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MLB Rumors – Pittsburgh Pirates Interested in Signing Mike Napoli
Headed towards possibly another postseason appearance, the Pittsburgh Pirates are trying to upgrade their lineup by going after Mike Napoli of the Boston Red Sox, who are in a selling kind of mood.
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MLB Rumors – Pittsburgh Pirates & Milwaukee Brewers Give Aramis Ramirez a Return to Origins
The Pittsburgh Pirates, where Aramis Ramirez began his major league career, acquired the third-baseman via trade from the Milwaukee Brewers in return for minor league pitcher Yhonathan Barrios.
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MLB Rumors – Los Angeles Dodgers & Chicago Cubs Interested in Signing Russell Martin
The best catcher on the free agency market is Russell Martin of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who is likely to end up playing somewhere else in the 2015 season, with the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of everyone else in the race for the 31-year old.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Pitch Perfect, Pittsburgh Pirates Going Home
Going home or staying home? It doesn’t matter. The San Francisco Giants win the NL Wild Card game with a dominant, complete game performance from Madison Bumgarner, starring in a 8-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, looking completely out of their league in their short postseason experience for the 2014 season.
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MLB Playoffs – Giants vs Pirates Predictions
For the San Francisco Giants, a bad year seems to be followed by winning the world series, so expectations are high towards their NL Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that’s not used to consistency when it comes to making the postseason.
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MLB Playoffs – Pittsburgh Pirates Clinch Spot, St. Louis Cardinals Not Worried
With a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates have clinched a spot among the two Wild Card teams in the National League, but also have enough time to try and win the NL Central, beating the St. Louis Cardinals to it. The Cards did lose 4-3 to the Chicago Cubs which makes things very interesting for the season finale, but considering their schedule they shouldn’t be too worried.
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MLB Playoffs – Oakland Athletics Bounce Back, Pittsburgh Pirates Almost In
After a terrible month, the Oakland Athletics got a walk-off home run from Josh Donaldson to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6, hoping to get some momentum heading into the big finish in the American League, while a 1-0 win for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers all but clinches their wild card spot behind an excellent pitching performance from Vance Worley.
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MLB Season – Pirates Dominate Dodgers, Rangers Avoid Nationals Sweep
As the MLB season rolls forward, teams are trying to keep themselves in contention for the playoff spot, mostly via the wild card although it’s much too soon. The Pittsburgh Pirates improved their chances while hurting the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-3 that included a big hitting day for Andrew McCutchen, while Yu Darvish put on an impressive pitching performance to lead the Texas Rangers in a 2-0 win over the Washington Nationals, avoiding a sweep in the series.
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Pirates Over Reds – Memorable Grand Slam Home Run
An important win for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds came thanks to a Neil Walker walk-off single, but Ike Davis hitting a grand slam home run earlier in the game was possibly the more interesting moment in the 6-5 victory.
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Pirates Over Cubs – It Had to End at Some Point
The hero for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tony Sanchez, has been involved in some long games before, but he was mostly happy to walk off the field with a 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs because he was starving as a 16 inning game ended with a walk-off single to end it.