The Pittsburgh Pirates and Altoona Curve will see the start of their seasons delayed because of coronavirus concerns. Major League Baseball suspended operations Thursday, postponing spring training two weeks ahead of the start of the regular season. The league expects the start of the season ...
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Baltimore slugger Chris Davis was driving down Florida’s west coast on Interstate 75 from Sarasota to Fort Myers for an exhibition game against the Minnesota Twins when he got the call. No game tonight. No games for a while. “Pretty shocked,” Davis ...
From Mirror reports The Altoona Curve announced the full 2020 promotional calendar on Thursday for the team’s 22nd season. The franchise will treat the patrons of Peoples Natural Gas Field to 25 fireworks displays, 10 giveaways, including three bobbleheads, four specialty jerseys, five ...
The Curve’s new manager, Dave Turgeon, has a wealth of coaching and teaching experience with young prospects and will be making the jump to Double-A for the first time in his career. Turgeon, 54, has spent six seasons managing in the minors and many more in college baseball. He has never ...
Former Curve manager Michael Ryan has found a new home as he will be manager of the Chicago Cubs’ Double-A affiliate, the Tennessee Smokies. The Pirates have yet to announce the Curve coaching staff for this season but are expected to do so later this week or next week. Ryan led the Curve ...
The Altoona Curve will hold open auditions for National Anthem performers at Country Club Mall in Cumberland, Md. on Feb. 1 and Altoona’s Logan Valley Mall on Feb. 8. Both tryout sessions begin with registration at 9:30 a.m. followed by singing from 10 a.m. until noon. Individual singers ...
Firing GM Neal Huntingdon was the appropriate move for the Pirates, without question, but it may not have been the best thing for the Curve. That might not mean much to a lot of fans who only care about the success of the big league club. But if you’ve become spoiled by watching a great ...
Minor League Baseball as we know it could be changing in dramatic ways if a jaw-dropping new proposal from Major League Baseball comes to pass. The future of the Altoona Curve and all minor league teams could be significantly impacted under the proposal, which has the bombshell component of ...
His voice sounding sad and stunned, Michael Ryan relayed the shocking news by phone Tuesday afternoon. “They’re not bringing me back,” Ryan, the most successful manager in Curve history, said shortly after he was fired by the Pirates. Why? He wasn’t really told when he got the phone ...
This makes no sense whatsoever and is a totally disgraceful move by the Pirates organization, which has so many people who are bad at their jobs, yet they decided to scapegoat the wrong guy. Curve manager Michael Ryan got fired Tuesday, and he was told the news by Bucs farm director Larry ...
HARRISBURG — There was no more fitting way for the Curve’s season to end than what occurred Monday afternoon to wrap up a dud of a holiday weekend. This was a wildly inconsistent Curve team all season. The club opened the year 5-0, tying the record for best start ever, then proceeded to ...
Michael Ryan, the most successful manager in Curve history, has been fired today by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ryan just finished his third season with the Curve, compiling a 69-71 record this year with a team that had very few prospects. He won the Eastern League title in 2017 and reached the ...
Final stop Today: Altoona at Harrisburg, noon Pitchers: Curve LHP Sean Brady (5-12, 4.32) vs. Senators RHP Kevin McGowan (1-3, 5.06) Record: 33-38 (second half); 69-70 (overall) From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — The Curve cannot finish with a winning record this season, but they’ve ...
Next stop Today: Altoona at Harrisburg, 1 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Pedro Vasquez (8-4, 2.79) vs. Senators RHP Mario Sanchez (9-5, 3.04) Record: 33-37 (second half); 69-69 (overall) From Mirror reports HARRISBURG — Harrisburg scored 11 runs in the seventh inning, the most ever allowed ...
HARRISBURG — A rough first inning spoiled things for pitcher Beau Sulser and the Curve on Friday night. Sulser, the club’s co-pitcher of the year, allowed three runs on three hits and also committed a throwing error in the first. The Senators rode that early lead to a 4-1 win over Altoona ...
Next stop Tonight: Altoona at Harrisburg, 7 p.m. Pitchers: Curve RHP Beau Sulser (8-2, 2.60) vs. Senators RHP Kyle McGowin (0-1, 3.20) Record: 33-35 (second half); 69-67 (overall) There will be no Eastern League title or playoff appearance for the Curve this year, but Thursday’s home ...
Manager Ryan wins 500th career game The Curve will wrap up the home portion of their 21st season tonight, and the relationship between the franchise and the Pirates remains as strong as ever. “We absolutely love our relationship here in Altoona with the Curve, its ownership team, ...
Next stop Tonight: Akron at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Curve LHP Sean Brady (4-12, 4.47) vs. RubberDucks LHP Adam Scott (4-4, 3.63) Record: 31-35 (second half); 67-67 (overall) It’s not out of the question that Curve pitching coach Joel Hanrahan could be the Pirates’ pitching coach as ...
In the Curve’s 21 seasons, there have only been 18 nine-inning complete-game shutouts thrown by an individual pitcher. Two of those have occurred in the past four days. Lefty Domingo Robles joined the list Monday night in an ultra-efficient 5-0 win over Akron before 3,333 fans at Peoples ...
Next stop Tonight: Akron at Altoona, 6 p.m. Pitchers: Curve LHP Domingo Robles (3-6, 4.55) vs. Akron’s TBD Record: 29-35 (second half); 65-67 (overall) From Mirror reports BOWIE, Md. — The Curve begin their final homestand of the season tonight — a four-game series against Akron ...