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The Pirates won’t be contenders this year, but new management and Andrew McCutchen give fans something to look forward to.

Jose Tabata is apparently married to a dingo: A 2-month-old is back in the arms of her parents and the wife of a top Pittsburgh Pirates minor league prospect is suspected of taking the infant from a health clinic outside Tampa, authorities said Tuesday. Amalia Tabata Pereira, 43, was being questioned by Florida detectives in […]

Ivan Rodriguez finally found a home (so did Sidney Ponson) and plenty of people were reassigned to the minors. Let’s recap the week that was.

It’s year one for Mister Rickey in Pittsburgh. What kind of a start does he pull off?

Shining a light into the lone dark alley of The Mahatma’s long and brilliant career.

On Feb. 23, 1960, demolition began on Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Nearly 50 years later, demolition is nearly finished on Shea Stadium, the home of New York’s most recent National League franchise. Richard looks back at other past stadium sites.

Four perennial losing organizations and the steps they’ve taken to get on the right track for this season.

Another fun day in Pirates land: The Pittsburgh Pirates made a candid and surprising admission: Not only are they perennially in last place in the NL Central, they’ve dropped into last in their own city. The Pirates rank third among the Steel City’s three major sports franchises from a marketing and business perspective, team president […]

This past week, Zack Greinke and Paul Maholm both took leaps of faith in staying with their mediocre teams. Also, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox brought back their aging former stars while Garrett Olson went on the move again.

No, I’m not talking about anything they’ve done with the LaRoche brothers this week, I’m talking about banishing the ugly red vests: The Pirates’ red uniforms, which have drawn notable ire from the public since being introduced in 2007, will be no more. The Pirates will introduce a new alternate uniform to the public at […]