On June 12, 2011 the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Michael McKenry from the Boston Red Sox to help fill what Karen Price of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called "the void caused by injuries to Chris Snyder and Ryan Doumit." Price wrote in her June 14 ...
Those who have been with me for a while might recall I wrote something the day Todd Graham was hired I was at the introductory news conference about how all his me-me-me and reinventing-the-game nonsense reminded me of when the Pirates hired Jim Tracy.
Duke started the season, his first one with the Diamondbacks, on the disabled list with a fractured pitching hand. The Texas native was a 2001 draft pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he spent his first six pro seasons. Duke was selected ...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Regular season results for June - MLB 2011 - Part 2bettor.com (blog)After completing a successful series against Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates were hoping to achieve similar results in a three match series against Arizona Diamondbacks as well. Improving their win-loss record to 28-30, Clint Hurdle and his ...