I had one of two quotes ready to unleash on Twitter (presently known as X) at the conclusion of the Pirates’ four-game weekend series against the Reds at PNC  Park on Sunday afternoon. One quote was the title of this article. The other quote was this: “The Pirates didn’t lose the series against the Reds,… read more

Just when you thought the 2024 Pirates were done, finished, washed up, and sunk to the bottom of the Allegheny River, they go and give us hope. Hope for a possible Buctober? Don’t be silly. Hell, they shot that hope to pieces when they lost 10 in a row and 15 out of 19 right… read more

How often does a team score a combined one run in two games and still split those two contests? I’m not sure, but it would likely happen more often if some squad played the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates all the time. The 2024 Texas Rangers, your defending 2023 World Series champions, just got done playing three… read more

The Pirates opened their three-game series against the Rangers at Globe Life Field on Monday on a one-game losing streak or winners of two of their past three games–depending on how full your glass was as a fan. If you were one of those “We won the series, and that’s really all that matters” types,… read more

Major League Baseball is heading into its home stretch of the 2024 season and plenty of post-season races will excite fans as we march toward October. Just one game separates the Yankees and O’s in the AL East, the Guardians, Twins, and Royals are heading for an exciting finish in the central and just three… read more

It was Paul Skenes Night as the Pirates opened a three-game weekend series vs. the Mariners at PNC Park on Friday evening. Unfortunately, a Paul Skenes game feels like Fireworks Night when it’s raining in Pittsburgh these days; that’s thanks to a 10-game slide that saw the Buccos go from contenders to toast in the… read more

The Pirates have lost 10 straight games with their latest defeat–an 8-2 beatdown–coming at the hands of the Padres at Petco Park on Wednesday afternoon. To give you an idea of how bad the Buccos have been lately, the White Sox, who have the worst record in Major League Baseball at 29-93, have only lost… read more

“Ball eight!” Wasn’t that how fictional play-by-play man, Harry Doyle, described Ricky Vaughn’s pitching debut in the baseball classic comedy, Major League? Vaughn went on to throw 12 straight balls before things really got interesting. As for your 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates? They’re now up to nine-straight losses after a 3-0 defeat at the hands of… read more

You know it’s getting bad when even Paul Skenes, the rookie pitching phenom, can’t inspire his teammates or Pirates fans. I don’t know about you, but it barely registered in my mind that Skenes would be taking the mound in Game 2 of a three-game weekend series against the Dodgers out in Los Angeles on… read more

Where did you have the bullpen on your bingo card for problems that would help sink the Pirates after the trade deadline? Pittsburgh’s relievers did a lot of heavy lifting when the Diamondbacks took two of three last weekend to open what was said to be a crucial six-game homestand. After a ho-hum 6-0 loss… read more