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. Looking ahead to two first pitches on a split-squad day … Game A: Pirates (8-17-1) vs. Baltimore Orioles, Grapefruit League Time: 1:05 p.m. Site: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Fla. Radio: MLB.com Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Nate McLouth, [...]

. Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (47-24-6) vs. Buffalo Sabres (38-29-10) Time: 7:38 p.m. Site: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y. TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. Updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe has shuffled off to the other side of New York.

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (8-17) vs. Tampa Bay Rays, Grapefruit League Time: 1:05 p.m. Site: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Fla. Radio: 93.7 The Fan, MLB.com Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Jose Tabata, RF Yamaico Navarro, LF Andrew [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> My Friday column is about Paul Chryst’s effect, both visible and audible, on Pitt football. If the piece doesn’t give you the impression that I came away highly impressed, then it will have failed. >> Dan Bylsma hasn’t made many mistakes since becoming the Penguins’ coach, to [...]

. Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (47-23-6) vs. New York Islanders (32-33-11) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Nassau County Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. Updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe prepares for the long walk across the parking lot from the world’s [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (8-16) vs. Minnesota Twins, Grapefruit League Time: 1:05 p.m. Site: McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Fla. Radio: 93.7 The Fan, MLB.com Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Josh Harrison, SS Jose Tabata, [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> I’ve spent much of this week in training — along with all Trib employees — on our new system that will lead to all kinds of new stuff here, including a new web site and a new blog. Here’s the part I like most: The overall look [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (8-15) vs. Tampa Bay Rays, Grapefruit League Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Fla. Radio: MLB.com Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Jose Tabata, RF Josh Harrison, LF Andrew McCutchen, [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> My Wednesday column takes on the increasingly popular comparisons between the current Penguins and other great teams from the franchise’s past. Notable among them, of course: 1993. Which team do you feel was best, especially if you subscribe to Phil Bourque’s theory in there? >> That was [...]

. Looking ahead to faceoff … Game: Penguins (47-22-6) vs. New York Islanders (31-33-11) Time: 7:08 p.m. Site: Consol Energy Center TV, radio: Root Sports, 105.9 The X Here is the official live summary. Updates are on our Penguins page. Josh Yohe has been signed to a 97-year contract by Garth Snow.