Clinton Merrick Hurdle

Positions: Rightfielder, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1957 in Big Rapids, MI
High School: Merritt Island HS (Merritt Island, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1977 (Age 20)   vs. SEA 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals/Mets/Reds 1977-1987
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: June 26, 1987 (Age 29)   vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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• 5/21 North Side Notch: Travis Snider grand slam powers Pirates over Cubs: Final: Pirates 5, Cubs 4 (box) WP: Wandy Rodriguez (5-2, 3.40 ERA) LP: James Russell (1-1, 1.04 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (18, 1.31...
• 5/21 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 45 Recap - Pirates 5, Cubs 4: -For five innings the Pirates offense was getting dominated by Matt Garza. He had them off balance and while they were able to...
• 5/20 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Save Face Against Astros: Well, this series was a lot less fun than it projected to be. Pirates’ fans were once again subjected to tortuous low-scoring...
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• 5/18 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Drown Brewers For Series Win: The Pirates emphatically put the finishing touches on their four game series victory over the Brewers with a 7-1 rout last night...
• 5/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 42 Recap - Pirates 5, Astros 4: -As Pirates fans we all know too well what it feels like to lose the way the Astros lost tonight. I honestly feel bad for true...
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• 5/15 This is Getting Old: What Happens When You Compliment Clint Hurdle: Earlier today I gave Clint Hurdle a ton of props for his bullpen usage against the Brewers. The Pirates really managed the bullpen...
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• 5/11 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 31 - Pirates at Mets - Locke vs Gee: Pittsburgh Pirates (18-15) at New York Mets (13-17) 7:10 PM ET SeasonRd/HmLast StartLast 3 App STARTERSGSRECERAAIPRECERADATEOPPDECIPHERRECIPERA ...
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• 5/10 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 35: When the Pirates had a chance Hurdle had other thoughts.  He pinch hit for a pitcher that was cruising in the seventh and then...
• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Hot starts lead to broken hearts: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Hey, do...
• 5/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Mets 3, Pirates 2: The Bucs dropped their second-straight one-run decision on Thursday night, as the Mets squeaked out a walk-off win in the ninth...
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• 5/8 www.drstrangeglove.com: Jeanmar Gomez Gives Pirates Big Outing: If you sometimes feel that you have actually been watching a loop of the same Pirates’ game over and over for more than two...
• 5/8 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Seattle Mariners – Game 33: Whenever the Penguins lose a Pirates win almost always makes me feel alot better.  That probably says more about my mental state...
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• 5/7 Rum Bunter: James McDonald Placed on 15 Day Disabled List by Pittsburgh Pirates: James McDonald has struggled in his last two starts allowing ten earned runs in ten innings pitched.  Today the Pittsburgh Pirates...
• 5/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Charlie Morton Expected To Throw Bullpen Session in New York: Charlie Morton returned to Pittsburgh yesterday for the Pirates team doctors to examine his right throwing shoulder.  The Bucs...
• 5/5 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals – Game 31: I’m still **** off about yesterday’s game.  I hate when the Pirates lose like the Pirates.  That game had it all....
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• 5/3 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 29 Recap - Pirates 3, Nationals 1: -On a night that the Penguins got outplayed by the Islanders the Pirates put together a pretty nice game against a pretty good...
• 5/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller - Waiver Wire Help: This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: RotoBaller’s Three Fringe Waiver Picks for the Upcoming Weeks.In this...
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• 5/2 Rum Bunter: Be Afraid Of Pirates Starling Marte, Be Very Afraid: Starling Marte has been everything a Major League Baseball lineup could want from its leadoff hitter . Piles up hits?   Check. ...

