CurveBall Blog is the official blog site of the Altoona Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
A new way to follow the Curve. This season the Curve will institute, for the first time, MiLB Datacaster for all home games. Much like the Datacaster you’ve probably seen in Major League games, the Datacaster will update with every batter and could serve as a great supplement to listening to the broadcast online or … More A New Way to Follow the Curve
The Altoona Curve begin their title defense tonight in Erie at 6:35 p.m. Here are all the links you’ll need to keep up with the Curve! Twitter – Updates from the game including starting lineup Game Notes– Click here to learn everything you’ll need to know about tonight’s match-up Live Audio Feed– Listen to Mike … More
The Major League Baseball season is underway (Pirates are 2-1) and the Minor League Baseball season begins this Thursday as almost all of the full-season teams will have their season openers (including the Altoona Curve who play in Erie at 6:35 pm on Thursday). With everyone getting going, CurveBall Blog thought it would be fun … More Where are they Now and Where are they Going?
Happy Opening Day CurveBall Blog readers. Today is the day that your team is in first place, and after tomorrow, there’s still a 50% chance that your team is still in first place! They say “you’re only as good as your next day’s starting pitcher” and for nearly all of the MLB teams, Opening Day … More Who’s Your Team’s Opening Day Starter?
As reported by both the Altoona Mirror and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, RHP Michael Crotta will become the 82nd former Altoona Curve player to reach the major leagues when the season opens for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday in Chicago. It has been discovered that Crotta, the Curve’s Opening Day starter in 2010, will make the … More Michael Crotta to Open Season with Pirates
Today, CurveBall Blog will take a look at the name “Curve” and it’s origin as well as showing a few of our favorite logos from around Minor League Baseball. The name “Curve” was officially chosen as the team nickname on July 2, 1998. The name was selected by fans in a “name that team” contest. … More “Curve” – What’s in a Name?
The Altoona Curve have joined Twitter, Follow Us! The Curve’s official Twitter site can be found by clicking the Twitter logo below or searching @CurveBaseball. We know there are a few other Altoona Curve Twitter accounts, so if you follow one of them, please follow the new Twitter account! Click here to follow the Curve! … More The Curve are on Twitter!
Last night I watched one of the better episodes of The Simpsons, where Lisa has to manage Bart’s baseball team and uses Sabermetrics to take them to the title game. So, for today’s blog, we’ll take a look at something called “The Pythagorean Winning Percentage” to show you how much better the 2010 Curve team … More The Best Altoona Curve Team
A lot can be learned on the future success of a MLB team by how well their minor league system is stocked with players and how well run that system is. If you paid any attention to how Baseball… … More Ranking the Systems
As you know, the Altoona Curve were crowned champions of the Eastern League in 2010, but it’s a long wait to finally get that championship ring. Well, for the members of the Curve, that long wait is over.In a… … More Put a Ring on It
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