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Breaking Your Heart
Despite the acquisition of A.J. Burnett, the Pirates again open the season without a clear top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher.

Short of Burnett’s return to his 2009 form, free agent signee Erik Bedard making a full year's worth of starts for t

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04/04/2012 - 22:54
David Golebiewski
Power of The Beard
At Diesel Club Lounge, black-and-gold clad clubbers scarf Pierogies, sip Bacardi’s and stand on tippy-toes to get a clear view of the dimly lit stage. TVs in the sky boxes above show The Beatles swaying to "All My Loving," 48 years after the Fab Four captured America's consciousness on The Ed Sullivan Show.

These South Side revelers were sending all their loving not toward The Beatles, but rather toward “Da Beard.” With the

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03/13/2012 - 00:38
David Golebiewski
Survivable Wound
Playing in a small market and lacking cash to compete for top free agents, the Pirates must develop home-grown stars through the amateur draft to climb the National League Central standings.

Those youngsters, paid peanuts their first three seasons in the majors and earning a fraction of their free agent worth the next three through arbitration, are baseball gold.

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01/23/2012 - 14:16
David Golebiewski
In The Dugout with Frank Coonelly
PSR's David Golebiewski caught up with Pirates president Frank Coonelly to discuss Major League Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement.

David Golebiewski: How will the restrictions and taxes on draft spending in the new

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01/16/2012 - 17:32
David Golebiewski
Fixing Pedro
Pedro Alvarez was supposed to anchor the Pirates’ power-starved lineup, belting homers and drawing walks by the bushel. Instead, the $6 million bonus baby, selected second overall out of Vanderbilt in the 2008 draft, hopes to avoid Triple-A Indianapolis next spring after a 2011 season in which he slugged .289 and suffered a quadriceps injury.

PSR’s David Golebiewski picked the brains of baseball experts for a solution to

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12/24/2011 - 16:25
David Golebiewski
On The Clock: Duquesne's T.J. McConnell
T.J. McConnell made a seamless transition from Chartiers Valley High School to the Bluff, stuffing the stat sheet as the up-tempo Duquesne Dukes finished 19-13.

McConnell earned Atlantic-10 Rookie of the Year honors and was the only Division I freshman in the country with over 300 points, 125 assists and 75 steals.

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11/08/2011 - 20:54
David Golebiewski
Clemente exhibit opens on North Shore
At the North Shore Saloon, a mere one-hop throw from Roberto Clemente's legendary right arm to The Great One's statue at PNC Park, Les Banos gazes at a photo he took of his best friend and smiles.

"When I look at this picture," said the Pirates team photographer from 1969-1977, pointing to the snapshot of Clemente crouching on Three Rivers Stadium's turf next to his three boys with wife Vera

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10/24/2011 - 23:38
David Golebiewski
Plan, Interrupted
Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement expires in December, and a new labor contract could lead to major changes in the amateur draft, affecting everything from how much cash teams can offer players, when those players sign, and whether clubs can swap picks.

If implemented,  those changes could have a major impact on the Pirates and how they approach the draft.

Hard Slotting

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09/19/2011 - 23:53
David Golebiewski
Pirates fall to Cards to clinch 19th straight losing season
Derrek Lee went 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Charlie Morton allowed 3 runs over 7 innings, but the Pirates still clinched their 19th straight losing season with a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park.

Less than two months after sitting atop the NL Central standings and adding players at the trade deadline instead of scouring other clubs' farm systems and selling, the Pirates reached an all-too-f

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09/14/2011 - 16:33
David Golebiewski
Steel Wheels
When Don McLaughlin had a leg amputated due to poor circulation two years ago, he knew he didn’t want to become a spectator. “I was very active,” said the Michigan native who served with the Marines during the Vietnam War.

“I didn’t want to sit around on my butt and do nothing, so I got involved in wheelchair sports. And that led to here.”

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09/14/2011 - 08:08
David Golebiewski
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10 Thoughts on the Steelers Draft
For the last few seasons, I have made sure that I left a few days between the draft itself and my first major reaction to it. It helps to leave a little time to digest it after the three-day marathon that is the NFL Draft.
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Bad Dad
My 4-year-old son, Walker, has become just that -- a walker -- whether he or his preschool teachers always like it or not. Regardless of the weather, Walker and I usually return home by foot from his preschool.
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Teammates
We were trailing by three points, with less than a minute to play. It was our ball. My son Anthony, never bashful to shoot the basketball, was hitting nothing but net from beyond the arc.
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Are we not entertained?
Players bring the violence, but watching sports like hockey and football is a moral conundrum in and of itself.
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Closing the Book
The Penguins first-round series loss to the Flyers put a dismal stamp on a season that began with so much promise. PSR takes a look at the team’s 2011-12 season leaders, including the winners of their annual team awards.
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Sideline View: Oakland
Paul Chryst is Pitt's new head football coach, but his assistant coaches will shape the course of Chryst's Pitt program nearly as much as the man in charge. Some of the new coaches in Oakland are familiar faces, but many are not. Here's a peek at the sidelines.
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Sideline View: Happy Valley
First-year Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien recently completed his first spring practice in Happy Valley. O'Brien's first staff features two members that are well known at Beaver Stadium, but many others that are not. Here's a peek.
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Dancing in Sioux City
The Point Park Lady Pioneer basketball team has been improving for years, but their record-setting season—during which they reached the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa—wasn’t just due to a stroke of luck.
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