Can We Get A COMON?
By Joe Smeltzer Phil Coyne’s longevity made him a celebrity. He spent more time as a Pittsburgh Pirates’ usher— 81 years— than most people spend on planet earth. Coyne’s tenure started in the heat of the Great Depression, and lasted through 12 US Presidents and five American wars. He saw Babe Ruth’s last three home runs in person, and was
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By Joe Smeltzer The 20th season of PNC Park should have been celebrated last year, and since the season ended up taking place, I guess, in a way, it did. Since there were no fans and the season was the most screwed-up baseball ever has (and hopefully ever will) see, I don’t count it. Besides, PNC Park opened in 2001,
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By Joe Smeltzer The 20th season of PNC Park should have been celebrated last year, and since the season ended up taking place, I guess, in a way, it did. Since there were no fans and the season was the most screwed-up baseball ever has (and hopefully ever will) see, I don’t count it. Besides, PNC Park opened in 2001,
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By Joe Smeltzer The 20th season of PNC Park should have been celebrated last year, and since the season ended up taking place, I guess, in a way, it did. Since there were no fans and the season was the most screwed-up baseball ever has (and hopefully ever will) see, I don’t count it. Besides, PNC Park opened in 2001,
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By Joe Smeltzer The 20th season of PNC Park should have been celebrated last year, and since the season ended up taking place, I guess, in a way, it did. Since there were no fans and the season was the most screwed-up baseball ever has (and hopefully ever will) see, I don’t count it. Besides, PNC Park opened in 2001,
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By Joe Smeltzer Every notable Pirate that’s went somewhere else over the past several years has a different story. Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte left having reached their full potential. Pedro Alvarez and Josh Bell left showing flashes of greatness, and nothing else. Pitchers Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow left a system that failed them, and now… look at them.
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By Joe Smeltzer If Ben Cherington didn’t walk into baseball hell, he walked into the next worst thing. Two Novembers ago, the Pirates were a slop fest. They still are, in a way, but that’s just on the field. In 2019 there was slop here, there and everywhere. On the field, the team lost 93 games. In the locker room,
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By Jack Hillgrove Ah, yes. 2020. Perhaps the most cliché year of our lifetimes if there is such a thing. Every once in a while I’ll come across the Match.com commercial where Satan meets up with a woman named “2020,” and I can’t help but laugh. In the most comical way, I think that is the perfect summary for how
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By Joe Smeltzer Pittsburgh has good reason to miss Josh Bell. He came to the big leagues just as the Pirates were beginning their descent from a fine wine to a warm can of Dr. Pepper. We haven’t had too many reasons to smile over the past four years, but there were times when Bell was one of them, especially
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By COMON Network Team The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded first baseman and slugger Josh Bell to the Washington Nationals, reports say. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was the first to break the news. The Pirates acquire two right-handed pitchers from the Nationals for Bell, according to Mackey and ESPN’s Jeff Passan, among others. The two hurlers are ranked No.
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