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Pirates-Cardinals, Game 5 Of The NLDS: A Very Deadspin Preview
Tonight's game is win or die. Here's Emeritus and me breaking down everything you need to know....
The Pirates Are Five Wins Away From The World Series
This single from Pedro Alvarez in the bottom of the eighth gave the Pirates a 4-3 lead in Game 3 of the NLDS and proved to be the game-winning run. Pittsburgh is now one win away from the NLCS. Four wins there would get them to the World Series for the first time since 1979. ...
Pittsburgh Babies Born Into Life Of Indentured Pirates Fandom
There is every possibility that this playoff appearance isn't a fluke, that a Pirates dynasty could be in the making. Perhaps one day you will resent these children with the vitriol reserved for Yankees, Heat, and United fans. Or perhaps, like a generation of Yinzers before them, they have emerged f...
Johnny Cueto Gets Jeered, Drops Ball, Gives Up Home Run
PNC Park finally got to host playoff baseball, and the fans in Pittsburgh made it a party, screaming and chanting and jeering from the moment they passed through the turnstiles. And while there's no way to know for certain, it sure looked like the standing-room-only crowd got to Reds starter Johnny ...
Cops Say Dallas Latos Case Is Closed; Dallas Latos Is Not Happy
Pittsburgh police just held a press conference to address last night's alleged assault of Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, at last night's Reds-Pirates game. @CBSPittsburgh live-tweeted the presser, and received a few responses from Dallas Latos, who isn't too happy about how...
Some Jagoff Celebrated The Pirates' Win By Jumping Off A Bridge
The Pirates did a lot of shit in the last 21 years to make their fans want to take a flying leap and end it all. But that's all in the past. Tonight, the Buccos won the NL wild-card game, and this dumb Yinzer—not to be confused with this dumb Yinzer, or these dumb Yinzers—decided it was just the rig...
Dallas Latos Attacked By Pirates Fan At PNC Park
Dallas Latos, wife of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos, was at PNC Park for tonight's Reds-Pirates game. Around 10:45 p.m., Latos tweeted that she had been attacked by a Pirates fan and punched in the head multiple times. Judging from Latos's account, the police at PNC Park handled the case of the...
Dumb Pirates Fans Interfere With Two Balls In One Inning
A couple of dumb yinzers did their best to sabotage their own team's playoff hopes....
Marlon Byrd Socks A Home Run In His First Postseason At-Bat
In 11 MLB seasons, Marlon Byrd never had a chance to hit in the postseason. The 36-year-old Byrd finally got his opportunity with the Pirates tonight, hitting a home run in his first at-bat against Johnny Cueto....
Here's The Most Famous Play From The Last Reds-Pirates Playoff Game
The Reds play the Pirates in the NL wild-card game tonight, and while it's been forever-and-a-half since the Pirates last made the postseason, the two teams actually have quite a history with one another. And because I'm a Yinzer dork who can barely sit still in anticipation—hurry up, eight o'clock...
Andrew McCutchen Is Tougher Than A Screaming Line Drive
It's the day before the Pirates' first playoff game in 21 years. What could possibly go wrong? How about National League MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen getting hurt during today's batting practice? Yeah, that would pretty much be the worst. And, yeah, that almost happened:...
Routine Line Drive Avoids Starlin Castro's Glove
Just your garden-variety three-base error for Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro in this afternoon's fourth inning. He would later boot a grounder in the ninth, too, but the Cubs did manage to win. ...
The Moment The Pirates Reached The Playoffs
This photo, by the AP's Charles Rex Arbogast, shows Russell Martin just after applying the tag to Nate Schierholtz for the final out of Pittsburgh's 2-1 victory of Chicago. With Mike DiMuro's punchout*, the Pirates are in the postseason for the first time since 1992....
Pirates Catcher Tony Sanchez Cartwheels Into Dugout To Make Catch
Chris Denorfia's foul pop was hit just far enough into the Padres dugout for Tony Sanchez to lunge over the railing to grab it. But there was no stopping Sanchez from going heels up, power tumbling off a ledge, and landing on his ass on the concrete floor several feet below....
Pirates Fan Trucks Kid To Get Baseball
After Darnell McDonald's ground-rule double, one of the Cubs' WGN announcers noticed the commotion in the stands out near PNC Park's North Side Notch. He initially thought someone had slipped on the wet steps. Then he saw the replay: Nope, just some jagoff who tried to leap for the ball and demolish...
Every Shitty Thing That Happened To The Pittsburgh Pirates, 1992-2013
With last night’s 1-0 victory over the Texas Rangers, the losingest losers are losers no more....
The Pirates Finally Know What It's Like To Not Lose
It's done. It's over. Professional sports' longest string of losing seasons ended last night, as the Pirates won their 81st game to guarantee at least a .500 year for the first time since 1992. Only problem is, these Pirates are too good to get excited about merely winning....
Starling Marte Hung A Young Fan's Drawing In The Pirates Dugout
Starling Marte went on the DL last week with a hand injury. The Pirates, a game back in the division ahead of a big weekend series with St. Louis, could really use the speedy outfielder back in the lineup....
The Mets Trade Marlon Byrd Hours Before Marlon Byrd T-Shirt Night
ESPN New York's Adam Rubin is reporting that Mets outfielder Marlon Byrd has been traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates after the Pirates put a successful waiver claim on Byrd. That's all well and good for the Mets—Byrd is exactly the kind of player that an out-of-contention team should be looking to unl...