Rookie Josh Bell 鈥 yes, technically he is still a rookie 鈥 has been a bright spot in what has otherwise been a middling season for the Pittsburgh Pirates.After tantalizing fans with his potential in a 46-game, 152 plate appearance 2016 cameo, Bell has turned in a fine 鈥渇irst鈥 season, ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 The Steelers are an organization with an abundance of history they鈥檝e largely ignored.That is changing with the creation of a team Hall of Honor. The first inductees will be revealed on August 29.These kinds of things are great for debate and can kill hours on sports talk ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 According the most recent numbers available from the census bureau, there are 101,612,000 males between the ages of 15 and 64 living in the United States.Yet there aren鈥檛 32 who can competently quarterback an NFL team.Maybe it鈥檚 time to borrow from the other sports are start ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) 鈥 Sean Rodriguez homered in the 12th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.Rodriguez, acquired from Atlanta a day earlier, lifted a 1-1 pitch off Padres reliever Buddy Baumann (0-1) over the left-field wall. Rodriguez spent the ...
Tony Watson departed the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers just before the 2017 MLB trade deadline.Once referred to as the former Pirates closer after losing that role to Felipe Rivero, Watson can now join a long list of former Pirates. Relief pitchers have ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) 鈥 Andrew McCutchen hit three home runs for the third time in his career to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.McCutchen鈥檚 big day backed Gerrit Cole, who pitched seven innings of five-hit ball for the Pirates.It was just the second ...