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Spring Training Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates

Feb 8, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Pittsburgh Pirates

After winning 98 games during the 2015 regular season, the Pittsburgh Pirates playoff hopes were quickly spoiled by Jake Arrieta and the Chicago Cubs in the National League Wild Card one-game playoff. Usuall...

Pittsburgh Pirates: 2016 Offseason Report Card

Matt Wojciak

Feb 5, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Pittsburgh Pirates, Transactions

Justin K. Aller/Getty Images North America Usually, when a major-league team wins 98 games in one season, they handily win their division and often will earn home-field advantage throughout the league playo...

A Thank You Letter to Ryan Vogelsong

Michael Saltzman

Dec 19, 2015

Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, Opinions & Predictions, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants

Giants fans have a unique relationship with Ryan Vogelsong. Not a single year in the last five years has every fan been on board with Vogelsong at the same time. Well, maybe one time. In 2012, with the team's b...

With Return To Pirates, Ryan Vogelsong Comes Full Circle

Zach Bernard

Dec 19, 2015

Baseball History, Features, Headlines, Offseason, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Transactions

Ryan Vogelsong was drafted by the San Francisco Giants as the 158th overall pick of the 1998 Amateur Draft. Eighteen years after his initial entrance into professional baseball, the Kutztown University product ...

Newly-acquired SP Mike Leake Placed On Giants’ DL

Josh Eastern

Aug 7, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Injuries, San Francisco Giants

After being acquired from the Cincinnati Reds just before the trade deadline, new San Francisco Giants starter Mike Leake has been placed on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. Leake was scratc...

Chris Heston Makes Case for Spot in Giants’ Rotation

Chris Roth

Apr 14, 2015

Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, National League, National League West, Opinions & Predictions, San Francisco Giants

Names like Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Ryan Vogelsong are household names to San Francisco fans. But if you asked Giant fans if they knew who Chris Heston was before he made his first start o...

Chris Heston’s Strong Start Leads Giants Over D-Backs

Chris Roth

Apr 9, 2015

Major League Baseball, San Francisco Giants

PHOENIX - Chris Heston worked six strong innings and Casey McGehee hit a two-run home run to lead San Francisco to a 5-2 win over Arizona (1-2) on Wednesday night at Chase Field. The win moved the Giants to ...

David Peralta, Jake Lamb Power Arizona Past Giants

Chris Roth

Apr 8, 2015

Arizona Diamondbacks, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Francisco Giants

PHOENIX - David Peralta and Jake Lamb each hit three-run home runs off San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong to help lead Arizona to a 7-6 win at Chase Field on Tuesday night. Vogelsong, whose shaky performan...

Chris Heston will get Start for Giants as Matt Cain is Placed on DL

Chris Roth

Apr 7, 2015

Arizona Diamondbacks, Breaking News, Colorado Rockies, Fantasy, Features, Headlines, Injuries, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants

In an expected move, San Francisco right-handed starter Matt Cain was placed on the 15-day disabled list. The Giants, who originally tabbed Cain to start against Arizona in the finale of the season-opening thre...

Matt Cain Scheduled for MRI, Peavy Scratched with Back Stiffness

Chris Roth

Apr 6, 2015

Features, Headlines, Injuries, Major League Baseball, National League West, San Francisco Giants

Before Nori Aoki stepped into the batter's box for the San Francisco Giants against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Opening Day, the defending World Series champions received some troubling news concerning two-fift...

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