• 4/30 This is Getting Old: Pirates Designate Jonathan Sanchez For Assignment: Another failed Neal Huntington love story.  He likes to go on expensive dates as Jonathan Sanchez will end up costing the Pittsburgh...
• 4/30 Rum Bunter: Pirates Enthusiasm Clubbed By Brewers:   Wandy Rodriguez saved his worst start as a Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher for the worst possible team.  The Milwaukee Brewers...
• 4/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Brewers 10, Pirates 4: I could probably go find any number of old recaps from games at Miller Park, copy and paste one here and change a few names, and...
• 4/27 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 24: Jonathan Sanchez is in the bullpen today.  The fact that he is still on this team is outrageous to me.  Not only is he terrible,...
• 4/27 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Rally, Outlast Lee and Phils 6-4: The Pirates put another victory into the books last night, coming from behind to win their third straight against the Phillies...
• 4/27 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 22: HeadhuntingThe Cardinals returned home after a successful road trip only to quickly  find themselves in the middle of a brawl ......
• 4/27 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 23 Recap - Cardinals 9, Pirates 1: -I was unable to watch a vast majority of this game because of other obligations so this will be brief. It looks like I picked...
• 4/26 mlbreports.com : Pirates Organizational Depth Charts (Majors And Minors), Rosters And 2013 Team Salary: Like us on Facebook here Friday, Apr.26/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): and welcome Jeff Kleiner (Salary,...
• 4/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 5, Phillies 3: Awesome comeback win for the Pirates tonight. Your heroes? Brandon Inge and Pedro Alvarez, of course! Those two (and several others)...
• 4/24 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 21 Recap - Pirates 5, Phillies 3: -The Pirates got handled pretty well by Roy Halladay to start the game and while they were down 3-1 after six innings of work...
• 4/24 www.drstrangeglove.com: Locke, Bullpen Shut Out Phillies: Jeff Locke had the best start of his young career as the Pirates shutout the Phillies 2-0 at Citizens Bank Park last night. The...
• 4/24 Rum Bunter: Pirates Getting Big Time Production From Cleanup Spot: The Pittsburgh Pirates lineup has been doing good things on offense, but nothing opens the eyes of the ladies than the longball. ...
• 4/23 Rum Bunter: Brandon Inge: The Official Twitter Hashtag Guide: Brandon Inge made his Pittsburgh Pirates debut this evening.  The Bucs rode six solid innings from southpaw Jeff Locke and got...
• 4/23 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Shoot Blanks Against Phillies, Lose 3-2: Baseball players often speak of the importance of having a short memory, meaning that the season is too long to dwell on missed...
• 4/22 www.drstrangeglove.com: Bucs Enjoy Wild Weekend Against Braves: Well, I think I am going to stop attempting to forecast the short term fortunes of the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates. I have to believe...
• 4/22 Rum Bunter: Unless Changes Made Pittsburgh Pirates Bubble Bound To Burst: Surely you know the numbers by know.  Walks are bad.  High strand rates are not sustainable.  Leadoff walks are bad.  Playing...
• 4/21 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 18 Recap - Pirates 4, Braves 2: -The Pirates got greedy today and gathered four runs and ten hits and overcame some shaky pitching to take three of four wins...
• 4/21 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves – Game 18: I get accused of being negative.  A lot. Right now I’m going to do something a little different because the past two games...
• 4/20 Rum Bunter: Russell Martin Starting Tonight For The Pirates… But Not At Catcher: Russell Martin has been an interesting player for the Pirates so far this season, to say the very least. He’s only hitting...
• 4/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Braves 6, Pirates 4: It was a battle of long balls on Thursday night at PNC Park, and even though the Pirates got two big blasts they’d been...
• 4/20 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/20:   Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pirates’ Rodriguez creates a power outage against Braves One night after observing the capabilities...
• 4/19 www.drstrangeglove.com: Questionable Decisions Lead to Braves Win Over Bucs: In contrast to the sharply played contest against the Cardinals the night before, last night’s game between the Pirates and...
• 4/18 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Atlanta Braves – Game 15: All I have to say is A.J. Burnett. The guy is a freaking legend.  A folk hero.  If the Pirates manage to turn it around this...
• 4/15 Rum Bunter: Pirates James McDonald Concerns/Doesn’t Concern/Concerns Clint Hurdle: James McDonald doesn’t instill confidence in me.  After getting five outs against the St. Louis Cardinals and putting his...
• 4/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 10, Reds 7: WOW. We’ve got an early candidate for the best win of the season. The Pirates worked their way out of a 5-0 hole in dramatic...
• 4/14 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds – Game 12: My Dad is constantly saying this: “No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter...
• 4/13 Mets360.com: These Mets came Back and…: Sometimes players get a second chance to play for a team.  Mostly this is a good thing.  Mostly.  Here is (what I believe to...
• 4/12 Rum Bunter: Andrew McCutchen Bomb Lifts Pirates Over Reds 6-5: A.J. Burnett pitched six inning and allowed six hits, three runs, three walks and struckout eight with a plus breaking ball. Unfortunately,...
• 4/12 Blog Red Machine: Reds/Pirates Game 1 Preview and Game Thread – 4/12/13: As has been pointed out more than once on BRM within the past 24 hours, yesterday’s day off for the Good Guys was a day...
• 4/12 This is Getting Old: Pirates Recall Bryan Morris: Busy day at TiGO.  I live for this type of thing! The #Pirates have recalled RHP Bryan Morris from Triple-A Indianapolis and...
• 4/10 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 9 Recap - Diamondbacks 10, Pirates 2: -Jonathan Sanchez wasn't overly great in his first start but he was still good enough to give good innings out of the backend...
• 4/10 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Decision On Wandy Rodriguez Lingers: Looking ahead to the weekend series with the Reds, the Bucs have set two of their three starters.  A.J. Burnett will pitch on...
• 4/9 Rum Bunter: Zoltan Returns, Wandy Rodriguez Exits: Pirates Drop Diamondbacks 5-3: Andrew McCutchen brought back Zoltan in a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, but the Pittsburgh Pirates lost starting pitcher...
• 4/9 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Arizona Diamondbacks – Game 7: I think we’ve figured out what the Pirates need to do to win games!  I can’t believe I never thought of it before....
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Please start hitting…Dodgers 3, Pirates 0: Sigh. The Pirates just staged an encore of the two losses to the Cubs–minus the mini ninth inning rallies–as the offense...
• 4/6 Rum Bunter: Zack Greinke Shines In Debut, Pirates Silenced By Dodgers: The Zack Greinke Show made its’ L.A. debut and it was received with rave reviews as the Dodgers topped the Pirates 3-0.  ...
• 4/6 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 5: I told you.  Squandering.  It’s what the Pirates do best.  They take major positives and just flush them down the toilet....
• 4/6 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 4 Recap - Dodgers 3, Pirates 0: -Just another brutally bad game for the Pirates offense. I mean I know it is only four games into the season but nobody has put...
• 4/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates drive fans completely nuts for the first of many times this season: Ugh. Brutal loss for the Bucs today, as they were completely inept on offense for eight innings and then rallied in the ninth,...
• 4/4 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 3 Recap - Cubs 3, Pirates 2: -The Pirates sure do know how to lose baseball games in the most painful way possible. I think people throw around the phrase...
• 4/4 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs – Game 3: Last night was a good night to be a Pirates fan.  Two hits! Shutout!  Scoring more than a run!  Frankly I can’t think...
• 4/4 Rum Bunter: Wanderful Wandy Rodriguez: Thank You Houston Astros:   Wandy Rodriguez. Wow. I’m still a bit frozen, but not nearly as badly as the Chicago Cubs hitters were on numerous...
• 4/3 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 2 Recap - Pirates 3, Cubs 0: -Man, how good did it seem about a billion Raise It tweets when Jason Grilli got the final out of the game? You just can't get...
• 4/3 mlbreports.com : 3 Reasons That The Pirates Will – Or Won’t End 20 Years Of Consecutive Losing Records: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.2/2013 By Brad Cuprik (Pirates Correspondent) The statistical improvements are easy to...
• 4/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: Barry's 2013 Baseball Predictions: Check out Brandon and I on the latest redsoxmaineiacs podcasts for a full breakdown of the AL east.  Here are my predictions...
• 4/1 RoxPile: 2013 MLB Preview: National League Predictions: Let’s round them up, with plenty of Rockies connections to go around. (Click here for AL predictions). NL EAST 1. Washington...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pirates were far from the most active team in baseball this winter, but they did make a few significant moves. Major League...

