The World Champion Phillies think they will be stronger with Raul Ibanez instead of Pat Burrell in left field. Spring Training is officially underway, and all is right with the world again. That means it’s time for us to step up our baseball coverage, starting with the completion of our free agent...

PNC Park | 1:35 | Snell vs. Joel Pineiro | Box Yesterday the Pirates scored a bunch of late runs to pull back into the game and eventually win it. Today the Cards scored a bunch of late runs to break the contest wide open. Neither starter lasted very long. Ian Snell’s woes continued with five ...

PNC Park | 7:05 | Barthmaier vs. Scott Kazmir | Box Scott Kazmir wasn’t at his best. But, Jimmy Barthmaier had a debut worth forgetting. The Bucco’s starter gave up a pair of three run bombs - one to Evan Longoria and the other to Eric Hinske - en route to giving up seven runs and gettin...

PNC Park | 7:05 | Duke vs. Roy Halladay | Box I don’t know if it was the Blue Jays struggling offense or if Zach Duke was actually pitching well. Either way, I’ll take it. Duke matched Roy Halladay zero for zero over seven innings. Both pitchers allowed six hits. Halladay left the game a...

U.S. Cellular Field | 8:11 | Gorzelanny vs. Mark Buehrle | Box Pre-Game Thoughts In the 38th round of the 1998 draft, the Pirates picked 15th and picked Shaun Skrehot from the University of Houston. For a 38th round pick, the no-hit SS had a decent career. He reached AAA and was playing at that leve...

PNC Park | 1:35 | Dumatrait vs. Jason Marquis | Box The Pirates and Cubs continue to play some strange ones. Consider: 1. The Cubs blew a 9th inning lead for the second straight game and lost in extras. 2. The Pirates won for the second straight day when Jason Bay delivered a run scoring single in e...

Friendly Confines | 2:20 | Gorzelanny vs. Jason Marquis | Box For the fifth time this year I can write: Cubs beat Pirates and Nate McLouth extends his hitting streak. This one got out of hand early. Tom Gorzelanny recorded 8 outs and gave up six runs. Pirate hurlers combined to walk 10 Cubs. That he...

Cleveland Indians’ fans have been anxiously awaiting a deal this offseason, that could boost the Tribe from also-rans to the Red Sox, to World Series champions.  To be fair, Shapiro had been in discussions for Dan Haren, Jason Bay and Miguel Cabrera.  All three deals fell apart for various r...