Michael Charles McKenry (twitter: @theFortMcKenry)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 4, 1985 in Knoxville, TN
High School: Farragut HS (Knoxville, TN)
School: Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2010 (Age 25)   vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Rockies 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$505k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.136, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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• 5/19 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Trade Piece: I love Michael McKenry as much as the next Pirates fan, he’s been a great locker room guy and is a fan favorite thanks to several...
• 5/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Russell Martin and Pitch Framing: It is no secret that I have been a fan of the Russell Martin signing. At the time some people were a little bullish on the sign...
• 5/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 41 Preview: Pirates vs. Brewers: Brewers (16-22) at Pirates (23-17) 7:05 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Bucs look to take this week’s...
• 5/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Brewers 5, Pirates 1: The Pirates played a miserable baseball game on Monday night as a lifeless offense and disastrous defense led to a 5-1 loss to...
• 5/14 www.drstrangeglove.com: Pirates Stink, Lose Game: I will keep it short, since no one wants to spend even one more conscious moment thinking about last night’s embarrassing debacle...
• 5/14 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers – Game 39: After last night’s loss the Pirates are on track. On track for what?  One of two things.  The first is another disappointing...
• 5/13 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 38 Recap - Brewers 5, Pirates 1: -Just another game against the Brewers for the Pirates. They kept it relatively close for most of the game but the defense and...
• 5/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 11, Mets 2: The Pirates couldn’t have asked for a much better game on Saturday afternoon, as they blew out the Mets behind an offensive explosion and...
• 5/12 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 37 Recap - Pirates 3, Mets 2: -Much like it has gone all season the Pirates drop the first game of a four game series and then go on to win the next three....
• 5/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: Tony Sanchez called up to the “taxi squad”: Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez is in New York to potentially join the team if Russell Martin has to hit the DL with neck...
• 5/11 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Tony Sanchez Possibly Joining Pirates: Late last night Kristy Robinson had some scoop on Pirates catching prospect Tony Sanchez:Source: #Pirates catching prospect Tony...
• 5/9 Raise the Jolly Roger: Mariners 2, Pirates 1: Well, everyone expected a big time pitcher’s duel between Felix Hernandez and A.J. Burnett…and we certainly got one...
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• 5/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Nationals 6, Pirates 2: The Bucs dropped the series to the Nats on Sunday, falling in frustrating fashion for the second day in a row. They had a golden...
• 5/5 District On Deck: Espinosa leads Nationals to 6-2 victory over Pirates: The Washington Nationals were able to win the weekend series with the Pirates with a 6-2 victory Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh....
• 5/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 28 Recap - Pirates 6, Brewers 4: -This game was a little bit different than most. A little bit different in that both teams combined for less than 25 runs and...
• 5/1 Bush League Chronicle: Video: Michael McKenry flips bat after drawing walk, nearly hits umpire: Your browser does not support iframes.Home plate umpire Tim Welke nearly took a bat to the face Wednesday afternoon.The moment...
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• 4/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 25 Recap - Pirates 9, Cardinals 0: -The Pirates plan of attack nowadays seems to be to lose the first game of the series and then just decide that they aren't going...
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• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Stanton, Harvey, Hamilton: I answered over 40 questions in my hourlong chat on Tuesday, but there are always some good ones that fall through the cracks....
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• 4/21 Rum Bunter: The Neal Huntington Show Recap: The Pittsburgh Pirates Senior Vice President and General Manager held his Sunday show today on 93.7 The Fan.  Some interesting...
• 4/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: FanGraphs: Russell Martin's Defense : When the Pirates got Russell Martin there wasn't a ton of excitement about what he could bring offensively but what he has been...
• 4/15 El Maquino: CARDS BLAST THEIR WAY TO VICTORY, BULLPEN MANAGEMENT NOTWITHSTANDING: > The Cardinals got it all out of their systems in the first three innings against the Pirates, driving in all ten of their...
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• 4/15 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 15, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I discuss Jackie Robinson Day and ask to pay tribute to Larry Doby, the second pioneer...
• 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...
• 4/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 12 Preview: Pirates vs. Reds: Reds (5-6) at Pirates (5-6) 1:35 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Bucs go for a sweep of the Reds this...
• 4/14 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 12 Recap - Pirates 10, Reds 7: What a game. For a long time it looked like this was going to be a game where the Pirates collected seven or eight hits but since...
• 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Reds vs. Pirates: Day 14 Observations: Pirates 10, Reds 7 Pirates Bats: Shutout for six innings, the Pirates put up ten runs during the seventh and the eighth...
• 4/9 Rum Bunter: This Week In Bad Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Infographics: This Week In Bad Pirates Baseball Infographics: After seven games, we thought we would take a close look at, well, let’s...
• 4/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 6 Preview: Pirates at Dodgers: Pirates (1-4) at Dodgers (3-2) 4:10 PM–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Pirates look to avoid a...
• 4/7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 6 Recap - Dodgers 6, Pirates 2: -Another disappointing game. This was much of the same even if the game started out different but it is what it is I guess. The...
• 4/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 6, Pirates 2: I’m Really Going To Miss the Pirates: For the first four hitters of today’s sellout matinee against the Pirates, there was concern. Hyun-jin Ryu had allowed Starling...
• 4/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 3 Preview: Which J-Mac will show up?: Cubs (1-1) at Pirates (1-1) 12:35 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT, WGN It’s a matinee rubber match...
• 4/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Opening Day Roster set: The Bucs have trimmed their roster down much like I predicted they would yesterday, and here’s what it looks like: Rotation:...

• 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...
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• 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...
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• 1/23 mlbreports.com : Pittsburgh Pirates Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, January 23, 2013 By Brad Cuprik (Pirates Correspondent) Although the Pirates made significant...
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• 12/31 Rum Bunter: Throwing a Dart at 2013 Production of Pittsburgh Pirates Catcher Russell Martin: The Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager and Senior Vice President stated signing Russell Martin would be the big move the Bucs...

• 11/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates to sign Russell Martin: The Pirates have reached a deal with free agent catcher Russell Martin, pending a physical. The deal is for $17 million over two...
• 11/29 Call to the Pen: Russell Martin Agrees to Deal with Pirates: The New York Yankees were outbid by a small market team in their efforts to retain free agent catcher Russell Martin, who agreed...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Pirates Agree To Terms With Russell Martin: The Pirates have agreed to a contract with free agent catcher Russell Martin, reports FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal (via Twitter),...
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• 11/12 The "Mc" Effect: Early Thoughts on the Catching Situation: The biggest question the Pirates have coming into the offseason is who will be playing catcher for the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates?...
• 11/10 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Catcher Michael McKenry Big Fan of Hoka Hey: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Michael McKenry made his rounds among  the Pittsburgh media yesterday to promote Pirates Caravan...

