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By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media I’ve got nothing for you tonight. Stopped being a fan long ago. It takes one hell of a win or loss to move me in the slightest. But this goes back to childhood for so many Pittsburghers, including those born and bred like myself. You could brag to [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (76-80) vs. Cincinnati Reds (94-62) Time: 7:05 p.m. Site: PNC Park TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. Cincinnati RHP Homer Bailey … Alex Presley, LF Jordy Mercer, [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Friday column tells the real story of the Pirates’ front office status, not the one those individual have tried to paint themselves. And it’s not me telling it. It’s Bob Nutting, in an exclusive interview. >> The most common defense [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Here’s today’s chat transcript, an hourlong ode to Dave Littlefield.

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (76-79) vs. New York Mets (71-84) Time: 1:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New York RHP R.A. Dickey … Starling [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> You have got to be kidding. Today is Joe Starkey’s day to columnize, and he does it quite well on this topic. I’ll keep my own thoughts to a minimum as a result. In fact, here, I’ll just remind you of [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Frank Coonelly, the Pirates’ president, just issued a statement that makes clear he intends to keep Neal Huntington, Kyle Stark and Greg Smith in their same positions: Full text of his statement: For the second consecutive year, we put ourselves in an excellent position to meet our objective [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (76-78) vs. New York Mets (70-84) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New York RHP Jeremy Hefner … Starling [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Brief and to the Point … >> The Wednesday column recounts my visit with Sidney Crosby. Pretty sure I don’t have to say a lot more than that. >> But if I do, here’s a little extra I set aside for the blog … Crosby has spoken to [...]

By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media Looking ahead to first pitch … Game: Pirates (75-78) vs. New York Mets (70-83) Time: 7:10 p.m. Site: Citi Field, New York TV, radio: Root Sports, 93.7 The Fan Here is the live box score. Karen Price is on the scene. And here is the Pirates’ lineup vs. New [...]