Blass Talks Pirates On Day Of Home Opener
It's Opening Day at PNC Park! Steve Blass joined the The FAN Morning show to talk baseball.
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It's Opening Day at PNC Park! Steve Blass joined the The FAN Morning show to talk baseball.
In a sure sign of spring, the Pirates will take the field over at PNC Park this afternoon for their 2011 home opener. The Pirates host the Colorado Rockies at 1:35 p.m.
As history has proven so many times, it has a tendancy to repeat itself. It's well documented that the Pirates of recent memory have gotten off to similar fast starts, only to run out of gas faster than Bugatti stuck in rush hour traffic on the Parkway.
One day after the Pirates blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning to the Chicago Cubs, they reversed the trend by overcoming a late inning deficit of their own.
The baseball writer joined Vinnie on 93.7 The Fan's "Bucco Talk" to discuss the start of the 2011 MLB season.
An eighth inning rally by the Chicago Cubs sunk the Pirates 5-3 at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon for their first loss of the season.
A local baseball field reopened today after receiving a matching grant from Pirates Charities last year.
Andrew Fillipponi is joined by Pirates centerfielder Andrew McCutchen after the Buccos' opening day win over the Cubs at a chilly Wrigley Field in Chicago.
The Fan's Jim Colony sat down with Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly ahead of the team's opener to discuss the upcoming 2011 baseball season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pirates beat reporter Colin Dunlap joined The Fan Morning Show from Wrigley Field Friday morning.
Joe Lemire spent some time in Bradenton, Fla., this spring to check out some Bucco baseball. He shared his views on the Pirates Friday morning.
SI.com MLB senior writer Tom Verducci joined Vinnie & Cook for an Opening Day preview on SportsRadio 93-7 The Fan.
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington joined Sportsradio 93-7 The Fan's Vinnie & Cook to put the wraps on spring training and preview the season ahead.
Opening Day for the Pittsburgh Pirates is Friday and Clint Hurdle joined The Fan Morning Show Wednesday to discuss the what's new before the team heads north to Wrigley Field.
Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Coach Ray Searage joined The Fan Morning Show to discuss the pitching staff as they get prepared to open the season Friday in Chicago.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are five days from the start of the 2011 season and the beginning of the Clint Hurdle Era.
Pirates outfield Garrett Jones joined the FAN Morning Show from Bradenton, FL to talk about the progress of spring training.
When the Pirates face the Chicago Cubs to open the 2011 season, right-hander Kevin Correia will be the fourth different Opening Day pitcher for the Pirates in the last four years.
FOXSports.com MLB senior writer Ken Rosenthal joined Vinnie & Cook to talk about the latest news around the big leagues.
A day after sending pitcher Fernando Nieve to the minors, the Pittsburgh Pirates have unconditionally released Nieve.
Forbes' annual report finds the average value of Major League Baseball teams has increased seven percent from last year to an all-time high of $523 million.
When Lyle Overbay and Matt Diaz sit at their lockers in the Pirates' locker room they know they stand out and there is a reason for that. The 34-year-old Overbay, a first baseman, and 33-year-old Diaz, an outfielder, are the veterans on a team full of youngsters.
On Monday the Pirates made so more moves by releasing infielder Garrett Atkins and sending pitchers Justin Thomas and Fernando Nieve to the minors.
Missing the first month of spring training with a hamstring injury and struggling in his two outings, Pirates left-hander Scott Olsen could be starting the season on the disabled list.