• 10/31 Raise the Jolly Roger: News and notes: Bell, Barajas, Coonelly: Plenty of Bucs news on Wednesday… The Pirates hired former shortstop Jay Bell as their new hitting coach. Bell replaces...
• 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...
• 10/19 Rum Bunter: So Long Man Behind the Cage, An Ode to Pittsburgh Pirates Hitting Coach Gregg Ritchie: Gregg Ritchie said he hasn’t spent a summer at home since he was fifteen years old.  Baseball consumed Ritchie and now...
• 10/17 Rum Bunter: The Walking Dead Inspired Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Deconstruction: Catchers: The Walking Dead inspired Pittsburgh Pirates roster deconstruction is about to begin. Every Pirates fan realizes what the Pirates...

• 9/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Twenty: The Pirates certainly made their 81st loss about as painful as possible, and after one night of happiness, they followed it up...
• 9/26 Rum Bunter: Frank Coonelly Speaks in Midst of Pittsburgh Pirates September to Misremember: The Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly made an announcement today.   I didn’t even read it. Why should I read...
• 9/25 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Twice is Nice for Ike in 6-2 Win Over Pirates: The Mets started their last home series with a bang, as Ike Davis helped provide Jenrry Mejia all the support he would need to...
• 9/19 Rum Bunter: More on The Pittsburgh Pirates Theft Epidemic: The Pittsburgh Pirates have an epidemic.   You know that and it probably scares you just as badly as it scares me. We looked...
• 9/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs’ skid reaches seven: The Pirates continue to plummet, as they lost their seventh in a row on Friday to fall within one game of .500. I’m honestly...
• 9/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Cubs: Pirates (72-70) at Cubs (56-87) 2:20 PM EST–Wrigley Field, Chicago Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports, WGN Well,...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: Barajas Willing To Take Less To Return To Pirates: The Pirates hold a $3.5MM option on Rod Barajas for 2013, but should they decline it, the catcher says that he would be willing...
• 9/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: Free fall reaches five: The Pirates fell again Tuesday night, this time in a more non-descript fashion…but still close enough to be frustrating....
• 9/8 Rum Bunter: Wow. Heh, Pittsurgh Pirates, That Sucked: The Pittsburgh Pirates are fighting for their lives to get to the postseason. The Chicago Cubs came into PNC Park with a six-game...
• 9/7 Baseball News Source: Pirates’ Low Payroll, Improved Record Signal Small-Market Success: Whether or not the Pirates reach the postseason, their 2012 campaign will likely end as proof that GM Neal Huntington’s...
• 9/2 Raise the Jolly Roger: Brewers bash Bucs again:  The Pirates were swept out of Milwaukee on Sunday, as a good day at the plate wasn’t enough to overcome another awful...
• 9/2 Raise the Jolly Roger: Another Miller Park nightmare: The Pirates’ woes in Miller Park appear to be back, as they dropped game two of this weekend’s series in extremely...

• 8/31 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 131 Recap - Brewers 9, Pirates 3: Just your typical game in Milwaukee. The Pirates came out and gave up four runs in the first inning and the offense couldn't figure...
• 8/30 Baseball News Source: Pirates – September Call-Ups and Active Roster Preview: Pirates call-ups to help post-season push The first of September in Pittsburgh normally means the arrival of 10-15 minor league...
• 8/30 Rum Bunter: The Man Behind The Cage: This Pittsburgh Pirates Coach Deserves Some Love: Pittsburgh Pirates Hitting Coach Gregg Ritchie had to be feeling pretty **** good last night heading into the final game of the...
• 8/29 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 129: Pedro Alvarez leads the Pirates with two mammoth home runs: Maybe it was just one day. Hopefully it's more than that. But for one single day, baseball was extremely fun again. The Pittsburgh...
• 8/26 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Starter Jeff Karstens Shuts Down Milwaukee Brewers, Exits With Injury: The Pittsburgh Pirates desperately needed a solid start against the Milwaukee Brewers.  Right hander Jeff Karstens gave them...
• 8/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates put it all together: The Pirates got a great starting pitching effort, broke through for a big inning, and the bullpen didn’t screw things up....
• 8/25 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 126 Recap - Pirates 4, Brewers 0: The Pirates finally got off the slide in a big way. It was probably the most complete game the Pirates have played in some time...
• 8/24 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 125 Recap - Brewers 6, Pirates 5: Another day and another loss for the Pirates, this time to the Brewers, at PNC Park. This slide that the Pirates were on was...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 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...
• 8/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Breaking down the big win at Busch: There were a ton of notable tidbits and storylines from Sunday’s insane 19-inning affair in St. Louis. In addition to the...
• 8/19 El Maquino: HERE COMES THE CAVALRY: THE POSTGAME Setting aside for now the obvious standings implications, only two important things happened after 19 innings and...
• 8/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game Day 121 Recap - Pirates 6, Cardinals 3 (19 innings): Last season the Pirates played a 19 inning game that resulted in a heartbreaking loss that some might say was the beginning of...
• 8/19 Raise the Jolly Roger: Missed chances cost Bucs: The Pirates missed several opportunities on Saturday and ultimately came up one run short, falling to the Cardinals 5-4. Erik...
• 8/18 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 119: James McDonald has a much needed bounce back start: A.J. Burnett may not have been the stopper that he usually is on Thursday. But even without having his best stuff, he put...
• 8/18 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 120: Recap What’s more important, the win or Jmac’s great start? I think they are about equal.  We need two things to...
• 8/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: The old McDonald: If the Pirates are going to make the playoffs, they’re going to need James McDonald to help anchor their rotation–like...
• 8/17 El Maquino: BUCS KICK CARDS AS DESCALSO STARTS AGAIN: THE BIG PIECE: WHO TO START AT SECOND So Daniel Descalso got the start over Skip Schumaker again, and it’s a big debate...
• 8/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: Dodgers gain ground: The Dodgers inched closer to the Pirates in the NL Wild Card race on Monday night with a 5-4 victory at PNC Park. Jeff Karstens...
• 8/13 Operation Shutdown: Game 115 Recap - Dodgers 5 Pirates 4: (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)Late Rally Falls Short, Bucs Lose 5-4WP: Aaron Harang (8-7)LP: Jeff Karstens (4-3)S:...
• 8/13 The "Mc" Effect: 8/13 Recap | Dodgers 5 Pirates 4: Jeff Karstens pitched seven innings and struck out seven, while allowing four runs. Shane Victorino accounted for three of the...
• 8/13 Lasorda's Lair: Conversations With the Enemy-Three Rivers Edition-Rumbunter: I recently sat down to discuss Baseball with Tom Smith editor of http://rumbunter.com The Pirates site over here on Fansided....
• 8/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Pirates August 13, 2012: Harang vs Karstens: You can make an argument for Baltimore or Oakland or Washington, I suppose, but for my money, no team tops Pittsburgh in the “well,...
• 8/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Big blast stops the bleeding: Obviously, teams could always use a nine run inning…and obviously, nine run innings are rare. Before Sunday, the Pirates...
• 8/12 Operation Shutdown: Game 114 Recap - Pirates 11 Padres 5: (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)Bucs Explode for 9 in the 4th, Top Padres 11-5WP: Erik Bedard (7-12)LP: Ross Ohlendorf...
• 8/11 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Diego Padres – Game 113: I put last night’s game mostly on Hurdle.  McDonald shouldn’t have pitched in his last game, let alone this game,...
• 8/10 Baseball News Source: Pirates McCutchen, Alvarez in Power Slumps – Role Players Step Up: Pedro Alvarez and Andrew McCutchen have a combined 44 home runs and 127 rbi this season, but both have been in power-slumps recently....
• 8/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: A sour split: The Pirates have come a long way to get to the point where a series split against a contending team is a disappointment, but that’s...
• 8/9 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 111: Two Jason Kubel bombs cause Pirates to settle for series split: Since being acquired, Wandy Rodriguez has been good but not great in his starts as a Pittsburgh Pirate. On Thursday, he made...
• 8/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: 53-1: The Pirates entered the night 53-0 when leading a game after seven innings. That’s how good the back end of the bullpen...
• 8/7 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 109 Recap - Diamondbacks 10, Pirates 4: There are many highs and lows in a baseball season and the same can be said about just pretty much everything in life. You know...
• 8/5 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 107 Recap - Pirates 6, Reds 2: For so many years the Pirates would drop a couple of game and then go into a free fall that they weren't able to get out of. Last...
• 8/5 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 106: Pirates battle back twice but pitching falters: If you are a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, you may want to stop reading this recap right now if you didn't see the game. It was...
• 8/5 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds – Game 107: Was there anything worse than losing the game and failing to make a statement?  Not in my book.  I looked at this series as...
• 8/5 Raise the Jolly Roger: Reds keep rolling: It was another frustrating night in Cincinnati for the Pirates, as they came up short in both the beanball/intimidation/whatever-you-want-to-call-it...
• 8/4 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Roy Halladay dominates Diamondbacks – First Win since May: PHILADELPHIA – Roy Halladay surrendered just three hits over seven innings of work to earn a 3-0 victory over the Arizona...
• 8/4 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 106 Recap - Reds 5, Pirates 4: Well, the game was much better than it was last night but still the same result. What turned out to be the winning play in a tie...
• 8/4 The "Mc" Effect: 8/4 Recap | Reds 5 Pirates 4: The Pirates lost a big game to the Cincinnati Reds tonight 5 to 4. James McDonald did not have to great of an outing. He pitched...
• 8/3 Blog Red Machine: The Pirates Want Our Booty: If the playoffs started today (I wonder how many times we’ll see that over the next two months…), here’s how...
• 8/2 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 104: Garrett Jones delivers big off the bench: Maybe the easiest stretch in the schedule for the Pittsburgh Pirates came to a close on Wednesday afternoon. The Pirates ultimately...
• 8/1 North Side Notch: Jones, Fort Lead the Way in 8-4 Win Over Cubs: Final: Pirates 8, Cubs 4 WP: Jeff Karstens (4-2, 3.70 ERA) LP: Travis Wood (4-7, 4.90 ERA) Jeff Karstens held the Cubs to just...
• 8/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 104 Recap - Pirates 8, Cubs 4: I know the headline says that the Pirates won 8-4 but the game was much more of a route than that. The Pirates went into Wrigley...
• 8/1 The "Mc" Effect: 8/1 Recap | Pirates 8 Cubs 4: The Pirates won another series this afternoon beating the Cubs 8 to 4. Jeff Karstens had a decent outing, pitching five innings,...

