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I usually start this thread during the draft, but I didn't have time until today. So here is a quick recap of the draft. Pirates Drafted Players My highlights follow. Day 1 Obviously, first rounder Travis Swaggerty. He's a good, complete ballplayer. Has some swing and miss, and his power is a...

Top four picks are all very interesting, high upside high school players. 1. Shane Baz (12): Polished HS RHP with a 92-96 mph fastball already, touches 98, and a five-pitch mix. He sinks his fastball, throws a slider which sometimes he throws like a cutter, and has a curve and a change. His...

A few years ago, we did some big fantasy game where you picked players on playoff teams at the start of the playoffs and aggregated points through the Stanley Cup Finals. I liked that game. Are we going to do that again? I, unfortunately, have very little free time and cannot volunteer to run...

Well, the Pens are taking care of business so far. After the first four goals, what, not goal for Crosby? Don't worry, he got the fifth.

Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Bucco fans! Enjoy your time with family, and I hope your meals are wholly satisfying!

So is this Guentzel kid good or something? Put right on the second line, and immediately tallies two goals.

You know the drill.

Boo! Or whatever. Okay, games this week: 11/2 @ Anaheim 11/3 @Los Angeles 11/5 @San Jose

No more doob, so I guess someone else has to do this, eh? I've been really impressed this period with Daley and Schultz in their own end. Not the conventional look of shutdown defense, but they've been smart and used their feet to make sure they control the puck and get it out of the zone cleanly.

Rd. 1: Will Craig, 3B, Wake Forest He might not stick at third, but the kid can hit. Walks more than he strikes out and has a little pop. There are questions about whether his power will translate, but he's got a good swing and a big body, so I could see it working out. Still, he puts the ball...

I totally forgot about this. Post your 2016 Pirates record predictions! 93-69

Ron Necciai: The Man Who Struck Out Everybody Ron Necciai threw out the first pitch at today's spring training game, and Bob Walk told a bit of the story of Necciai's remarkable accomplishment, throwing a 27-strikeout no-hitter in a professional baseball game. The story linked is a pretty good...

Someone else can post when the games are happening, I want to comment on how ridiculous Sid continues to be, scoring twice on breakaways and setting up a pair of other goals. The second breakaway goal was a thing of beauty. Hooked to the ice, but he sniped the snapper past the glove of Gibson...

Behold and be grateful! Embedded here, you may find an audio file: This audio file is Vin Scully calling the 9th inning of Sandy Koufax's perfect game. It is baseball poetry. If you haven't heard it, listen to it. If you have, listen to it again.

Well, that was interesting. The Bucs let down Cole yesterday or else they could have taken 3 of 4 from the Reds, but it wasn't to be so. But all the beaning, and the umpires' complete lack of control of the game (just icing on what was a really terribly umpired series, what with all the...

Obviously bullpen use is up in recent years, as jobs continue to get more specialized. And really, the numbers suggest that the fewer times guys see the lineup, the more effective they'll be. But on the other side, born out of this idea of saving guy's arms, most managers won't even get a guy...

Behold! Behold further! You can now buy 'definitely not authentic' shirts with that wacky Detroit Tigers logo on them | Blogs | Detroit Metro Times Unfortunately, the site has stopped selling them, but if you find that barbershop, they're selling them now!

Well, apparently that leak of trade proposals and internal scouting from the Astros front office was due to a Cardinals executive illegally accessing their systems. The Astros' security was hilariously bad, but at the same time, the Cards should probably get into trouble for this, I would...

Neil Walker has not been good this season, and I have to wonder if, closing in on 30, his injuries are starting to catch up to him, or if he's just in a weirdly prolonged slump. His walk rate is down, his strikeout rate is up, and he's just not hitting for any power. He's been a below-average...

The draft is in four days, so we might as well have a thread for it. It seems like if Mike Nikorak falls to the Pirates, he'll be the guy they go for. The Giants may take him before them, though. Nikorak is a prep pitcher who's pretty big and can already hit 97, but mostly sits 91-94 with his...

I'm going to predict this series as the turning point. I thought the Bucs looked good against the Twins, it just didn't go as planned. But Morton's back on Monday, and he's looked good in his rehab assignment so our rotation will be four deep instead of just three, Cole is an ace, and the bats...

Josh Harrison has been signed through 2018 with club options for 2019 and 2020. Pirates and Josh Harrison agree to long-term deal | pirates.com $27.3 million guaranteed, and the option years are for a combined $23 million. Pretty good dollars if Jay-Hay just stays above average for the...

The Bucs open the 2015 season on the road against Cincinnati. Hopefully they can get off the a good start with a division series win on the road, setting the tone early for this season. Liriano v. Cueto Cole v. Leake Burnett v. DeSclafani Go Bucs!

Alright, I'm a little late posting this, but let's do our little contest again! Post your predictions for the Pirates' record this year. First come, first served, only one poster per record. I figure since I'm late posting the game, we'll allow entries until the end of the Bucs' game on Sunday...

It's coming back. Battlebots will be returning this summer on ABC. BattleBots will return this summer on ABC | The Verge They got rid of weight classes and otherwise streamlined the show, which is unfortunate, but hopefully it does well and they can boot it back up in full. I wonder if...