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The Year of the Balk comes to an end, much to the relief of the New York Mets pitching staff.

ESPN lists this offseason's free agents, including its Type A and Type B free agents. Unsurprisingly, none of the Pirates free agents (Chris Gomez, Jason Michaels, Doug Mientkiewicz and Luis Rivas)...

Pirates.com reports that Doug Mientkiewicz and Chris Gomez have filed for free agency, clearing two more spots on the roster. The Pirates haven't expressed interested in having Gomez return;...

Oh no, please please no. After being promoted from Class AAA Indianapolis Aug. 19, Morgan batted .347 -- 41 for 118 -- with 11 doubles and 20 runs. He reached base safely in 25 of 27 starts. ...

Doug Mientkiewicz: "I didn't deliberately smack at him. I just kept running and tried to hit the glove. That's what you're supposed to do. I didn't try to hurt him. We talked about it, and he...

Doug Mientkiewicz has been activated from the bereavement list; Steve Pearce has been sent to Indianapolis to make room for him, because having three backup infielders, or three thirty-something...

-P- My, how things have changed in Pittsburgh, and this article by John Perrotto and especially this one by Wilbur Miller are a lot more positive than any I'm used to seeing. And they should be. ...

The Post-Gazette reports that Adam LaRoche has hit the DL with some sort of torso problem, so Brian Bixler will take his spot on the roster. Doug Mientkiewicz stands to inherit a good chunk of...

What an odd bit of speculation this is: The fact that pitcher Paul Maholm batted eighth in the Pirates' lineup last night could be an indication that John Van Benschoten will be the Pirates'...

Regrettably, I have to leave before the end of the game and won't be back until tomorrow morning, but I wanted to post a few thoughts about tonight's game, or at least the seven innings I saw. -P-...