Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor As fans clad in Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys and baseball caps made their way off packed T cars and up the steep staircases of North Side Station, they were greeted by a familiar face — Jim Anderson, who has been selling merchandise, peanuts and water bottles outside the T station for 20 years. He said the fans keep him coming back … Continue reading Buccos get back to business on opening day
Charlotte Shields-Rossi | a&e editor Spring in Pittsburgh means tanning on Rooney Field (or beach), catching a Pittsburgh Pirate’s game at PNC Park or just enjoying the warm weather with friends. It can be tempting to sit around and wait for the cold weather to break and for spring semester to finally feel like spring. But this winter the city and surrounding area have numerous … Continue reading A student’s guide to winter in the ‘Burgh
Spencer Thomas | editor-in-chief Baseball can’t afford to spit in the face of its history “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” We ask that question all the time. It’s a sport that is loved for so much more than what happens on the playing field. Its aesthetic and history are unmatched by any other sport. But idiotic decisions like the one made by … Continue reading Baseball can’t afford to spit in the face of its history
Rebecca Jozwiak | staff writer As winter draws on, so does the offseason of Major League Baseball. In a time where no games are played, free agent signings keep baseball fanatics entertained: Can the Dodgers deepen their team depth to take home a second consecutive World Series championship? Will the Mets finally re-sign team veteran Pete Alonso after signing Juan Soto to a historically expensive … Continue reading PiratesFest yet another PiratesFail for org
Luke Henne | Staff Writer Jan. 28, 2021 In just over a year on the job, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington’s flurry of transactions have made it clear that the franchise is headed in one direction: Rebuild mode. While the notion of rebuilding has become far too commonplace among Pirates fans, it is a direction in which Cherington and his bosses have deemed to … Continue reading Pirates commit offseason to acquiring young talent
Luke Henne | Staff Writer Oct. 15, 2020 John Wehner, a current broadcaster and long-tenured member of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, has seen just about everything, but even he couldn’t prepare for a season like 2020. Throughout the course of the truncated 60-game regular season, all 30 Major League Baseball teams played games without spectators as a precaution against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The impact … Continue reading Bucco broadcaster Wehner talks baseball, life
Luke Henne | Staff Writer Oct. 1, 2020 As another autumn descends upon Pittsburgh’s North Shore, fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates are left wondering what they watched this past summer and where the team is headed from here. Following an 8-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, the Pirates closed the abbreviated 2020 campaign with an MLB-worst 19-41 record (.317 winning percentage), securing a … Continue reading Henne: Where do Pirates go from here?
Jason Mignanelli | Staff Writer Dec. 5, 2019 As the Pittsburgh Steelers are enjoying one of their most exciting seasons to date and Mike Tomlin is arguably the NFL’s coach of the year, it is difficult to care about what is happening in the other stadium over on the North Shore. Only the truest and most loyal baseball fans are following the Pittsburgh Pirates this … Continue reading New leadership looks to bring Pirates back to relevance
Josiah Martin | A&E Editor 08/23/18 Much of the culture of the great city of Pittsburgh revolves around its professional sports teams. Our teams’ colors, black and gold, are present in any visual reference to the city. They’re even central to Pittsburgh’s flag. Football season is treated with the reverence and sanctity of Lent, and nearly every front porch seems to have a Jolly Roger. … Continue reading Pirates’ reviled victory song overdue for a change
Raymond Arke | News Editor Steven Greenberg, an executive in residence and professor of sports marketing and sports leadership, is no longer working at Duquesne, according to Bridget Fare, chief marketing and communications officer at Duquesne. Greenberg’s faculty webpage on Duquesne University’s website goes to a “content not found” page. Before becoming a Duquesne professor, Greenberg had served as a vice president of marketing and … Continue reading Sports Marketing prof and former Pirate front office VP ‘no longer employed’ by DU
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