By Jason Mackey Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — By themselves, each has an impressive story. Mayu Fielding started with the Pirates as an administrative assistant in 2007 and quickly moved into her current role as education coordinator, helping foreign players transition to life in ...
TORONTO — If Major League Baseball needs to squeeze more games into a condensed season without exhausting pitching staffs, then perhaps this idea could get tossed into play: how about seven-inning doubleheaders? Opening day has been postponed until at least mid-May because of the ...
Both teams are confident Immense seating capacity of Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, entirely too small to accommodate the thousands who wish to view contest — Great crush when general admission ticket offices are opened this morning — Pittsburgh filled with visitors. PITTSBURGH — The ...
From Mirror reports PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the roster move of seven players down to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday for whenever the 2020 season starts. Starting the season on the Indians roster will be Jason Martin (OF), Cole Tucker (INF), Ke’Bryan Hayes (INF), ...
Cole Tucker is a regular guy, as much of a regular guy as a Major League Baseball player can be, really. As Curve fans saw during his time with the team in 2017 and ‘18, and as Pirates fans saw from the MLB rookie last year, Tucker is a good talker who enjoys chatting about anything and ...
The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — A minor leaguer for the New York Yankees tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend, becoming the first known player affiliated with Major League Baseball to contract COVID-19. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Sunday that a “younger ...
From Mirror reports PITTSBURGH — In the wake of Thursday’s decision by Major League Baseball to suspend all spring training games and delay the start of the 2020 regular season due to safety concerns around the Coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to work to minimize the impact ...
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 ...
BRADENTON, Fla. — Ke’Bryan Hayes thought the call might come last September with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a free fall. It didn’t and, yeah, it bothered the third base prospect more than a little. “I just used it as motivation for this offseason going back home,” Hayes said recently. ...
From Mirror reports BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates were held to five hits in a 3-1 loss to Toronto on Monday afternoon in spring training league action. The Pirates (3-13-1) got their only run on an RBI double from Oneil Cruz in the seventh inning. Teammate Kevin Newman had two ...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Colin Moran went 2-for-3 at the plate, inlcluding a run-scoring single in the first inning in a 2-2 tie for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays in spring training action Sunday. Moran now has seven hits in his last six games. Charlie Tilson recorded a ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A baseball fan’s treasure trove sat on a table outside the San Francisco Giants clubhouse Saturday morning — hundreds of baseball cards signed by the franchise’s biggest stars. Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Evan Longoria and more, all ready for eager autograph ...
BRADENTON, Fla. — The New York Yankees exploded for six runs in the eighth inning in a 7-4 spring training win Saturday over the Pittsburgh Pirates. John Andrews hit the bases-clearing, 3-run RBI triple in the top of the eighth to kick things off for the Yankees. John Ryan hit his ...
From Mirror, wire reports Former Pittsburgh Pirate Austin Meadows homered, and the Pirates fell to 2-11-1 as Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh, 2-1, Thursday afternoon in a spring training exhibition game. The Rays (8-4-2) were out-hit by the Pirates, 7-2. Pittsburgh got a solid start from lefty ...
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates have given their spring training home a deep clean as a proactive measure after a man in Manatee County tested positive for coronavirus. Pirates spokesman Brian Warecki said workers sanitized the clubhouse, press box, concession stands and other ...
From Mirror, wire reports In a split-squad exhibition on Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped two games, losing 9-7 to the Philadelphia Phillies at Clearwater and 9-7 to the Atlanta Braves at Bradenton. In the loss to the Phillies, starting pitcher Hector Noesi gave up four earned runs ...
Greg Reynolds can’t lift his right arm much these days, the byproduct of years of throwing batting practice to his son Bryan. Still, family is family. Habits are habits. So when Bryan decided to get back to work over the winter following his breakout rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, ...
From Mirror, wire reports DUNEDIN, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller gave up three earned runs in 21/3 innings on Monday in a 4-0 loss to Toronto in an exhibition matchup. Keller gave up three hits, struck out two and walked one. The Pirates, who fell to 2-8-1, ...
From Mirror, wire reports FORT MEYERS, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Pirates picked up their first exhibition win on Saturday, beating the Minnesota Twins, 2-0. Jose Osuna doubled home Ke’Bryan Hayes with a run in the sixth inning, and Will Craig doubled and scored for the Pirates on a Kevin ...