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The Pirates still got Paul Skenes goin’ for them, which is nice

The competitive phase of the Pirates 2024 season has been over for a while. Yep, they used the month of August to take an encouraging trade deadline haul and an above-.500 record and turn it into nothing. What was a 55-52 record and only a few games out of the wildcard race on July 31… read more

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Pirates flip the script and comeback late to beat the Cubs, 5-3

How many times has the Pirates bullpen, one that was supposed to be a strength coming into the 2024 campaign, blown late leads in recent weeks? It’s literally been way too many to count, but the latest one occurred last Wednesday afternoon when the Buccos built a 10-3 lead against the Cubs at PNC Park,… read more

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Pirates score a combined 23 runs but still get swept by the Cubs

It seems only yesterday I was writing about the time the Pirates pitching staff allowed a combined five runs in a three-game series in Texas but lost two of those three games. OK, it wasn’t yesterday, but it was last week.  The constant thing about a struggling franchise (organization–this stuff is systemic, at this point)… read more

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The Pirates won the series vs. the Reds, and that’s all that matters

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

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The Pirates are threatening to climb out of the basement

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

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Pirates allow a combined five runs but still lose series to Rangers

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

Pirates lose to the Rangers to begin new losing streak

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

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Pirates rally to defeat Mariners and end 10-game slide

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

Remembering the beginning of the end for the 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates

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

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The Pirates are now losers of nine games in a row

“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

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