• 7/31 The "Mc" Effect: 7/30 Recap | Cubs 14 Pirates 4: Erik Bedard had his worst start of the season for the Pirates pitching 4.1 innings and allowing nine runs. He allowed home runs...
• 7/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bedard & Bucs blown out: The Pirates imploded for a second straight day–this time in more spectacular fashion–as they lost in a horrific blowout...
• 7/30 Buccos Buzz: Starling Marte Homers on First Major League Pitch; July 27 Preview: at Houston Astros: In case you somehow missed it, Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Starling Marte got the call to the Major Leagues for last night’s...
• 7/28 North Side Notch: Michael McKenry Leads Comeback Win over Astros: Final: Pirates 6, Astros 5 WP: Tony Watson (5-1, 4.45 ERA) LP: Rhiner Cruz (1-1, 7.41 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (31, 2.18 ERA) That...
• 7/28 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 99: Wild pitch give the Pirates wild win: Don't even count this team out regardless of what the situation is. The Pittsburgh Pirates are the Houston Astros and yes, it...
• 7/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 99 Recap - Pirates 6, Astros 5: To be honest I really have no idea how to describe this game. I didn't really get to watch a lot of this game because I had some...
• 7/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Two more comebacks sink Astros again: The Pirates have taken care of business against the Astros so far this year, but for the most part it hasn’t been easy....
• 7/27 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Pirates Rally over Hard-Luck Astros: HOUSTON –  Drew Sutton scored on a wild pitch and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied with two runs in the ninth-inning to...
• 7/27 The "Mc" Effect: 7/27 Recap | Pirates 6 Astros 5: Late inning drama went down in Houston tonight as the Bucs edged out a hard fought victory over the Houston Astros. Five pitchers...
• 7/26 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: The St. Louis Cardinals Spoil Hanley Ramirez’s First Game As A Los Angeles Dodger: NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (F/12) Hanley Ramirez had a nice first game as a Dodger, going 2-4...
• 7/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 97 Recap - Pirates 3, Cubs 2: The Pirates salvaged a win in the three games set against the Cubs and won the final game of the series after dropping the first...
• 7/26 The "Mc" Effect: How Good Does Michael McKenry Have To Be?: Michael McKenry had a slow offensive start to the season, hitting .184 through his first 15 games. Since then (May 15), he has...
• 7/26 The "Mc" Effect: 7/25 Recap | Pirates 3 Cubs 2: The Pirates managed to win the series finale with the Cubs, but it was in unconvincing fashion. Somehow, Kevin Correia was once...
• 7/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs come back twice to avoid sweep: The Pirates battled back from two deficits against the best pitcher in the National League this season, and a huge crowd of 33,000-plus...
• 7/22 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 94: Another day game home run for Pedro Alvarez: The Miami Marlins spent a ton of money in the offseason in hopes of creating a contender in the competitive NL East. They...
• 7/18 North Side Notch: Andrew McCutchen homers again in 6-2 win: Final: Pirates 6, Rockies 2 WP: Erik Bedard (5-10, 4.55 ERA) LP: Christian Friedrich (5-7, 5.85 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (25, 2.29...
• 7/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 90 Recap - Pirates 6, Rockies 2: The Pirates finally got back on the right track and while the Rockies had the big inning last night it was the Pirates that were...
• 7/18 The "Mc" Effect: 7/17 Recap | Pirates 6 Rockies 2: After a tough walk off loss Monday night, the Pirates bounced back with a nice win. Erik Bedard pitched well for the Pirates...
• 7/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Pirates look to continue magical season in the second half: Don’t look now, but once again the Pittsburgh Pirates are in contention to win the National League Central at the All-Star...
• 7/13 Throw the Challenge Flag: Midseason Pittsburgh Pirates Awards/Predictions/Projections And So On: An All-Star break that seems as if it lasted 13 years is just about over and the Pittsburgh Pirates will be beginning the unofficial...
• 7/13 Reviewing the Brew: Series Six Pack with Rum Bunter’s Jeff Snedden: Welcome once again to Series Six Pack. In these, we try to analyze the Milwaukee Brewers’ series with the opposition by...
• 7/12 This is Getting Old: TiGO’s 2012 Mid-Season Pirates Awards: Pitcher of the half Melissa: It was a tough choice between James McDonald and AJ Burnett, but I had to go with AJ.  As we know,...
• 7/10 The "Mc" Effect: How Sustainable is the Pirates 2012 Success?: The Pirates were baseball's biggest story of the first half of the season. They finished 11 games over .500 and have the second...
• 7/8 North Side Notch: James McDonald cruises as Pirates defeat Giants 3-1: Final: Pirates 3, Giants 1 WP: James McDonald (9-3, 2.37 ERA) LP: Ryan Vogelsong (7-4, 2.36 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (23, 2.38 ERA)...
• 7/7 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 84: James McDonald out duels Ryan Vogelsong, K's 10: Sometimes even a good offense has to win games the way that the Pittsburgh Pirates were doing so for most of the first two...
• 7/7 The "Mc" Effect: 7/7 Recap | Pirates 3 Giants 1: The Pirates rebounded after a tough loss to the Giants on Friday night with an impressive win on Saturday. James McDonald pitched...
• 7/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: “King James” dominates Giants: James McDonald made a statement in his final start before the All Star break, which is indeed going to a break for him despite...
• 7/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bedard bounced in fourth, Bucs lose: The fourth inning that wouldn’t end cost the Pirates in a big way on Friday night, as they blew an early lead and missed...
• 7/5 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 82: Jeff Karstens K's eight in shutout win: The starting pitching that carried the Pittsburgh Pirates through the first two months of the season has tapered off over...
• 7/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs finish first half in style: It was a very happy (but hot) Fourth of July in Pittsburgh, as the Pirates earned their third straight comeback victory over the...
• 7/4 The "Mc" Effect: 7/4 Recap | Pirates 6 Astros 4: The Pirates kept on rolling on Independence Day with a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros. They got off to a bit of a slow start...
• 7/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 78 Recap - Cardinals 5, Pirates 4: With a chance to earn the sweep over the Cardinals and gain three games in the standings over them they faltered today and just...
• 7/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Missed chances cost Bucs the sweep: The Pirates missed a bunch of chances this afternoon and came up just short of a sweep in St. Louis as a result. Erik Bedard wasn’t...
• 7/1 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 78: Mike McKenry goes deep but Bucs stand eight: Sweeps are not easy to come by against any team. Especially a team that you haven't swept since 1991. But that's exactly what...
• 7/1 The "Mc" Effect: 7/1 Recap | Cardinals 5 Pirates 4: The Pirates left the tying run on base in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings and came just a run short against the Cardinals...

