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The Hunt Is on for Star Pitcher's Rookie Card

Pirates offering free tickets for 30 years for Paul Skenes card; it may be worth a lot more

(Newser) - Topps has released a unique rookie card of star pitcher Paul Skenes that is drawing inevitable comparisons to the "golden ticket" of Willy Wonka fame, as here at CNN . It's a fair comparison given the stakes involved. Details:
  • One-of-a-kind: Only one of the cards exists—it's autographed
...

Phenom's Latest Start: 7 Innings, No Hits

Paul Skenes ties Nolan Ryan's achievement, could start All-Star Game

(Newser) - Paul Skenes struck out 11 in seven no-hit innings in another dominant performance, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Thursday. Skenes threw 99 pitches in his 11th major league start, 65 for strikes. The right-hander, who's going to the All-Star Game after just 11 major...

Rookie Has a Day for the Books
Rookie Has a Day for the Books
May 17, 2024 5:10 PM CDT

Rookie Has a Day for the Books

The Pirates' Paul Skenes throws a no-hitter for six innings, striking out 11

(Newser) - Pitching in the major leagues cannot be as easy as Paul Skenes makes it look. The Pittsburgh rookie, one of the top prospects in baseball, threw a no-hitter for six innings in Chicago on Friday before the Pirates' bullpen took over. That was the end of the no-hitter, but Skenes...

Bases Loaded, Two Outs. Then Came the Walks

Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in one inning, the most in 65 years

(Newser) - The Chicago Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, the most by a major league team in a single inning in 65 years. The last team to draw that many free passes with runners at every base in one inning was the...

MLB Player Who Dropped Phone Faces Fine, Suspension

Pittsburgh Pirates' Rodolfo Castro is appealing the decision

(Newser) - Update: Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rodolfo Castro has been hit with a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for having a iPhone in his pocket during a game last week, a violation of the league's strict ban on electronic devices on the field. The suspension would have kept him...

Cubs Score on Strangest Baseball Play in a Long Time

Javier Baez, the 'magician,' earns his nickname with some nifty base-running

(Newser) - It was a routine ground ball, and yet the Thursday hit resulted in headlines calling it "one of MLB's most memorable gaffes" ( Washington Post ) and "the dumbest baseball play of the season" ( Yahoo Sports ), and even one wondering whether it was "the...

'Indescribable Pain' for MLB Player at Wife's Sudden Death

Noelia Brazoban, spouse of Diamondbacks' Starling Marte, died of a heart attack

(Newser) - It was a weekend of celebration for an MLB player and his family, followed by tragedy. USA Today reports that Noelia Brazoban, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Starling Marte, has died of a heart attack. On Twitter , MLB Network's Jon Heyman noted Brazoban had reportedly been in the...

Vázquez Admits Sexual Contact With 13-Year-old: Police

Pitcher says he met girl in the bullpen

(Newser) - Felipe Vázquez has told police he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2017, a criminal complaint says. The Pittsburgh Pirates closer, who was arrested and jailed Tuesday, faces a series of charges in Pennsylvania and Florida concerning his contact with the girl, who is now 16....

Baseball Player's Wife Admits Stealing Baby

Jose Tabata's spouse faces life in prison

(Newser) - The wife of Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby after faking her own pregnancy. Amalia Tabata-Pereira, 44, faces life in prison for impersonating an immigration officer and pressuring a young couple at a health clinic into surrendering their 2-month-old child last year, reports the...

Spring Training in Full Swing
 Spring Training in Full Swing 
BOYS OF SUMMER RETURN
Mar 3, 2010 7:25 PM CST

Spring Training in Full Swing

World champion Yankees get homer in ninth, win opener

(Newser) - The boys of summer are starting to shake off the rust, with today seeing the first (nearly) full slate of spring training baseball games in Florida and Arizona. The defending World Series champion New York Yankees were in action, getting a three-run home run in the ninth inning from unlikely-to-make-the-team-yet...