• 3/29 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview - Position Players: So here we are. We looked at all the other NL Central teams this week and saved the best for last. Yea, I am talking about the...
• 3/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates roster shaping up to be a mess in April: Opening Day is less than a week away, and we’re finally starting to see what the last couple spots on the 25-man roster...
• 3/26 Rum Bunter: Pirates Keep Brandon Inge On Roster, But Why?: Reports are coming out of Pirates camp right now that Brandon Inge will make the Pirates opening day roster, along with Jonathan...
• 3/25 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Pittsburgh Pirates: The series on team offense continues with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates finished tied for twenty third in the majors and...
• 3/23 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Have Released Brad Hawpe: Finally.  The Pittsburgh Pirates announced today that Brad Hawpe has been unconditionally released.  Tough day for Clint Hurdle. ...
• 3/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates add a second “J-Mac”: The Pirates acquired shortstop John McDonald from the Diamondbacks today. Arizona will receive a player to be named later or cash....
• 3/20 This is Getting Old: Pirates Acquire John McDonald from Diamondbacks: Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Pirates have traded for INF John McDonald. We have scooped everyone though.  We took the...
• 3/20 Rum Bunter: Does Clint Hurdle’s Love Of Veterans, Hurt The Pittsburgh Pirates?: Brad Hawpe had one hell of a ride when he played for Clint Hurdle with the Colorado Rockies.  The guy was a monster.  Which...
• 3/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: Some quick Bucs notes from the past week: World Baseball Classic: Jason Grilli did not make an appearance in the second round,...
• 3/13 Motor City Bengals: No Need to Bash Boesch: “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.’” -John Greenleaf Whittier...
• 3/12 mlbreports.com : Burnett’s Career Comes Full Circle With 1st Opening Day Start: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, March.12, 2013 By Brad Cuprik (Pirates Correspondent) It’s hard to believe that in just...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates to steal more bases in 2013?: Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen is one of baseball's elite players and sure to be an early first-round pick in fantasy...
• 3/6 Blog Red Machine: 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: For the past two seasons the Pittsburgh Pirates have had a great first half and a miserable second half. In 2012 at the All-Star...
• 3/4 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Charlie Morton: When thinking about Charlie Morton the first thing that generally comes to mind is “Electric Stuff”.  Either that...
• 3/4 Rum Bunter: Can We Kiss Jose Tabata Goodbye?: Perhaps being around roster starved players at the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training camp has impacted Jose Tabata.   Certainly having...