• 6/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Big day (if Cutch is OK): Other than a briefly-terrifying  (but apparently not serious) injury to Andrew McCutchen, today’s game was pretty darn...
• 6/29 North Side Notch: Five run 1st inning enough as Bucs hold on in series finale: Final: Pirates 5, Phillies 4 WP: A.J. Burnett (9-2, 3.31 ERA) LP: Kyle Kendrick (2-8, 5.35 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (20, 2.10 ERA)...
• 6/28 North Side Notch: Nooooooo doubt about it?: Final: Pirates 11, Phillies 7 WP: James McDonald (7-3, 2.44 ERA) LP: Raul Valdes (2-1, 3.24 ERA) [Imaginary Save: Brad Lincoln...
• 6/28 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 74: Pirates vs. Phillies Recap: Leave it to a match-up between teams from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to come up with such a bizarre series of games. Once...
• 6/28 The "Mc" Effect: McPirates Bring the McWood: The "Mc" Effect has never been stronger than it was tonight. The Pirates beat the Phillies 11-7 with four of the main contributors...
• 6/27 Operation Shutdown: McCity! BUCS WIN: (AP Photo/Michael Perez) 4 McRuns, 8 McRBI, 3 McHomers and a McWinWP: James McDonald (7-3)LP: Raul Valdes (2-1)Source: FanGraphsBy...
• 6/27 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 74 Recap - Pirates 11, Phillies 7: No idea where to even start with this recap. The game started bad, went really good, got really bad then got really good again....
• 6/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: “Bullpen day” backfires for Phils, not for Brad: The Phillies were in a tough spot on Wednesday night. Because of some injuries in their rotation and a rainout/doubleheader that...
• 6/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Phillies:  Pirates (38-35) at Phillies (36-40) 7:05 PM EST–Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT...
• 6/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 73 Recap - Phillies 5, Pirates 4: If last night was a defensive struggle that led to the Pirates demise tonight it was the offense (to an extent) and some terrible...
• 6/26 Phillies Nation: Chooch’s Tear Continues, Helps Phillies Beat Bucs: CHOOOOOOOOOOCH -Carlos Ruiz cannot be stopped. The man is a machine. With three hits – one of which was a bomb that nearly...
• 6/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs lose in brutal fashion: Ugh. Sunday was an acceptable loss. It was Kevin Correia against Justin Verlander and the Bucs still almost won. Monday was just...
• 6/25 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 72 Recap - Phillies 8, Pirates 3: Well tonight was another one of "those" nights. You know what I am talking about, early on you know the game is going to be long...
• 6/21 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 67: Pirates vs. Twins Recap: Prior to Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Pirates had scored seven or more runs in three straight games for the first time since...
• 6/20 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 67 Recap - Twins 2, Pirates 1: In what has been a pretty good month for the Pirates offense where they rank in the top-10 of many of the major offensive categories...
• 6/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Twins cool off Bucs, pull off late win: The Pirates’ bats went cold and the Twins were able to capitalize late, evening this week’s series with a 2-1 win....
• 6/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Twins: Twins (26-40) at Pirates (35-31) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs will...
• 6/10 Buccos Buzz: Sabermetric Summer: WAR and the Pittsburgh Pirates: I want to put together a series of posts taking a look at some sabermetric statistics (click the link for a brief history and...
• 6/10 Crashburn Alley: Not Again!: Tie game on the road, use any reliever but the guy earning $50 million, the most ever for a relief pitcher. That’s been...
• 6/8 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 56: Pirates vs. Reds Recap: Oh how dangerous the Pittsburgh Pirates can be when someone other than Andrew McCutchen is producing offensively. Especially...
• 6/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: Battlin’ Bucs best Reds: Every win is enjoyable, but this one really meant a lot for the Pirates. It was a back-and-forth contest on the road with the...
• 6/4 The "Mc" Effect: Current Pirates and the Draft: Since the draft is tonight and I have too much free time on my hands today, I wanted to make a list and show where the current...
• 6/3 Raise the Jolly Roger: Back to normal: Saturday’s game was a much more like a typical night in Milwaukee for the Pirates. Maybe it was a good thing that it wasn’t...

