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The reason is quite simple, really – Scott Boras.  In case you don’t know who Boras is, he is the owner and founder of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency that specializes in representing clients playing professional baseball.  He is [...]

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PITTSBURGH PIRATES

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The Pittsburgh Pirates front office has done a pretty good job of not doing a whole lot during the offseason, so it makes it quite easy to project what the Pirates’ starting lineup will look like coming out of 2014 [...]

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Numerous reports have emerged stating that former Pittsburgh Pirates‘ outfielder, Nyjer Morgan, was looking to make a return to the MLB ranks after spending the 2013 season playing in Japan. Morgan was a member of the Pirates during the 2007 [...]

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Wandy Rodriguez

Pittsburgh Pirates lefty starting pitcher Wandy Rodriguez missed an extremely large amount of time in 2013 due to pain in his left forearm. It was an awkward injury to deal with from his perspective and from a fan’s perspective, because [...]

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For around two decades, fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates didn’t have much of a reason to go to the ballpark other than the food, beer and giveaways. Due to the recent success, this tradition has become increasingly less important to [...]

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A.J. Burnett

“My decision is not playing for another team, it’s whether or not I’m going to play period.” That was Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher A.J. Burnett a few months ago on a sports-talk radio station in Pittsburgh. It has long been [...]

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Chris Dickerson

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed outfielder Chris Dickerson to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training, tweets Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. This, like every other move the Pirates have made this offseason, should be considered [...]

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Francisco Liriano

Francisco Liriano is clearly an extremely talented pitcher. He was the NL Comeback Player of the Year winner in 2013 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Unfortunately, as we all know, to be a comeback player of the year, the winner has [...]

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