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Training staff seeks creative ways to keep Pirates players engaged, in shape
Though the number of Pittsburgh Pirates players who have remained in the team’s spring-training home city of Bradenton, Fla., has dwindled, the ones who remain still are getting in work in an effort to maintain some semblance of baseball conditioning. The players remaining in Bradenton — some are in Pittsburgh,...
Injured Pirates pitchers Steven Brault, Clay Holmes ‘progressing, improving’
If Opening Day had gone on as scheduled Thursday, Steven Brault and Clay Holmes would have began the season on the Pittsburgh Pirates injured list. But the pitchers are progressing in their rehabs from injuries suffered during spring training, according to director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk. Brault was shut...
Even if season extends late, Pirates won’t change Jameson Taillon’s timeline
As rumors swirl about the Major League Baseball season perhaps extending as late as Christmas, some of the unintended benefits of the awful coronavirus situation could be injured players whose rehabs are progressing while no one else is playing. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon is not one of the players...
First Call: ‘Pittsburgh icon quarantine matchmaker’ is greatest coronavirus time-waster ever
It takes a lot to make people smile these days, given the covid-19 shutdown. So credit TribLive’s Chris Benson for coming up with a way to make that happen. He developed this fantastic coronavirus shut-in timewaster. Hit play. Then, whenever you hit pause, that is the one Pittsburgh icon you...
July 1 established as betting-line choice for MLB’s season open
Officially, the 2020 Major League Baseball season has been postponed by only two weeks. Functionally, it’s going to be much longer than that before regular-season games are played – if at all. And with no games to take wagers on as the nation shuts down out of concern for coronavirus,...
Classic Pirates games — ’60 World Series Game 7, ’13 Wild Card — set to airVideo
One is one of the most iconic games in baseball history. Another is the biggest win over the past quarter-century for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Each will be available for viewing in the coming days as AT&T SportsNet seeks out new ways to keep baseball fans engaged. The Pirates’ rightsholder announced...
Pirates players buy 400 pizzas for Allegheny General Hospital workers
With Jameson Taillon throwing the first pitch, Pittsburgh Pirates players bought lunch Monday for health care providers at Allegheny General Hospital. Taillon reached out last week to Pirates officials, who coordinated with Slice on Broadway, located in PNC Park, and Pizzeria Davide on Penn Avenue. Us players found it important...
Pirates, food bank volunteers help to feed those in need
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank did their part to help local families dealing with effects of the coronavirus Saturday by hosting a drive-up food distribution event in the PNC Park parking lots on the North Shore. Volunteers from both organizations supplied those in need with boxes...
Pirates option 7 players, including Tucker and Hayes, to Triple-A Indianapolis
The Pirates optioned seven players to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday, including former first-round draft choices Cole Tucker and Ke’Bryan Hayes. Tucker, who was drafted from high school in 2014, spent part of last season with the Pirates, but he hit only .211 in 56 games and was mainly the backup...
Amid coronavirus crisis, Pirates donate $50,000 to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
The MLB spring training and season have been halted by the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped the Pittsburgh Pirates from giving back to those in need. The Pirates and Pirates Charities announced on Friday a $50,000 donation to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that distributes...
Pirates’ Derek Shelton finds variety of ways to keep busy
If you think the spring training shutdown might have Derek Shelton wondering what to do while he remains in Florida with his family, think again. The Pittsburgh Pirates manager has found time to perform a variety of important tasks. He cleaned out some closets and caught up on his reading....
MLB could skip 2020 draftVideo
NEW YORK — MLB is considering skipping its amateur draft this year and putting off the next international signing period as a way to preserve cash while games are affected by the coronavirus, people familiar with the discussions told the Associated Press. Talks between management and the players’ association are...
Pirates, 29 other MLB clubs pledge $1 million each to aid ballpark workers during stoppage
The Pittsburgh Pirates have joined 29 other Major League Baseball teams in pledging $1 million each for ballpark workers who will lose income because of the delay to the start of the season. The season is not expected to start until at least mid-May due to the coronavirus, and many...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington confident season will happen, not sure when
Not long after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pushed back the start of the season to as late as mid-May, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said “there is a level of confidence” there will be games in 2020 on the major and minor league levels. But the coronavirus...
MLB delays Opening Day to mid-May at earliest because of coronavirusVideo
NEW YORK — MLB pushed back Opening Day until mid-May at the earliest Monday because of the coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement after a conference call with executives of the...
Pirates pitcher Michael Feliz feels confident in quest to prove himselfVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — Michael Feliz did not make the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Opening Day roster last year. The big right-handed reliever hopes the outcome is different when this season starts. Whenever that start might be, of course, as it has been postponed by Major League Baseball in wake of the coronavirus...
Some Pirates to remain in Bradenton to use facilities; light workouts begin Monday
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ spring training home is getting another deep cleaning to protect players and staff during the coronavirus outbreak. About 40 Major League players and an unidentified number of the coaching staff are expected to remain in Bradenton, Fla., to utilize the facilities at LECOM Park, according to a...
Jameson Taillon: No Pirates tested for coronavirus as MLB shuts down spring training camps
Now that MLB has suspended spring training camps and delayed the start of the season, Pittsburgh Pirates players have to decide whether to stay at spring training, return home or to Pittsburgh. At a time of great uncertainty for Major League Baseball, Pirates MLB Players Association representative Jameson Taillon confirmed...
Pirates announce plans for spring training refunds; no policy yet for regular season
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced their plans for refunding ticket-holders of six spring training games that were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. A policy regarding lost or postponed regular-season games, though, will have to wait. “Club officials remain in active conversations with Major League Baseball on a variety of contingency...
Mark Madden: This sports shutdown stinks, but greed will bring the games back
I’m not as worried about no sports as I am about no toilet paper. You can’t even get it on Amazon. You’d think the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. We might need rationing. I got nine rolls. May God have mercy on my soul. Or, if I have to use paper...
First Call: How MLB, NHL, NBA can salvage their seasons
In the wake of the coronavirus sports shutdown, sadly, the 2020 NCAA basketball tournament could not be saved. Maybe that could’ve happened with more time to plan. But arena availability is at issue. Many venues are in a state of flux between attempts to reschedule pro sports, events, and shows...
Blue Jays beat Pirates in final game before MLB suspends spring training
In one of the final games before MLB suspended spring training, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-5, on Thursday at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. MLB announced during the game it decided to suspend spring training games and the start of the 2020 season by at least...
Former Pirates first-rounder Will Craig’s career coming to a crossroads as he heads to Triple-A
Will Craig couldn’t help but watch Josh Bell have a career year last season, knowing his path to the major leagues is blocked by an All-Star at first base. While Bell hit 18 home runs and had 52 RBIs for the Pirates through May, Craig was crushing the ball at...
U mad, bro? Penguins fans have no patience. Steelers fans have no questions. Pirates fans have no sense of humor.
Yeesh! You’d think that after losing almost non-stop for 40 years, Pirates fans would have a sense of humor. “If you don’t laugh, you are going to cry.” That type of thing. Based on my Twitter feed this week, I guess I’m wrong. But they aren’t alone in their anger....
Tigers hit 3 homers off Derek Holland in win over Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Derek Holland struck out six batters with no walks and allowed only four hits in 5 1/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers. Problem was, three of them were home runs. C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario homered off Holland in the second inning, and Cameron Maybin hit one...