• 5/22 High Heat Stats: Notes & nubbins: A few Monday games: The ISP ate my homework last night. I’m posting this in whatever form it was saved — apologies for any errors and...
• 5/22 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets – Game 43: A gutty win?  Homeruns?  Offense?  Great work from the bullpen? That is everything the Pirates had last night.  It looked...
• 5/22 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs battle back, win on Met mistake: The Pirates pulled off an improbable, impressive comeback to dig their way out of an early hole Monday night, and then the Mets...
• 5/21 Operation Shutdown: The Comeback Kids, BUCS WIN: Written by Brendan(AP Photo/{Keith Srakocic})Pirates cap off a four run comeback, win 5-4WP: Jared Hughes (1-0)LP: Jon Rauch...
• 5/21 The "Mc" Effect: 5/21 Recap | Pirates 5 Mets 4: The Pirates won a game that not many people thought they could win on Monday night, scoring five unanswered runs to beat the...
• 5/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 39 Recap - Tigers 6, Pirates 0: Welp, not much to say on this one. Obviously Justin Verlander is one of the best pitchers in the game right now and when he is...
• 5/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: Nearly a no-no: Despite their famous streak of futility, the Pirates somehow haven’t been no-hit since Bob Gibson did it in 1971. That’s...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Ninth: Justin Verlander comes out for the ninth innings, expecting to face Michael McKenry, Josh Harrison, and Neil Walker of the Pirates....
• 5/15 Operation Shutdown: One Big Inning, BUCS LOSE: Emilio Bonfiacio triples in the second (Photo by Sarah Glenn/Getty Images)Marlins Plate five in the 4th, top Bucs 6-2WP: Josh...
• 5/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Correia crumbles: The Pirates’ quest for .500 fell short on Tuesday night, as the Marlins roughed up Kevin Correia and earned a split of the...
• 5/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs win the Mother’s Day marathon: In a game that was frustrating for a while and downright maddening in the final few innings, the Pirates were able to come away...
• 5/6 The "Mc" Effect: 4/6 Recap | Reds 5 Pirates 0: Charlie Morton gave up five runs (four earned) in six innings and the Pirates couldn’t scratch even a single run off of Mat...

• 4/30 Buccos Buzz: Game 22 Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves: The Pittsburgh Pirates (9-12) dropped yesterday afternoon’s game 4-3 in Atlanta behind a rare poor road outing from Kevin...
• 4/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 15 Recap - Cardinals 5, Pirates 1: Another day of Erik Bedard on the bump for the Pirates and a lot more of the same stuff as the Pirates can’t scratch any runs...
• 4/22 The "Mc" Effect: 4/22 Recap | Cardinals 5 Pirates 1: The Pirates had another horrible offensive showing on Sunday scoring just one run. Kyle Lohse was the starter for the Cardinals...
• 4/22 Raise the Jolly Roger: Silenced again: Remember the ridiculous lack of run support Paul Maholm got last year when he was pitching well early on? The Pirate hitters must...
• 4/15 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 9 Recap - Pirates 4, Giants 1: The Pirates broke a five game skid today and beat the Giants 4-1. It was actually some sort of site to see. The Pirates offense...
• 4/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Return of the road warrior: The Pirates stopped their skid and picked up a much needed win on Sunday thanks to some strong pitching, a little bit of offense,...
• 4/13 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 6: Pirates vs. Dodgers Recap: It did not take very long for a large portion of the optimism surrounding the Pittsburgh Pirates to plunge out of the city. When...
• 4/13 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 2: Pirates vs. Phillies Recap: For the first 16 innings of the 2012 baseball season, Alex Presley and Jose Tabata were the only two members of the Pittsburgh...
• 4/13 Throw the Challenge Flag: Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 Season Preview: Take a look at Pittsburgh from an outsider's point of view for a second. Think about how ridiculous of a notion it is that a city...
• 4/13 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 6 Recap - Dodgers 3, Pirates 2: A better effort from the Pirates tonight, for half of the game, but the result stayed the same as they got swept in Los Angeles...
• 4/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Still stuck: Well, if you were among those of us that thought the offense would finally get going a bit against a mediocre pitcher…you...
• 4/12 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Avoiding the sweep – Pirates at Dodgers: Pirates (2-3) at Dodgers (5-1) 10:10 PM EST–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The...
• 4/9 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Series Recap: Philadelphia Phillies: In the end, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season opening series with the Philadelphia Phillies proved extremely encouraging despite...
• 4/8 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 3 Recap - Pirates 5, Phillies 4: The Pirates did it again. In front of over 19,000 on Easter Sunday they walked it off again on the Phillies and took the series...
• 4/8 The "Mc" Effect: 4/8 Recap | Pirates 5 Phillies 4: So many things to talk about here.When in doubt, we'll start with the starting pitching. James McDonald pitched six strong innings...
• 4/8 Operation Shutdown: Elvis(Alex) Has Just Left the Building, BUCS WIN: Bucs walk off in the 10th, beat Phils 2-1WP: Juan Cruz (1-0)LP: Joe Blanton (0-1)The Pirates walked off in style tonight in...
• 4/8 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Happy Easter! Pirates vs. Phillies: Phillies (1-1) at Pirates (1-1) 1:35 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports Happy Easter...
• 4/7 Phillies Nation: Watching Paint Dry As Pirates Win: What will go down in the books as a Joe Blanton loss actually had nothing to do with the Kentucky chubster.  The Phillies provided...
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: By the slimmest of margins…: It wasn’t easy or pretty, but the Pirates found a way to raise the Jolly Roger for the first time this year with a 10 inning...
• 4/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 6, Orioles 6 // Twins 15, Pirates 3: The Pirates split up today. They were destroyed on the road by Minnesota and tied at home with Baltimore. On the mound: Erik Bedard...

