Friday, July 29, 2011

Pirates Mixed Bag: Pirates Need Upgrade, Overbay's Time Finally Up?, Rough Trade Market



Yet again we start with a post from Bob Smizik's blog on post-gazette.com. This is just the latest of his daily "we need a trade" updates. It's not necessarily getting old though, and that's probably not a good thing:
http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/sports/bob-smiziks-blog/29592-pirates-easily-to-upgrade-just-do-it

The first post from Paul Zeise of the Post-Gazette here on Jolly Roger Sports. The guy has no idea what he's talking about unless the topic is the University of Pittsburgh, but the guy can certainly fake it with his writing abilitiy. This one is about Lyle Overbay's final days here in the Burgh:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11210/1163738-63.stm

Dejan Kovacevic of the Tribune-Review reported yesterday that the Pirates made a "hard" push for Carlos Beltran. His belief is that the Bucs are doing their best, but just can't find a fit. His final sentiments: Trying isn't good enough:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_748977.html

Joe Posnanski of Sports Illustrated wrote yet another fine piece on the Pirates:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1188683/index.htm

This article is from Bob Nightengale of the USA Today. Are the Pirates America's Team?:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/pirates/2011-07-28-pittsburgh-pirates-talk-of-baseball_n.htm


Bonus - My weekly nod to Dejan Kovacevic'slive chat transcript:
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_748847.html


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