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
Welcome back to the blog, Curve fans! It’s been a while, but hey…great to see you again. The offseason has arrived across Minor League Baseball, and ballparks across the country have quieted down for the fall and winter. With the departure of fans go, too, the smells of the season. Last week in Curve, Pa, … More Swing [Pancake] Batter, [Pancake] Batter
Recently, the Curve hit the road to take on the SeaWolves in Erie, PA, a place that conjures up a thousand images in my mind, all of them in spite of the fact that I had never, in fact, actually been to Erie, PA. Things like family-owned appliance stores and the words “You gotta be … More On the trail of the One-ders in Erie
Now that we’re a full month into the baseball season and our players have gotten everything all set, it’s time to see what pumps them up when coming to the plate. That’s right, their walk out songs. Over the past few seasons we’ve had some pretty iconic songs used by players as walk-out songs such … More Walk It Out…
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