• 3/30 Buccos Buzz: Erik Bedard Solid in Loss to Baltimore Orioles: Opening Day starter Erik Bedard took the mound for the fourth time this spring in Monday’s 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles....
• 3/30 The "Mc" Effect: 3/26 Recap | Orioles 4 Pirates 1: Erik Bedard had a fantastic outing on Monday night under the lights of McKechnie Field. The Pirates newly announced Opening Day...
• 3/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Orioles 4, Pirates 1: The Bucs fell to the Orioles tonight at McKechnie. On the mound: Erik Bedard looked awesome. He absolutely cruised through the...
• 3/21 The "Mc" Effect: 3/21 Recap | Pirates 6 Red Sox 5: The Pirates squeaked out a win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday and added to their total of games with double-digit hits....
• 3/20 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Pittsburgh Pirates: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/7 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Send Out Top Squad for Spring Training Game Five: The Pittsburgh Pirates meet the Toronto Blue Jays today in the fifth game of Spring Training 2012. Both teams are 2-2 thus far....
• 3/6 Buccos Buzz: Pirates Lose Spring Training Opener vs. Toronto Blue Jays: In the first meaningless game of the 2012 MLB preseason, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1. James McDonald started...
• 3/6 The "Mc" Effect: 2012 Position Previews - Catcher: Getting into some 2012 position by position previews. Starting behind the dish at catcher.After losing Ryan Doumit and Chris...
• 3/6 The "Mc" Effect: 3/3 Recap | Pirates Get 3 Hits, Lose 7-1: The Pirates started off their Grapefruit League schedule with a dud of a performance, losing 7-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays. The...
• 3/6 Raise the Jolly Roger: Blue Jays 7, Pirates 1: The Bucs dropped the spring opener 7-1 to Toronto today in Dunedin. On the mound: James McDonald started and pitched his two scheduled...

• 2/29 The "Mc" Effect: Pittsburgh Pirates Could Set a McRecord in 2012: My blog's disposition was talked about on ESPN's Baseball Today podcast with Eric Karabell and Mark Simon the other day. The question...
• 2/23 The "Mc" Effect: Headlines, Headlines, Headlines: We're about to start a new season of baseball, and the beat writers are off and running. Here are some of the big headlines for...
• 2/17 The "Mc" Effect: Early 25 Man Roster Prediction: Catchers:Rod BarajasMichael McKenryFirst Base:Garrett JonesCasey McGeheeSecond Base:Neil WalkerJosh HarrisonShortstop:Clint...

• 1/6 Raise the Jolly Roger: Early look at 2012: Offense: Yes, it’s still EXTREMELY early and tons of things could (and should) change between now and April 5th, but since we’ve...

• 12/12 The "Mc" Effect: This Is Getting McRidiculous: The Pirates have traded Jose Veras for Casey McGehee. You cannot make this crap up. I'm pretty sure Neal Huntington is my biggest...
• 12/7 The "Mc" Effect: Ciriaco and Jaramillo DFA'd: With the recent signings of Nate McLouth and Erik Bedard, the Pirates had to clear some space on the 40-man roster. They did...
• 12/5 The "Mc" Effect: Pirates Interested in Ian Stewart: The Pirates seem to have some interest in Rockies third baseman Ian Stewart. Stewart is not a free agent, the Pirates would...

• 11/30 The "Mc" Effect: Clint Hurdle's Influence: The Pirates are rumored to have interest in Aaron Cook. I wrote about that and more earlier today, so be sure to check that...
• 11/23 This is Getting Old: 2011 Pirates Redux – Catcher Edition: Alright so this one should be pretty easy as the Buccos have really addressed this position. The Pirates lost Ryan Doumit and...
• 11/13 This is Getting Old: 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates Redux – Thirdbase Edition: Last season was a very disappointing one, production-wise from third.  Pedro Alvarez came in with a ton of hype, with the hopes...
• 11/10 Operation Shutdown: Rod Barajas is a Pirate: The Pirates made a splash in free agency today, signing former Dodger catcher Rod Barajas to a $4 million deal, with a 2013 club...
• 11/10 The "Mc" Effect: Pirates Sign Rod Barajas: The Pirates have kicked off their offseason earlier than most would have expected by signing free agent catcher Rod Barajas....
• 11/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates sign Rod Barajas: The Bucs made a bit of early noise early on in free agency, signing catcher Rod Barajas to a one year deal for $4 million, plus...
• 11/3 This is Getting Old: Four Pirates Qualify as Type B Free Agents:   Four Pirates free agents have qualified for Type B status. These guys range in terms of risk but in my opinion the Pirates...

• 10/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Offseason Decisions, Part 1: Now that the 2011 season is officially over for everyone, it’s time to dive back into Pirates offseason talk! Neal Huntington...
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pirates have money to spend this offseason, but their team has more holes than free agency can possibly fill. Guaranteed...
• 10/18 The "Mc" Effect: Ryan Doumit vs. Michael McKenry: Ryan Doumit is a hot topic this Pirates offseason. There is very little doubt in my mind that Doumit has played his last game...
• 10/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates Season In Review: This has been one of the more interesting Pirates seasons that the city has seen since probably the 1997 season when the consecutive...

• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: Pirates Notes: Doumit, Snyder, Ohlendorf: The latest from the Bucs, who are looking to keep their streak of losing seasons from reaching 20 next year... The Pirates...
• 9/28 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 162 Recap and Some Season Thoughts - Brewers 7, Pirates 3: The season is over. 162 games in the book and the 2011 season ended with a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on a Pedro Alvarez...
• 9/27 The "Mc" Effect: The Ryan Doumit Thing: I am going to be talking a ton about Ryan Doumit in upcoming weeks and months. For this post, I am going to leave numbers out...
• 9/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Forgettable Finale: The Pirates got a nice crowd of nearly 29,000 for the season’s final home game, but couldn’t send the fans home happy...
• 9/16 The "Mc" Effect: I Like Ryan Doumit: I'm trying this new thing where I'm going to post a bunch of really short posts with short thoughts and comments. This one is...
• 9/15 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Berkman, Cards, Myers, Pagnozzi: Some news from the NL Central... Lance Berkman could be targeted by the Brewers as a replacement for Prince Fielder, opines...
• 9/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Catching confusion: Pirates (67-82) at Dodgers (73-75) 10:10 PM EST–Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports,...
• 9/5 Operation Shutdown: Recap: No Electric Stuff, Bucs Lose: Bucs lose, 8-4 WP: Edwin Jackson (10-9) LP: Charlie Morton (9-7) Well, the game started out with Jose Tabata getting plunked on...
• 9/1 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Dodgers (Series Are We Really Going To Makes This Up?): Wow, there isn’t a whole lot worse than getting swept by the freaking Astros.  It’s not going to get any easier either...

