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Photo by Dan Gaken.

After the Pirates signed Marcell Ozuna about a month ago, I figured I was done writing about the team’s offseason moves — and if the Bucs did give me another transaction to write about, it would...


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Maybe like PNC Park? (There weren’t any free photos of Griffin) Photo by Mjmalone54.

Talk about the Pirates this spring with just about anyone — including someone not from Pittsburgh — and it’s likely that the Konnor Griffin’s name will come up within the first ten seconds. The club’s No. 1 prospect is a 19-year-old shortstop who has yet to reach the majors,...


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My favorite piece of baseball writing — the thing I return to whenever my enthusiasm for the sport is flagging, or when I seem incapable of sitting down in front of my laptop to write — is John Updike’s “Hub Fans Bid Kid A...


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The current weather in Pittsburgh is disgusting. The air is cold, but all that seems to fall is rain; the skies are permanently gray, and dark piles of snow are slowly shrinking into storm grates and covering the roads with mud and water. It can only mean one thing: hundreds of miles away, Spring Training has started. Pirate players, new and old, have spent the past week...


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