Three thoughts on the Pirates:1. McCutchen鈥檚 long-term futureThis can be placed in the clip-and-save file or, to be more modern, the take-a-screenshot file.In a USA TODAY story this past week, Pirates owner Bob Nutting said this to Bob Nightengale, the newspaper鈥檚 baseball columnist, about ...
The Pirates have cost certainty with spring training on the horizon, which is important to a low-budget franchise that counts every penny.Barring a significant addition to the roster through either free agency or a trade, the Pirates鈥� projected opening day payroll will be approximately $98 ...
One of my guiltiest pleasures is the 鈥渂old prediction鈥� made by columnists both in print and online about upcoming seasons or calendar years. I am going to give into temptation and make my own bold predictions for 2016. Feel free to call me out on the majority of these, upon which I am sure ...
If it was a slugging left-handed hitting first baseman that Pirates鈥� fans were hoping to find under the Christmas tree 鈥� well, sorry about that.The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent John Jaso to a two-year, $8 million contract as a free agent Wednesday. His nickname is not Dr. ...
With a week left until Christmas, I鈥檓 sure some of you are in the same boat as me when it comes to finding that last-minute gift. If the person you are shopping for happens to be a Pittsburgh sports fan, I may just be able to help you out.Whether they are a Penguin, Pirate or Steeler ...
鈥淭he Remnants鈥� is a post-apocalyptic, fictional journey through a broken landscape of small town Appalachia, where love and hope are stretched thin, and where the journey to save one little girl becomes the only thing a small group of survivors clings to in an effort to save the child, but ...