• 8/29 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Astros (Series Forty Four) – Sorry No Preview: Due to work obligations in relation to Hurricane Irene I did not have time to work on a preview this week.  I hope to return...
• 8/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Promising start, but…: Just like the first two losses of this series, the Bucs seemed to have control of this one early…only to have it drift away...
• 8/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 130 Recap - Cardinals 8, Pirates 4: Tough times for my computer. It went on the DL on Monday with a virus and it is expected to be back in the lineup tonight. What...
• 8/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Clubbed by the Cards: The Bucs did not start their long road trip off on the right foot, competing early but falling short in the late innings to St....
• 8/26 El Maquino: CARDS PILE ON PIRATES: > The Cards won the game in the fifth after David Freese came through with a bases loaded hit to put the Cards back on top....
• 8/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Super Saturday afternoon: In front of a not-so-national TV audience (and some dreadful announcers, from what I’m being told), the Bucs battled to...
• 8/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Doumit clubs Cards: A day after Michael McKenry‘s miscue played a crucial role in the Bucs dropping another game, Ryan Doumit made a bit of...
• 8/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: More Miller madness: Another day, another heartbreaking/maddening/infuriating Pirates loss at Miller Park. Charlie Morton was fantastic. He did an...
• 8/13 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 117 Recap - Brewers 7, Pirates 2: There isn't much I hate more than losing to the Brewers. I got to go to the game tonight and other than the Pirates short attempt...
• 8/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Same old story: Ugh. I am sick of the Pirates going into Milwaukee and getting blown away. I’m sick of seeing the Brewers dancing all over...
• 8/11 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Brewers (Series Thirty Nine):   I had a feeling the Pirates were going to take that series.  The Giants just seemed ripe for the picking and the matchups...
• 8/9 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Snappin Streaks - Pirates 5, Giants 0: The streak is finally over and the Pirates are back in the win column and all it took was flying across the country and playing...
• 8/7 The "Mc" Effect: The Real Value Of Ryan Doumit: The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a lot of question marks in their lineup for the last several years. Most recently one of the biggest...
• 8/2 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Designate Lyle Overbay for Assignment: As an expected part of the aftermath succeeding the Derrek Lee trade, the Pittsburgh Pirates have designated first baseman Lyle...
• 8/2 Buccos Buzz: Major League Baseball Should Be Embarrassed For How This Pirates/Braves Game Ended: Absolutely unfreakingbelieveable. Unbelievable. I just don’t know what to say. I’m sorry. I honestly almost cried....
• 8/2 Buccos Buzz: Ryan Doumit Advancing Rehab, Michael McKenry Injury Update: The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the promotion of catcher Ryan Doumit to the team’s AAA affiliate. Doumit has been...
• 8/2 Buccos Buzz: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates: July 23: The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to rebound after last night’s 6-4 loss in the opening game of this series against the St....

• 7/31 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 105 Recap - Phillies 7, Pirates 4: I wasn’t home for the final innings of the game and was back pretty late so if you were looking for the recap right after the...
• 7/31 The "Mc" Effect: Alvarez Homers, Pirates Lose | Phillies 7 Pirates 4: The Pittsburgh Pirates were outplayed for the 2nd straight night by the powerful Philadelphia Phillies in a case that showcased...
• 7/31 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Michael McKendry: Top 2: Michael McKenry struck out swinging against Cliff Lee Top 4: McKenry struck out swinging against Lee Top 7: McKenry...
• 7/30 Raise the Jolly Roger: Well…not a blowout?: The Pirates still looked pretty overmatched against the Phillies tonight, but were at least able to say somewhat competitive and...
• 7/30 The "Mc" Effect: Blown Out | Phillies 10 Pirates 3: There was some serious hype heading into last night's Pirates/Phillies game, with Charlie Morton and Roy Halladay facing off....
• 7/29 Raise the Jolly Roger: Disaster in Philly: The Pirates played an awful game against the NL’s best team and got blown out of the water Friday night. Charlie Morton...
• 7/29 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Phillies (Series Thirty Five): What a busy couple of days in Pittsburgh sports.  If you’ve been away or anything feel free to look over our other posts...
• 7/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: A delicious split: The Bucs got their split. All things considered, this was an excellent series. Taking 2 of 4 from the 2nd best team in the NL–on...
• 7/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY WE NEED ALITTLE MORE REPLAY: Last night, the Braves and Pirates were tied at 3 in the bottom of the 19th inning. Braves pitcher, Scott Proctor hits a weak...
• 7/27 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Embarrassing Ending - Braves 4, Pirates 3 (19 Innings): For much of the night I watched a game that lasted almost seven hours and went over 19 innings with neither team having an extra...
• 7/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Jerry Meals’ call is a slap in the face to baseball: By now, I’m sure you know the outcome of last night’s Braves-Pirates game. But please, let me run through the details...
• 7/27 Buccos Buzz: Major League Baseball Should Be Embarrassed For How this Pirates/Braves Game Ended: Absolutely unfreakingbelieveable. Unbelievable. I just don’t know what to say. I’m sorry. I honestly almost cried....
• 7/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: Six hours and nineteen innings down the drain: I would not be able to write something this coherent if I didn’t have most of the recap written before the game ended. This...
• 7/27 Tomahawk Take: A Long Bad Night And A Rough Road Ahead: You could say the umpiring was bad last night. Skip Caray could well have said Jerry Meals made a dogs dinner of the game. Everyone...
• 7/26 Buccos Buzz: Ryan Doumit Advancing Rehab, Michael McKenry Injury Update: The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced the promotion of catcher Ryan Doumit to the team’s AAA affiliate. Doumit has been...
• 7/26 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 100 Recap - Pirates 3, Braves 1: Leading into this game there was some general excitement from all of the fans. Game was going to be on ESPN and give the Bucs...
• 7/26 The "Mc" Effect: Doing It McRight | Pirates 3 Braves 1: Coming into this second half, I was very high on James McDonald. Well, J-Mc (I'm deleting the 'a' purposely) showed you all why....
• 7/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Stepping up in the spotlight: Now THAT is a good start to the road trip of death. The Bucs came up big on the national stage and outpitched the Braves as they...
• 7/23 Buccos Buzz: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates: July 23: The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to rebound after last night’s 6-4 loss in the opening game of this series against the St....
• 7/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: Death by dingers: The Bucs couldn’t climb out of an early hole, and the St. Louis long ball proved deadly as the Cards took game 1 of this...
• 7/21 Raise the Jolly Roger: Injury updates: Ronny returns: The Bucs will shuffle their roster a bit more before the St. Louis weekend series opens up tomorrow night: The Jason Grilli signing...
• 7/18 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Preview: July 18; Pirates on Monday Night Baseball?: First things first: let’s check out the National League Central standings (God it feels so good to be able to say that and...
• 7/18 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Reds (Series Thirty Two): Another day another series win.  Seriously I don’t mean to sound arrogant but I wonder if that will ever get old?  Probably...
• 7/16 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 92 Recap - Astros 6, Pirates 4: Going into every game there is always a feeling that you are going to win. Doesn’t matter if you haven’t won a game all year...
• 7/16 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs give away lead…and first place: The Bucs nearly captivated the hearts of Pittsburghers for the second straight night on Saturday, but an exciting comeback in...
• 7/14 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Astros (Series Thirty One): The first half was basically as magical as you could expect going into this season.  The Pirates are just one game out of first...
• 7/12 This is Getting Old: TiGO’s 2011 Mid-Season Pirates Awards: In our never-ending attempt to agree on something we here at TiGO decided to collaborate on a Mid-Season Award post. Rich: Pitcher...
• 7/12 This is Getting Old: No Quiet Offseason – Hines Ward Arrested: Apparently Hines Ward took his celebration of the Michael McKenry game winning home run a little too far last night as he was...
• 7/12 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 88 Recap - Pirates 7, Cubs 4: The Pirates gave themselves a chance to pull into first place this late in the season since God knows when with an unreal win....
• 7/12 Buccos Buzz: “Fort McKenry” Raises the Jolly Roger: Let me make this clear: You – yes, you – are the key to the rest of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season. I’m...
• 7/12 The "Mc" Effect: McStealing The Show | Pirates 7 Cubs 4: The Pirates won a huge game Friday night, defeating the Cubs 7-4 in dramatic fashion. The night was highlighted by the "Big McFour"....
• 7/12 The "Mc" Effect: First Half Home Run Log: In honor of tonight's home run derby, I am updating the "Mc" Effect home run log. The following chart shows all the Pirates 2011...
• 7/12 Raise the Jolly Roger: The Fort’s Night: No player represents the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates quite like Michael McKenry. He was acquired in a hasty trade made out of desperation...
• 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Pirates, Angels Discussed Jones For Mathis Swap: The Pirates and Angels had serious discussions about a trade that would have sent Garrett Jones to Anaheim for Jeff Mathis,...
• 7/6 Stealing First Base: How should the Pirates divvy out playing time in the near future?: The Pirates have had a lot of injuries this season. This, we know. In fact, let’s take a look at the list of players currently...
• 7/6 Stealing First Base: How should the Pirates divvy out playing time in the near future?: The Pirates have had a lot of injuries this season. This, we know. In fact, let’s take a look at the list of players currently...
• 7/6 Raise the Jolly Roger: Movin’ on up: The Pirates just keep rolling, and it’s incredible to watch. Their third win in a row just vaulted them past the hated Brewers...
• 7/5 Raise the Jolly Roger: Creeping closer: The Pirates made it a happy Fourth of July in the ‘Burgh by pleasing yet another sellout crowd at PNC Park, defeating the...
• 7/4 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 85 Recap - Pirates 5, Astros 3: Paul Maholm finally got to experience what it was like to get more than one run of support and the offense continued to stay hot...
• 7/4 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Astros (Series Twenty Nine): First off Happy Fourth to all of you Americans out there!  Most of all Happy Fourth to all the soldiers and veterans who make...
• 7/3 Raise the Jolly Roger: Snub on that!: The Pirates and their fans had plenty of reason to be upset before the team even took the field today, as Andrew McCutchen was...

