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Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> As you might pick up in my Wednesday column about the Pirates no longer deserving to be called cheap, the brass was way excited about the draft coup. There even was a bit of extra satisfaction for having essentially beaten a system. Isn’t that something, a system that [...]

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (57-63) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (65-57) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 80 degrees, mostly clear Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Jose Tabata, LF Xavier Paul, RF Andrew McCutchen, CF [...]

Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Well, that’s one way for the Pirates to bounce back from another Milwaukee massacre. It was Gerrit Cole getting $8 million, Josh Bell getting $5 million and ninth-rounder Cam Holmes getting $1 million, and the last I heard at this way-late hour was that at all three represented [...]

The Pirates have signed both Gerrit Cole and Josh Bell, their top two draft picks.

Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (56-63) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (65-56) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 72 degrees, early rain Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Xavier Paul, RF Josh Harrison, 3B Andrew McCutchen, CF [...]

MILWAUKEE – Some sporting thoughts before sunrise … >> Wow. >> OK, that’s pretty much the gist of my analysis of this series and, maybe from now on, all series the Pirates play here in their House of Horrors. I asked Joel Hanrahan what was the fateful pitch he threw to Nyjer Morgan. Hanrahan: “A [...]

MILWAUKEE – Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (56-62) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (69-51) Time: 2:10 p.m. Site: Miller Park, Milwaukee TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Xavier Paul, RF Garrett Jones, 1B Andrew [...]

MILWAUKEE – Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (56-61) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (68-51) Time: 4:10 p.m. Site: Miller Park, Milwaukee TV, radio: Fox (national), News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy, rain Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Andrew McCutchen, CF Matt Diaz, RF Garrett [...]

MILWAUKEE – Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (56-60) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (67-51) Time: 8:10 p.m. Site: Miller Park, Milwaukee TV, radio: Root Sports, News Talk 104.7 FM Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy Here is the official live box score, and here are the lineups … Pirates: Andrew McCutchen, CF Xavier Paul, RF Garrett Jones, [...]

Looking ahead to kickoff … Game: Steelers vs. Washington Redskins, preseason Time: 7:30 p.m. Site: FedEx Field, Landover, Md. TV, radio: KDKA, WDVE-FM Weather: 74 degrees, clear Here is the official live summary, and here are the news updates on our Steelers page. Feel free, as always, to use this as a discussion forum.