keep this one short. Long day, plus some technical issues overnight kept me from posting this until after 2 a.m. My apologies to those used to visiting right away. This is the Trib’s coverage of the Jaromir Jagr spectacle, by Rob Rossi, Josh Yohe and myself. [...]

One hour to first pitch … Game: Pirates (40-38) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (39-41) Time: 7:07 p.m. Site: Rogers Centre, Toronto TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 76 degrees, clear Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Chase d’Arnaud, 3B Garrett Jones, [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> For those of you who usually see this thing right when it goes up after midnight, apologies for the delay. Some technical maintenance apparently going on overnight. >> Today is J-Day for the Penguins. In my eyes, they did their part. They went to Jaromir Jagr with what, [...]

One hour to first pitch … Game: Pirates (39-38) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (39-40) Time: 7:07 p.m. Site: Rogers Centre, Toronto TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 76 degrees, clear Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Alex Presley, LF Chase d’Arnaud, 3B Neil Walker, [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> I am told that the best hitter in baseball plays for the Blue Jays, the Pirates’ opponent tonight in Toronto. But I am guessing you already knew that, so we can move on, right? >> Alex Presley is up, and it’s almost certain that he’s going to get [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> In covering the NHL Entry Draft and writing several pieces from Minnesota over the weekend, I’ve added hockey to the very early column portfolio that also includes much on the Pirates and one on the Steelers. Which reminds me of something I’ve wanted to share for a bit: [...]

One hour to first pitch … Game: Pirates (39-37) vs. Boston Red Sox (44-32) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Jose Tabata, LF Chase d’Arnaud, 3B Andrew McCutchen, CF [...]