The last three years, the Pirates have used its first round draft pick on a pitcher. In 2010, the team took high school pitcher Jameson Taillon. The Pirates took back-to-back college pitchers in 2011 and 2012 with Gerrit Cole (UCLA) and Mark Appel (Stanford), but Appel decided to return to school for his senior year. With Appel's decision to return to Stanford, the Pirates received two first round picks and a whole lot of money to sign them. While General Manager Neal Huntington has taken ... Read More
Archives for June 2013
June 5, 2013: The day the sports world stood still in Pittsburgh
I'm not a fan of using words like "tragedy" or "heroes" when it comes to sports or athletes. We all know who the the real heroes are and what the real tragedies are. That doesn't mean that there are certain times when a collection of bad things will happen to your favorites teams that just leave you in a state of shock. For Western Pennsylvania, that day was Wednesday, June 6. The news first broke that morning that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would have to undergo minor ... Read More
Roethlisberger has Minor Surgery in Preparation for Healthy Season
According to Adam Schefter quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had a minor scope on his right knee yesterday. This is a simple procedure that is done to clean up the knee and get it ready for activity. Seven years ago Roethlisberger had the same procedure done on his left knee and he has had no complications since. Doctors operated on Ben Roethlisberger’s right meniscus. Same procedure done on left knee 7 years ago - knee perfect since.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 5, 2013 ... ... Read More
Pens lose heartbreaker in double OT; Bruins hold 3-0 series lead
After dropping the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals at home in embarrassing fashion, the Pittsburgh Penguins played, arguably, their most focused game of the playoffs. Unfortunately, Tuukka Rask made 53 saves, setting up Patrice Bergeron's game winner with under five minutes remaining in double overtime. Thanks to Rask, and a handful of shots that hit the posts, the Penguins have been pushed to the brink of elimination without winning a single game in the third round of the ... Read More
Strong pitching propels Wild Things to shutout
After their offense struggled last night, Jovan Rosa and Maxx Garrett made sure the Wild Things had some offensive fire power tonight, as Washington got a 8-0 victory at Console Energy Park. Everything started with a strong pitching performance from Shawn Sanford. Sanford had a no hitter going until the last out in the top of the fifth inning. After that, he only gave up two more hits the rest of the game before coming out after the eighth inning. CJ Beatty started off the 4th inning with ... Read More
Pirates get swept in Atlanta, nearly get no-hit
Atlanta - The Pirates wrapped up a tough road series with a 5-0 loss against the Braves. The story of the game was Julio Teheran, who came four outs away from pitching a no-hitter against the Bucs. Teheran struck out eleven batters and didn't allow a hit until there were two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Brandon Inge had the lone hit for the Pirates, as he picked up a pinch-hit off of Teheran to end the no-hit bid. Wandy Rodriguez started for the Pirates, and was removed to the ... Read More
Pittsburgh Penguins: 3 Keys to winning Game 3
The past few days haven’t been pretty for Penguins’ fans. The Pens dropped the opener 3-0, the first time all season they failed to score a goal. They followed that up with a train-wreck performance Monday night in which the Bruins scored three goals in the first period before Tomas Vokoun was pulled in favor of Marc-Andre Fleury, who quickly allowed a fourth goal in the first period. The final ended up being 6-1, which put the Bruins up 2-0. There’s no way to sugar coat this, so let’s just ... Read More
Snedden’s Take: Chicken Soup for the 2013 Pirates Fan’s Soul
June looks to be the key month for the 2013 Bucs, and by the time we flip the calendar to July we should have a better idea of where this team is going. The Pirates have a tough stretch of games that started Monday when they headed to Atlanta to face the N.L. East-leading Braves in a three-game set, followed by a trip to Wrigley Field to play the resurgent Chicago Cubs next weekend. They follow this road swing with a home stand that includes defending World Series champion San Francisco for ... Read More
Pirates drop second straight to Braves in extra innings
ATLANTA - The Bucs lost their second straight game, and dropped their second consecutive series in Atlanta tonight by the score of 5-4. Jeff Locke was on the hill for the Pirates and didn't have his best stuff. He allowed three runs through 5.2 innings. He was pulled after 103 pitches for recently called up Ryan Reid who blew the lead almost instantly. Reid allowed a two-run homer to B.J. Upton in the bottom of the sixth which tied the game up at 4-4. Tony Watson and Jason Grilli each ... Read More
Wild Things fall in first of six-game homestand
The game started out smoothly for Shawn Smith and the Wild Things, but as Smith started to make mistakes, the Frontier Greys capitalized on those mistakes. The Greys hit two timely home runs en route to a 5-2 victory over the Wild Things at Console Energy Park. Smith started out the game with seven straight outs and took a 2-0 lead into the top of the third inning. In the bottom of the second, designated hitter Mark Samuelson walked, stole a baseand was later driven in by Nick Akins. Jim ... Read More