Three Thoughts on the Pirates:<strong>1. Eerily familiar</strong>The attendance for Wednesday鈥檚 game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox was zero, which, of course, was a major league record.The game was played behind closed doors at Camden Yards ...
Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole is starting to move into rare air after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Phoenix to run his winning streak to seven consecutive games.Just four Pirates starting pitchers have had longer streaks since World War II - 鈥� two by Dock Ellis (10 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Broach the idea of Jung Ho Kang possibly needing to spend some time in the minor leagues and Pirates general manager Neal Huntington emphatically dismisses it.Kang has played sparingly in the early stages of the season in his role as a utility infielder.He made his fourth start ...
A.J. Burnett might have been a frequent target of the Bronx boo-birds when he played for the New York Yankees, but there is no denying that the veteran right-hander is beloved by Pirates fans.Burnett made his first start of the season at PNC Park on Tuesday night 鈥� after a one-year detour to ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Two years ago, relief pitcher Vin Mazzaro was able to extricate the Pirates out of one jam after another with his ability to enter a game in the middle of an inning and strand inherited runners.It was suggested in some corners 鈥� OK, this corner 鈥� that his nickname should be ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Josh Harrison used his bat to make sure the Pirates got off to a good start and used his glove to help secure a happy ending against Detroit on Monday afternoon at PNC Park.Harrison, who recently signed a four-year contract extension, hit a lead-off, first-pitch home run in the ...