Winning Teams Juice Ballpark Beer Prices

On average; there are some steals, and some outrages

(Newser) - Fans of winning baseball franchises pay for their bragging rights with more expensive beer, the Wall Street Journal reports. On average, a team that wins 6 out of 10 games charges $1.30 more for a 16-ounce beer than a club with a .400 winning percentage. There are, of course,...

Pirates Set Mark With 17th Straight Losing Year

Pittsburgh's futility streak longest in North American sports history

(Newser) - Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates set a new North American standard for consecutive losing seasons by a major sports franchise, the Post-Gazette reports, with today’s loss to the Chicago Cubs guaranteeing the team finishes with more losses than wins for the 17th year in a row. The Pirates had shared...

Pirates' India Experiment 'Endearingly Ridiculous'

Signing pair of reality-show winners brings baseball to India, adds to mutual ties

(Newser) - The Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball’s perennial losers, scored a huge win for US-India relations last week when they signed as pitchers two young reality-show winners, Bruce Reed notes in Slate. “With one grand, unlikely gesture, Pennsylvania has introduced America’s national pastime to the second-most-populous nation on earth,”...

Brewers Furious Over Denied No-Hitter

Team appeals official's single base-hit call on CC Sabathia

(Newser) - Lefty Milwaukee Brewers CC Sabathia threw a one-hit shutout pitching a complete game against the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday in a 7-0 victory. But instead of celebrating, the Brewers are furious that he was denied a no-hitter by an official's disputed fifth-inning base-hit call on what some say was an fielding...

BoSox Deal Ramirez as White Sox Land Griffey

Outfielders go noisily, quietly

(Newser) - The Red Sox traded Manny Ramirez at the deadline today, shipping the disgruntled outfielder to the Dodgers in a three-way deal that sends outfielder Jason Bay from Pittsburgh to Boston, reports New England Sports Network. Earlier, Ken Griffey Jr. agreed to a trade from the Reds to the White Sox,...

MLB's Midterm Report Cards
 MLB's Midterm Report Cards 
Jul 2, 2008 12:20 PM CDT

MLB's Midterm Report Cards

Rays at the head of the class—Rockies, Marlins at the back

(Newser) - Report card time! Here’s how the rambunctious kids of MLB are doing so far, in Yahoo Sports’ Steven Henson’s estimation. A students—Rays, Red Sox, Cubs, Angels, White Sox Particular kudos go to the Rays, the poor kid who went to the head of the class. B students—...

Soriano Homers Twice, Cubbies Beat Pirates

Soto, DeRosa add big flies as well

(Newser) - Alfonso Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa also homered and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 Friday for their seventh win in eight games. Soriano connected on the first pitch from Tom Gorzelanny for his third leadoff homer in four games...

Bay Lifts Pirates to Series Win
 Bay Lifts Pirates to Series Win 
May 15, 2008 10:05 PM CDT

Bay Lifts Pirates to Series Win

Ex-closer Isringhausen melts down again; Bay, McLouth go yard

(Newser) - Pinch-hitter Jason Bay's three-run homer off Jason Isringhausen snapped an eighth-inning tie and capped the Pittsburgh Pirates' rally from an early four-run deficit in an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Nate McLouth added his 11th homer for the Pirates.

Cards Best Bucs 5-1
 Cards Best Bucs 5-1
May 14, 2008 11:44 PM CDT

Cards Best Bucs 5-1

(Newser) - Todd Wellemeyer allowed two hits into the eighth inning and Albert Pujols had two hits, reaching base for the 41st straight game to start the season, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Wednesday night. Cesar Izturis and Troy Glaus both had three hits and an...

Pirates Score Four in 10th, Beat Cardinals 8-4

(Newser) - Ronny Paulino drove in the go-ahead run in a four-run 10th inning for his second crucial hit in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Troy Glaus hit a three-run home run and Albert Pujols tied it with his eighth in the eighth for...

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