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It is a big weekend for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they open PNC Park to full capacity when they welcome the Milwaukee Brewers. We look at what to expect in this third match-up of the year as the Pirates are back at home. It has been exactly one year and eight months since PNC Park has been opened to 100% capacity. Their last game with a full audience was on September 29th, 2019, against the Cincinnati Reds. Well, for the first time since that 2019 season, the Pirates are opening the doors to full capacity once again. It is an exciting time for the players, coaches, and fans as a sense of normalcy returns to the city of Pittsburgh. These young players are looking to show what they can do, and for many of them, it will be their first time in front of a full capacity crowd. However, it won't be easy as they welcome in the division leader for a four-game weekend series full of special events. The Milwaukee Brewers make their way to PNC Park for their third match-up of the s...

After a rough series against the defending World Series Champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates head on the road to face the Milwaukee Brewers. They are hoping to get back on track against a familiar division opponent. After a tough series against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates can take solace in the fact that they are heading to a place where they have historically not played very well. It doesn't sound that fun, but it is what the Pirates have to go through as they head to American Family Field in Milwaukee for a three-game weekend series with the Brewers. Surprisingly, this is only the second meeting between these two teams here in late June, as the teams last faced off in the middle of April. That was during a stretch that saw the Pirates start the season 12-11, and perform above and beyond any fan expectations at that point in the year. The Pirates would end up taking two of the three games in that opening series, but a lo...

After a successful homestand that saw them go 4-3 against the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres, the Pirates are looking to take their momentum on the road. Their first stop is in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers, a place that hasn't been kind to the Pirates. Riding the momentum of a strong homestand, the Pittsburgh Pirates now have to face a nine-game, 11-day homestand that will take them through Milwaukee, Detroit, and Minnesota. It will be a daunting stretch that will test this team's resilience and ability to battle night in and night out. However, the Pirates showed they can battle when they split their four-game series with the San Diego Padres this week, a team they were supposed to get swept by. The offense combined to score 17 runs in the four-game series and the Pirates have won four of their last six ball games. The offense has really come to life as of late and has carried them to some big wins early in the season. However, they are getting set to head i...

Last weekend, the Pittsburgh Pirates got on a hot streak when they swept the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. They have now won five of their last seven games and are looking to conjure up some more of that magic when they make their first trip to Miller Park this season. On August 20th, things weren't looking good for the Pirates, as they had lost seven of their last eight games, and were heading into a series with the Milwaukee Brewers, a team that has owned them. However, the Pirates offense would erupt for 24 runs in the three-game series and ended up sweeping the Brewers to move to 7-17. One week later, the Pirates are riding high having won five of their last games, including a sweep of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. They are looking to conjure up some more of that magic when they make their first trip to Miller Park this season for a three-game weekend series with the Brew Crew. However, this time it won't be as easy because Miller Pa...

After a dismal series against the Cleveland Indians, the Pittsburgh Pirates welcome the division rival Milwaukee Brewers back to PNC Park. The Pirates are looking for better results after going 1-2 against the Brew Crew in their first series. The Pittsburgh Pirates have not had an easy time of it as of late struggling in their last series against the Cleveland Indians and dealing with several off days the week before due to COVID-19 complications with both the Reds and Cardinals. However, things don't get much easier for the Pirates, as they start a stretch where they will play the Milwaukee Brewers in seven of the next nine games. That is not a recipe for success since the Brewers have owned the Pirates over the last several seasons, including taking two out of three games in a series earlier this season.  The Pirates have lost eight of the last nine games to the Brewers and only have four wins since June 1st of last season. With the offense struggling and the bullpen ...

After picking up a win in the finale of the three-game series in St. Louis, the Pirates return home to PNC Park. Awaiting them is a team who has had their number for the past several seasons in the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pittsburgh Pirates are riding high after their first victory of 2020. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in the series finale and, while you don't want to lose too many series this year, it is good to get that first win under their belts. They now return home to PNC Park to open the home half of their schedule, but a not so easy opponent awaits them. The Pirates entertain the Milwaukee Brewers, a team they went just 4-15 against last year as they look to pick up back-to-back victories. The good news, the Brewers also enter the game with a record of 1-2, the bad news the Pirates have not had a lot of success against the Brewers in the past. Even though it is the fourth game of the season, it is a big series for both teams involved. A 4-2 or 3-3 st...

On Monday evening, Major League Baseball announced the 2020 Coronavirus abbreviated schedules for all 30 Major League teams. The season will be 60 games spanning 66 days with the Pirates beginning the season on July 24th and wrapping up the year on September 27th. Let the excitement about baseball once again begin, as Major League Baseball came one step closer to restarting its 2020 season. The league announced the schedules for all 30 Major League clubs on Monday night kicking things off on July 23rd with the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. The San Francisco Giants. The Pittsburgh Pirates will begin their season the very next day when they head to St. Louis to take on the Cardinals at 8:10 pm. It kicks off the 60 game sprint that will last from July 24th until September 27th, then the postseason begins with the three division champions and two wild cards from each division making the tournament. The Pirates will play their norm...

It is a reunion edition of Trade Talk Tuesday's as we look at the trade that brought a fan favorite back to Pittsburgh. After being traded away during the 2003 season, The Pirates brought back third baseman Aramis Ramirez as they were chasing a spot in the 2015 MLB Playoffs. When many Pirates fans think of Aramis Ramirez, they think of one of the worst trades in team history. The Pirates sent Ramirez and teammate Kenny Lofton to the Chicago Cubs for Minor Leaguers Jose Hernandez, Matt Bruback and Bobby Hill. It was a trade that made the fan base furious because it was a clear salary dump and the guys that Pittsburgh got back did nothing for the Major League club. Fast forward the clock 12 years and the Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves in the 2015 playoff race, once again in the hunt for a Wild Card spot. They had just lost Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison for a significant amount of time and were trying to find a way to replace them. Jung Ho Kang stepped in at shortsto...

As we await the start of the 2020 MLB season due to Corona Virus concerns, we will take a look at every player on the Pirates roster and outline what they will bring to the table and projections for the 2020 season. I hope this brings some positive reading to the current situation and helps us all as we wait for baseball. If there is one thing that can kill a Major League Baseball player's career, it is the Injured List. Hundreds of players go on the injured list every year for things as minor as a scratch on their finger to as major as cancer. No one likes to go on the injured list, but some are just more prone to being injured than others. For Pirates catcher Andrew Susac, the injured list has been more of a home than he would like. He has been in the Majors since the 2013 season and has spent at least some time on the injured list every single season. After signing a Minor League contract with the Pirates this off-season, Susac is looking to stay healthy and provide ...

A walk-off loss got things started on day two of the MLB The Show 20 Players tournament for Cole Tucker. Things didn't get much better for the young shortstop as another 1-3 day drops his tournament to 2-6 over his first two days. After kicking off the MLB The Show 20 Players tournament on Monday, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Cole Tucker was at it again on Wednesday for day two of the tournament. It wasn't Tucker's lucky day as a walk-off loss started things off and led to another 1-3 day, dropping his tournament record to just 2-6. He would start day two off with a match against David Dahl of the Colorado Rockies and, early in the game, it looked like the luck was going to be in Tucker's side. He took the lead against Dahl in inning number one as Brian Reynolds reached base on a dropped third strike and brought home the first run of the game to give Tucker a 1-0 lead. He extended his lead to 2-0 by innings end and things were going his way as he sent Chris ...