Some things that have happened in the past few days:- If you are looking for another reason to hate the Brewers, check this out. Turns out their starting SS, Alcides Escobar, abandoned his daughter at birth and basically refuses to help her. His wife...

Danny Murtaugh, who coached the Pirates for parts of 15 seasons throughout the 50's, 60's, and 70's, was named among ten finalists eligible to be voted into the Hall of Fame. The voting will take place December 7th.Murtaugh, who died in 1976 just...

One thing that I must bring up is the pitching of Donald Veal. The guy has been an absolute freak of nature so far in the Arizona Fall League and is putting up numbers like he never has before. He leads the AFL in ERA with a 0.54 mark and is 3-0 in 5...

- First off, something I have not mentioned yet: the Pirates offered Matt Capps to Milwaukee for SS J.J. Hardy. The Brewers obviously declined as they traded Hardy to the Twins for Carlos Gomez. If the Pirates would have been able to pull off that...

The Pirates outrighted right handed pitchers Virgil Vasquez and Eric Hacker to AAA-Indianapolis today along with outrighting C Steve Lerud to AA-Altoona.This means the Pirates now have 36 people on their 40-man roster. Evan Meek and Jose Ascanio both...