Amalia Tabata Pereira

Things are looking up in Pittsburgh when the Pirates start inking young stars like Jose Tabata to long-term contract extensions. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) It’s been an exciting week in Pittsburgh. When was the last time you could say that the Pirates were the biggest spenders in a given week? After spending over $17 million on the amateur draft inking two of the top-ten prospects, the team went and started handing out contract extensions to younger players on the major-league roster. On...Read Full Story

A woman accused of faking a pregnancy and stealing a baby to fool her baseball player husband into thinking he was the father has pled guilty.Amalia Tabata-Pereira, 44, pled guilty in Hillsborough Circuit Court on Wednesday on charges of kidnapping, interference with custody and impersonating a public officer.In March of 2009, Tabata-Pereira posed as an immigration official and threatened a migrant worker and her boyfriend with deportation if they didn't give their baby girl to Pereira...Read Full Story

Pittsburgh Post GazettePirates place Tabata on DL with quad strainMLB.comTORONTO -- The Pirates placed outfielder Jose Tabata on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Monday, due to the left quadriceps strain he suffered in Sunday's loss to Boston. ...Pirates place Jose Tabata on DL with quadriceps injurymsnbc.comPirates' Tabata lands on DLMiamiHerald.comPirates place OF Tabata on 15-day disabled listTheNewsTribune.comUPI.comall 133 news articles »Read Full Story

Pittsburgh Post GazettePirates place Tabata on DL with quad strainmsnbc.comPirates placed OF Jose Tabata on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain. Tabata suffered the strain in the first inning of Sunday's game against the Red Sox while legging out a bunt single. The 22-year-old had to be carted off the field ...Pirates' Tabata lands on DLMiamiHerald.comPirates place OF Tabata on 15-day disabled listHuffington PostPregame: Correia (9-6) vs. Reyes (3-6)Pittsburgh Post Gazette...Read Full Story

SPEEDING: Tabata has speed, but little pop.Read Full Story

ORLANDO — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata is close to signing a contract extension for six years, a source close to the negotiations told ESPNdeportes.com on Friday. Tabata’s new deal with the Pirates would run through the 2016 season and include restructuring of his contract for 2011. The source also said that Tabata broke apart from his former agency — ACES, Inc. — because of his negotiations with the Pirates. “There were philosophical differences over some aspects of the contract...Read Full Story

WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh outfielder Jose Tabata grew up in Venezuela listening to his father tell stories about former Pirates great Roberto Clemente. Tabata admired the Hall of Famer for his fearless play on the field and selflessness off it, values the 23-year-old says he wants to emulate during his career. Though Tabata has been a fixture in left field for the Pirates, he's eager to walk in Clemente's footsteps in right. Tabata made his first...Read Full Story

We traded this story to the Pirates.Pirates prospect Jose Tabata is not involved in any wrongdoing in a bizarre case in which his much-older wife is charged with abducting a 2-month-old baby girl from a Florida couple, police told the team. Tabata, a 20-year-old outfielder who is one of the Pirates' top minor leaguers, said in a statement Wednesday that he is "hurt, frustrated, and confused" that his 43-year-old wife, Amalia Tabata Pereira, is accused of taking the girl from a woman at a...Read Full Story

The Associated Press The Associated Press PITTSBURGH The Pirates on Monday announced that outfielder Jose Tabata has been diagnosed with a left quad strain, but his status is uncertain. Tabata, 22, suffered the injury in the first inning of Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Pittsburgh, and was carted off the field. He could be placed on the 15-day disabled list later this week. Meanwhile, the Pirates optioned infielder Pedro Ciriaco to Triple-A Indianapolis, and...Read Full Story

After suffering through 16 consecutive losing seasons, many Pirate fans wonder how any team’s management could be more inept; how any team’s ownership could be more stingy.  And who could blame them?  The streak of sub-.500 finishes will soon be historic. Image by Matt Bandi, MVN via Flickr The sudden and unexpected trade of All-Star outfielder Nate McLouth on June 3 was viewed by many as a microcosm of the past decade and a half of losing.  The Atlanta Braves acquired McLouth in...Read Full Story