This is the best. Awesome Pirates rookie pitcher Gerrit Cole just happened to stop by Foley's NY Pub last night. If you think you've heard of Foley's before, it's because I talk about it nonstop…what with it being the local Penguins bar/group here in New York City that I've helped organize for the past five seasons. It is […]

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Your Pittsburgh Pirates won a late-nighter against the Oakland A's 5-0 yesterday. Or, this morning, if you're a stickler for those kinda things. You see, some hellstorm shot through Pittsburgh yesterday, causing a 3-hour delay at the 7th inning stretch, ending the game in the wee hours of the morning: earlier pic via sf chronicle's

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[Very funny comedian Steve Martin] lost his wallet while bicycling in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. earlier this week. – hollywoodreporter via gawker Come on, we're smart. "Lost his wallet" psssshhhhh. Nice cover.

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Here's another excuse to add to our extensive list of Pittsburgh Sports Stuff in Hip Hop. Atlanta-based emcee Killer Mike released a new album today with producer El-P, and it is fantastic. Now, there was a time over the last 20 years where seeing should-be Braves fans rocking Pirates gear would cause me to flip […]

THANKFULLY, the only topless aspect of this act will be the top of Terry's head. Bald joke. Via my buds at Awful Announcing comes word that former Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw will be gracing the glitzy Vegas stages with a one-man show. Listen to this: a 70 minute show of comedy, storytelling and singing, starring […]

Look, I don't bet. The closest I get is throwing a few bucks in the slots with my mom because she enjoys like 30 minutes of slots and then leaves the casino. Or I used to play poker with friends once a week back in the day. But straight-up betting…I'd be horrible at it. I […]

On Saturday, the Pirates called up AAA pitcher Brandon Cumpton to make a start against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Adding another pitcher was huge, seeing that the starting rotation was slowly settling in with super-rook Gerrit Cole making his vaunted debut earlier in the week. Cumpton one-upped his more-highly-lauded teammate in the strikeout department, striking […]

A funny thing happened yesterday. No, not the Bylsma extension…I expected as much and the team delivered. Perhaps it was a funny thing to everyone who thought he was as good as fired. The funny thing was that GM Ray Shero came out and spoke candidly for about an hour on the team and expectations, […]

Loootta digital ink has been spilled with the announcement today that Ray Shero WILL NOT fire head coach Dan Bylsma, instead opting to extend the entire coaching staff another two years. It seems many fans wanted Bylsma axed for the playoff struggles of the Pens in the past 4 seasons. So I went ahead and […]

Pirates top prospect and former 2011 1st-overall pick Gerrit Cole debuts tonight against the San Francisco Giants. This is big. Despite the recent, shall we say, lack of success, Gerrit follows only two Pirates 1st-overall picks in the last 15 years. The notorious Bryan Bullington, and Anna Benson's husband Kris. Coincidentally, Gerrit shares more than […]

In the currently-still-ongoing MLB Draft, our Pittsburgh Pirates used their 9th overall pick to grab OF Austin Meadows. Now…you know PSAMP as a place of absurdity or weirdness, not really stats and analysis. And the first thing that went through my head when I heard the pick was that Austin's name sounded like a park […]