• 2/27 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Jordy Mercer: I don’t know if it’s just me, but that batting helmet makes Jordy Mercer look like a child.  The only thing missing...
• 2/26 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Fifth Starter Power Rankings:   In years past, the Pittsburgh Pirates have normally held a competition for the fifth starters spot in their rotation. ...
• 2/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Sunday notes: McDonald, Sanchez, Martin: The Pirates defeated the Braves 9-2 on Sunday to improve to 2-0 in Grapefruit League play.  They will take on the Twins at 1:05...
• 2/23 Rum Bunter: Pirates Videos: Gerrit Cole, Jameson Taillon Shine, Vic Black…Not So Much:       Gerrit Cole did what the big right hander does best, struck out a batter when he needed it.  The big right...
• 2/21 Billy-Ball.com: A.J. Burnett is the Pirates Opening Day Starter: The Bucs start here with A.J. Burnett on Opening Day. Burnett will be making his first ever Opening Day start when he faces the...
• 2/18 Rum Bunter: Clint Hurdle Extended Despite Historic Pittsburgh Pirates Collapse: The Pittsburgh Pirates will extend manager Clint Hurdle through the 2014 season and will have a club option for 2015.  The Bucs...
• 2/18 This is Getting Old: Pirates #Hurdled For Two More Years: Rob Biertempfel is reporting that the Pirates will extend Clint Hurdle.  This announcement came on Twitter so I can’t share...
• 2/18 Blog Red Machine: NLC Catcher Rankings: Molina and the Others: I think the headline says it all when it comes to the catchers in the NL Central.  If you honestly think about it, is there any...
• 2/18 Redlegs Review: 2013 NL Central Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates: Today we begin our series of previewing the Reds 2013 divisional opponents. The landscape of the NL Central is about the same...
• 2/10 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: James McDonald: I’m not quite sure why, but whenever I see James McDonald I instantly think of Florence Johnston from the Jeffersons. Same...
• 2/8 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Coaching Changes Can Impact 2013: Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training is coming quickly.   Yeh, we capitalize Spring Training–you probably should too. ...