• 6/27 The "Mc" Effect: Sabermetric Update: Here at The "Mc" Effect, I like to give my Pittsburgh Pirate fan readers a different view of the team and their performance. To...
• 6/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: They did it again: Another attendance record (39,483), another amazing night and a fantastic win. The Pirates delivered yet again in one of the most...
• 6/25 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 76 Recap - Pirates 6, Red Sox 4: The Pirates took a series from the Red Sox for the first time ever in front of a record crowd at PNC Park with a 6-4 win. Jeff...
• 6/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Eric Fryer called up, Dusty Brown DFA: The Bucs have called up catcher Eric Fryer for tonight’s game, and designated Dusty Brown for assignment. I like this move....
• 6/25 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 75 Recap - Pirates 3, Red Sox 1: You want to talk about high leverage situation and big time adrenaline and you were watching the Pirates and Red Sox tonight....
• 6/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Biggest win in PNC Park history?: Think about it. The Pirates had a sold out PNC Park rocking and rolling as they vaulted back over .500 a good 75 games into the...
• 6/25 The "Mc" Effect: Knocking Your Sox Off | Pirates 3 Red Sox 1: The Pittsburgh Pirates won a baseball game tonight at PNC Park. Although it counted for only 1 win in the standings, it was certainly...
• 6/22 mlbreports.com : Game 74 Recap - Pirates 5, Orioles 4: The Pirates got back to the .500 mark (again) for what seems like the 50th time this season with a 5-4 win over the Orioles and...
• 6/20 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: June 20, 2011: Michael McKenry $11.  Other bids: $10.It is surprising that McKenry got such little action this week; perhaps it is because...
• 6/19 Raise the Jolly Roger: Letdown complete: Well, that stunk. After vaulting 2 games over .500 and closing within just 3 games of first place, the Bucs laid a major egg in...
• 6/19 mlbreports.com : Game 71 Recap - Indians 5, Pirates 2 (11 innings): The Pirates failed to stay above the .500 mark and were swept in Cleveland thanks to a 5-2 walk off loss to the Indians on Sunday...
• 6/19 Raise the Jolly Roger: Same old story: The Bucs fell flat again Saturday night and dropped their second game in a row by a 5-1 score, as the Indians clinched the series...
• 6/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: Too many mistakes by the lake: The Bucs played a shaky game and struggled to hit the ball hard all night, dropping the series opener in Cleveland 5-1. Kevin...
• 6/16 Raise the Jolly Roger: Where were you on August 15th, 1999?: That would be the last time the Bucs had a winning record in June or later. Long time ago, huh? No PNC Park. Andrew McCutchen...
• 6/14 Through The Fence Baseball: A letter to Pirates GM Neal Huntington: Dear Mr. Huntington, Over the past couple of days, you’ve made a few moves (or lack thereof) that have caused a little bit...
• 6/13 mlbreports.com : Game 65 Recap - Pirates 3, Mets 1: Paul Maholm was outstanding and he got just enough run support as the Pirates downed the Mets 3-1 and salvaged a split of the...
• 6/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Maholm on top: Last time the Pirates handed Paul Maholm a lead against Mike Pelfrey and the Mets, Paul and the Bucco bullpen went on to throw...
• 6/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Mets at Pirates: Mets (32-33) at Pirates (30-32) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports, SNY The Bucs...
• 6/13 Mastersball.com: Bucs Acquire McKenry: In what looks like a minor move on the surface, the Pirates acquired Michael McKenry from the Red Sox for a player to be named...
• 6/13 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: June 13, 2011: Charlie Blackmon $21.  Other bids: $19, $15, $13, $13, $11, $11, $10, $10, $9, $7This is about the action I expected for...
• 6/13 mlbreports.com : Pirates Acquire Michael McKenry: Tonight Dejan Kovacevic broke news that the Pirates have reached a deal with the Boston Red Sox for AAA catcher Michael McKenry....
• 6/12 The "Mc" Effect: McCatcher!: The Dallas Mavericks probably think they're going to be the biggest story in sports tonight, but they're now going to have to...
• 6/12 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs acquire catcher Michael McKenry: Dejan reports that the Bucs have traded for catcher Michael McKenry, formerly of the Rockies and most recently the Red Sox. McKenry,...

• 4/25 Fire Brand of the American League: The Difference a Week can Make: photo © 2009 Rich Brooks | more info (via: Wylio)Last week when I wrote the Red Sox were hoping a few wins against Toronto over...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Carl Crawford, LF: seven years, $142MM. David...

• 3/30 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Acquire McKenry From Rockies: Here's the press release from the Boston Red Sox involving a trade they made on Tuesday. BOSTON -- The Red Sox acquired catcher...

• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Cantu, Giants, Rockies: We've already caught up on the American League West teams today. Now let's check out the latest news from their counterparts in...