Pirates utility player Sean Rodriguez quietly set an obscure, though rather impressive, record on Friday night.Rodriguez had the 54th multi-RBI game of his career when he hit a two-run home run off reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta in an 8-4 victory over the Chicago ...
<strong>Three thoughts on the Pirates:</strong><strong>1. A word of caution</strong>Four starting pitchers have made their major league debuts with the Pirates in a little over a month and each showed promise.That shouldn鈥檛 have been a ...
The Pirates have been well represented at recent All-Star Games.Four players were selected for the 2013 game at Citi Field in New York and again last year for the festivities in Cincinnati. In 2014, three Pirates participated at Minneapolis.However, the Pirates might have a hard time getting ...
Chad Kuhl had a very memorable major league debut last Sunday.The Pirates right-hander beat Los Angeles Dodgers ace and three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw in a nationally televised game on ESPN. Kuhl worked five innings and gave up three runs and four ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Clint Hurdle could certainly write an interesting book about his career. Or maybe two.One could be about the Pirates manager鈥檚 playing career. He was a can鈥檛-miss phenom with the Kansas City Royals who did miss because he enjoyed partying more than hitting.The second volume ...
Trivia Crack is a popular app for cell phones.However, it may have nothing on Pirates catcher Erik 鈥淭rivia鈥� Kratz.The genial 36-year-old become a living and breathing trivia question answer this week following games against the San Francisco Giants on Monday and Tuesday at PNC Park.On ...