• 1/25 MLB Dirt: Fantasy Predictions: Catcher Trends: Brian McCann is on a downward spiral that is somewhat alarming.  His ABs have dropped each of the past four years, and with good...
• 1/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Will the Cardinals ride the Ronny Cedeno rollercoaster?A new rumor has the St. Louis Cardinals among teams interested in inconsistent free agent infielder Ronny Cedeno....
• 1/25 MLB Dirt: Fantasy Trends: Catchers: Brian McCann is on a downward spiral that is somewhat alarming.  His ABs have dropped each of the past four years, and with good...
• 1/17 Rum Bunter: How The Hell Did Brad Hawpe End Up With Pittsburgh?: Brad Hawpe was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates with an invite to spring training.   Hawpe was a vital offensive piece of...
• 1/17 This is Getting Old: Pirates Sign Hawpe, Invite Him and Three Others To Spring Training: In what is a pretty clear trend the Pirates have brought on yet another Clint Hurdle guy, this time it’s Brad Hawpe.  You’ll...
• 1/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Release Rick VandenHurk: The Pittsburgh Pirates have released one of their most successful Triple-A pitchers from the 2012 season.  27-year old Rick VandenHurk...

• 12/30 Blog Red Machine: 2012 Reds Recall: August: With July now firmly behind us, the main emphasis was taking the NL Central title. The Reds began the month of August with a 3...
• 12/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Hurdle’s Law vs Murphy’s Law—Fighting for the Future of the Pirates: Pending a physical, the Pirates have agreed to a 2-year, $14 million contract with free agent lefty Francisco Liriano. This winter,...
• 12/4 Baseball News Source: With Russell Martin Signed – Pirates Look to Add More Players – But Who?: Can the Pirates add more free agents this winter The Pittsburgh Pirates shocked many last week when they signed free agent catcher...

• 11/29 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Sign Russell Martin: It seems like I haven't written much about the Pirates in a while and that is because I haven't there hasn't been much to talk...
• 11/29 Rum Bunter: Report: The Pittsburgh Pirates Have a New Catcher, Russell Martin Signs With Bucs: We told you the Pittsburgh Pirates wanted to make a splash for PiratesFest and it appears they have. The Bucs have reached an...
• 11/29 WahoosOnFirst: On Sandy Alomar and Managerial Greatness: When the Indians take the field again this spring, there will be a familiar face standing beside Terry Francona as he begins his...
• 11/12 El Maquino: CHASTISEMENTS FOR THE MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS AND ESPN: > The writers got the Rookie of the Year Awards right today.  Savor the feeling, because it’s the last day that the...
• 11/8 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: NL Manager of the Year: Davey Johnson: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/8 Baseball News Source: Walt Weiss Hired as Rockies Manager: Weiss was given a one-year deal by the Rockies Walt Weiss was hired to replace Jim Tracy who resigned Oct. 7 with one year and...

• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pirates will look to add offense and acquire pitching depth in the hopes of ending their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons. Guaranteed...
• 10/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates claim Chad Beck and Ali Solis: The Pirates claimed pitcher Chad Beck and catcher Ali Solis off waivers on Thursday. Jeff Clement and Eric Fryer were designated...

• 9/28 El Maquino: CARDS WRECK THEIR FORMER ALLY JACKSON: THE POSTGAME The Cardinals absolutely kicked the crap out of their World Series compatriot Edwin Jackson, tacking nine runs on...
• 9/23 PaulLebowitz.com: The Pirates Navy SEALs Training: Designed to Kill and Get Executives Fired: Ordinarily, I’d want to have a deeper understanding of exactly what the Pirates were doing when they decided to implement Navy...

• 8/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 19 Inning Marathon Notes: Yesterday the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, battling for second place in the NL Central with just one game separating...

