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. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (9-12) vs. Atlanta Braves (14-8) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Turner Field, Atlanta TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel thinks it’s Sunday. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Jose Tabata, RF Josh Harrison, SS Andrew McCutchen, CF Casey [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (9-11) vs. Atlanta Braves (13-8) Time: 1:35 p.m. Site: Turner Field, Atlanta TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is still transcribing Erik Bedard quotes. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Jose Tabata, RF Andrew [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (8-11) vs. Atlanta Braves (13-7) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Turner Field, Atlanta TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel can’t hit, either. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Jose Tabata, RF Andrew McCutchen, CF Garrett [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (8-10) vs. Atlanta Braves (12-7) Time: 7:35 p.m. Site: Turner Field, Atlanta TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Rob Biertempfel is on the lookout for Jerry Meals. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Clint Barmes, [...]

I can recall Spin Williams, the Pirates’ erstwhile pitching coach, once telling me his job depended almost entirely on whether he would – or wouldn’t – be able to solve Oliver Perez. Remember Perez? The lanky Mexican lefty rang up 239 strikeouts in 2004 while routinely throwing 98 mph. But soon, mysteriously or not, the [...]

. Brief and to the Point … >> My Friday column looks at what Pedro Alvarez means to his hitting coach. A warning today: Our new site is expected to be down for some periods today. Thus, you’ll also see the column as a blog post here. >> Why oh why does anyone ever fret [...]

The Steelers, with the 24th overall pick in the NFL draft, have taken guard David DeCastro, a player projected in many outlets’ top 10. Feel free to use this for discussion.

The Trib will be doing, as a fairly regular feature, a video preview of my next day’s column. And, as you’ll hear from the clever guy in the video, this very first one involves blatant child labor. This is it … httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4brONr9_gU Oh, and here’s today’s chat transcript.

. Brief and to the Point … >> By the time the Steelers get to the 24th pick, they’ll probably have known which player they’ll take … for about five minutes. By all accounts, this isn’t one of those drafts where everything just falls into place. Kevin Colbert said there are about 10 guys who [...]

. Looking ahead to first pitch … Game 2, doubleheader: Pirates (7-10) vs. Colorado Rockies (9-8) Time: 3:55 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Karen Price has her Game 2 story written already. And here is the Pirates’ lineup … Alex Presley, LF Nate [...]