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Life After Littlefield: Pirates trade for Byrd and Buck, option Locke and Sanchez

Life After Littlefield: Pirates trade for Byrd and Buck, option Locke and Sanchez

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 28, 2013

After splitting a four game series out west with the Giants and losing the first game of this series with the Brewers last night, the Pirates will get a shot in the arm with the additions of outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck, as GM Neil Huntington acquired the two...

Life After Littlefield: Neal Huntington deserves his name up in lights Part 2

Life After Littlefield: Neal Huntington deserves his name up in lights Part 2

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 22, 2013

In yesterday’s post, I looked at the vast differences between the embarrassment that was the Pirates’ farm system when GM Neal Huntington took over towards the end of the 2007 season, and the Pirates current farm system, a system of young, extremely talented players that...

Life After Littlefield: Neal Huntington deserves his name up in lights

Life After Littlefield: Neal Huntington deserves his name up in lights

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 21, 2013

The date is August 21, 2013, and the Pirates are in first place in the NL Central with a record of 74-51.  That’s 23 games over .500 for those who struggle with math.  But that isn’t the important part; the important part is that the Pirates would not be in this position...

Life After Littlefield: Liriano dazzles in San Diego, updates on Taillon and Polanco

Life After Littlefield: Liriano dazzles in San Diego, updates on Taillon and Polanco

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 20, 2013

After losing seven of their last nine, the Pirates again turned to recent staff ace Francisco Liriano to get everything back on course and he did not disappoint.  With the run support being supplied by Pedro’s 31st bomb and a costly error by Padres’ right fielder Chris Denorfia,...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates drop 2 of 3 to the Cardinals, shrinking their division lead

Life After Littlefield: Pirates drop 2 of 3 to the Cardinals, shrinking their division lead

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 16, 2013

After getting swept in Colorado last weekend, the Pirates went into St. Louis looking to get back to their winning ways and create even more separation between them and the rest of the NL Central.  That wasn’t the case. Tuesday night we saw Charlie Morton deal against the...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates make some roster moves; call up Lambo, sign Shoppach

Life After Littlefield: Pirates make some roster moves; call up Lambo, sign Shoppach

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 12, 2013

After literally getting beaten up by the Rockies, the Pirates decided to makes a couple of roster moves as they head into St. Louis for 3 games starting on Tuesday. In Saturday’s 6-4 loss to Colorado, we saw Pedro Alvarez get cleated on the back of his left hand by Dexter...

Life After Littlefield: Huntington stands pat at deadline

Life After Littlefield: Huntington stands pat at deadline

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
August 2, 2013

The non-waiver trade deadline came and went Wednesday without the Pirates front office making a much talked about trade to try and bolster this team down the stretch.  Some people preached about team chemistry at the deadline, while others made their case for an improvement...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates Trade Deadline Preview

Life After Littlefield: Pirates’ Trade Deadline Preview

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 30, 2013

With tomorrow’s 4:00 PM trade deadline fast approaching, General Manager Neal Huntington will be on his phone more than a 16-year-old teenage girl over the next 24 hours.  And rightfully so, as him and the rest of the front office will be busy deciding what to do, or not do,...

Life After Littlefield: Down goes Grilli

Life After Littlefield: Down goes Grilli

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 23, 2013

In last night’s 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals, we saw two very telling things concerning this Pirates team. One being Andrew McCutchen is really turning it on of late, going 10 for his last 24 Abs with 5 homeruns.  And there is something wrong with Jason Grilli. With...

Life After Littlefield: Pirates first half recap and second half preview

Life After Littlefield: Pirates’ first half recap and second half preview

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
July 21, 2013

A lot has happened this summer in regards to Pirates’ baseball and unfortunately a busy summer has kept me from blogging about it.  However, I’ll do my best to bring you up to speed on the magic that has happened in Pittsburgh over the past several months. Some of the...