• 7/26 PaulLebowitz.com: The Pirates Are Where The Astros Hope To Be 3-5 Years From Now: Reviving a dead franchise doesn’t happen overnight and creating a Frankenstein monster of discarded body parts (AKA players...
• 7/25 The Baseball Page: Inside Pittsburgh Pirates Clubhouse: Reaction to Wandy Rodriguez Trade: The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Wandy Rodriguez from the Houston...
• 7/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Surprise Buyers—National League: Yesterday I looked at the American League teams that are somewhat surprisingly in contention and what they should and shouldn’t...

• 4/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The Pirates Are On The Right Track—Believe It: For the second straight game the Pirates won and did it with a journeyman righty reliever, Juan Cruz, saving both games because...

• 3/23 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen gives the Pirates a potential MVP candidate. Photo: Cliff Welch/Icon SMI The series on team offense continues...

• 2/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The Pirates Take Advantage of the Yankees: The way a team like the Pirates has to function is by taking advantage of the big market clubs in the opposite fashion to the...
• 2/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Why Would A.J. Burnett Want to Go to the Pirates?: I can understand why the Pirates would want A.J. Burnett; why the Yankees want to trade A.J. Burnett; and Garrett Jones is a cheap...

• 12/18 Baseball Musings: Not OK: Clint Hurdle explains why the Pirates failed to exercise the option on Ronny Cedeno: “My wife puts things in perspective,”...

• 10/10 i70baseball.com: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Ballot: NL Manager Of The YearI-70 Baseball names their top 3 managers of the year in the National League, as part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
• 10/10 i70baseball.com: BBA Names Arizona’s Gibson, Tampa Bay’s Maddon Top ManagersTop Blogger Organization Awards Connie Mack Award For 2011...

• 8/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Pirates Need To Accentuate The Positives: The same qualities that Pirates manager Clint Hurdle used to get his club to overachieve into late July and be buyers rather than...
• 8/5 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Thursday 8/4: [Rounding up the day's action while still pondering the scoring of Brendan Ryan's "infield triple"....] -- Cliff Lee became the...

• 7/27 PaulLebowitz.com: Challenges Are The Way To Go With Expanded Replay: In case you missed it, last night’s Pirates-Braves game ended on a controversial call by umpire Jerry Meals in which Julio...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: Notes for Saturday 7/23: Dog days’ journey into night: -- Season debut for Tampa's Desmond Jennings: 3-2-2-1, 2 walks, 3B, 2B, SB, field littered with comic-book "swoosh!" lines. In...

• 6/16 Baseball Musings: Living in the Moment: A Pirates fan wants the team to keep winning: It’s because they’re true right now that I want to see the Pirates finish...
• 6/5 Baseball Musings: Pitcher Confidence: Clint Hurdle bunted with his number two hitter in the first inning Sunday afternoon. With the Pirates facing Roy Halladay and...
• 6/3 NY Baseball Digest: Former Mets Prospect Leading Long Island: It was September 3rd, 1990 and the Mets needed a shortstop to replace the injured Kevin Elster. A 23 year old kid from Brooklyn...

• 4/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 4.18.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the commenter who called me an idiot and my retort: I can hear this dude sizzlin’ and...
• 4/12 Royally Speaking: Opening day's greatest hits: Continuing with the opening day theme I've got going this week I looked up some of the best offensive opening day performances...
• 4/9 Baseball Musings: Strategic On-Deck Circle: Clint Hurdle tried to use the on-deck circle to his advantage Friday night: Hurdle sent Andrew McCutchen, who was due to hit two...

• 3/24 Baseball Musings: Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen looks to lead the Pirates offense in 2011. Photo: Icon SMI The series on team offense continues with the Pittsburgh...
• 3/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Developmentally Disoriented: You need only look at Mets camp with Jason Isringhausen or Yankees camp with Mark Prior to see the pitfalls of prospects carting...

• 11/16 NY Baseball Digest: You Can’t Read Alderson: More interviews? A grieving Sandy Alderson took time to speak to reporters in Orlando and give everyone a few nuggets. As I said...