I was flipping through the channels Monday night as I was preparing my after-work snack, and something caught my eye as the dial settled upon ESPN Classics.There was Bert Blyleven, dazzling (in non-HDTV) Pirates' gold, pitching against the Baltimore Orioles. I, unexpectedly, came across Game 5 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� You can slice and dice baseball statistics many ways, but this holds up as a basic truth: A team鈥檚 success will be determined in large part by the quality of its starting pitching.The Pirates enter the 2018 season with a lot of promise in their rotation, but not a lot of ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Baseball players are funny.That鈥檚 not just by the 鈥済ive him a hotfoot鈥� or 鈥渨hap the star of the game with a shaving cream pie while he鈥檚 being interviewed on TV鈥� definition of funny, either.Major league players get to the major leagues in part with a self-centeredness ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The NFL Scouting Combine was in full swing last week, a chance for potential buyers to size up the livestock.Aside from measuring the measurables, the NFL teams try to get some insight into the character of the players they鈥檒l soon be drafting.Is he a hard worker? Is he a ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It should have been easy to find manager Clint Hurdle at Pirates spring training camp on Friday.He was under the bus, right where utility infielder David Freese threw him in an unexpected camp-opening rant.Freese unloaded on the Pirates over a number of topics. Some were valid, ...
Participants at the East End United Community Center鈥檚 fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and Day of Service inspired others as they remembered the words and message of the slain civil rights leader.鈥淲hat do you want to make of your life?鈥欌�� asked Joel Steven Gray, ...
