The Winter Meetings in good ol’ Nashville, Tenn. wrap up today with the Rule V draft, which starts in about seven minutes as I begin today’s blog on Thursday so maybe by the time I finish it, we’ll have some Rule 5 chatter in here as well. The Curve contingent are on their way back … More Winter Meetings Wrap From Nashville
This year is the first year of the Curve, Pa. Christmas Tree, which sits out in front of the main ticket plaza here at Peoples Natural Gas Field and it took the help of a few people to help get the tree up for the holiday season. The tree features over 2,500 lights (approximately 2,700 … More O Curve Christmas Tree, O Curve Christmas Tree…
Our FREE Inaugural Holiday Bazaar will be here in just a few days, running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, December 1st here at Peoples Natural Gas Field! In addition to Pirates-Curve Exhibition tickets going on sale in-person only and the opening of our Holiday Store, we’ve got over 100 vendors scheduled to … More Who’s Who at this year’s Inaugural Holiday Bazaar
We figured we’d better get this post up early this week because a severe food coma is calling most of the US with Thanksgiving coming up this Thursday and then the official start of holiday shopping madness on Friday with Black Friday. I apologize for the hiatus over the past few weeks in regards to … More Rundowns, Recaps and Thank You’s
Game 1 of the 2012 World Series starts in roughly 5 hours as I start to write this blog on Wednesday mid-afternoon here in Curve, Pa. Looking back at my glorious picks from a few weeks ago here’s what we find: Divisional Round San Francisco over Cincinnati: NL MVP candidate and batting champion Buster Posey and … More The World Series in a Nutshell: The Battle of Two Songs by Journey
As the calendar turns to, you know, the middle of October, the 2012 presidential election is nearly upon us. For those of us entering our third (or first or 20th, really) presidential election, as always, this election is “the most important presidential election of our lifetimes.” How do we know that? Because they’re all that way … More Better Know a Curve Staffer: Slap Shot Steffan
While the Major League Baseball Postseason speeds toward the League Championship Series on each side, the hottest ticket of the offseason for minor leaguers is coming up fast, as well. The prestigious Arizona Fall League, the premier offseason showcase circuit for prospects all across affiliated baseball, opened play today with a trio of games in … More Into the Desert
Win or go home. That’s the motto from here on out in the baseball season as we’ve hit playoff time with the new wild card games starting tonight before the best-of-five series begin over the weekend. Agree with the new format or not, it’s here and will sure make for some interesting games tonight and … More Happy Playoffs Day!
Yep, it’s October 1st. Holy Cow! The minor league regular season has been over for just about a month now and we’re a few days out of the MLB clubs shutting it down for the offseason except for those that are playoff bound. Which is where we’ll start a vast array of topics on the … More We’ve Entered October…Cue Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, or cliche Kid Rock playoff song
A pleasant end of the work-week wishes here on the blog as we write today on a Friday from Curve, Pa. It’s been a busy week of travel this week for some of the front office staff with the Pirates Community Commitment Program award winners being honored earlier this week at PNC Park. Myself, along with our … More Duck Duck Goose
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