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Jason Mackey: Pirates' biggest offseason priority has to be reinforcing young pitching staff

As a handful of position players went through fielding drills and others took batting practice indoors, Wil Crowe and Mitch Keller talked like two Pirates fans at a corner bar around happy hour on Monday. While stretching and throwing in left field, Crowe and Keller began discussing the upcoming offseason,…

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Marcus Hayes: 10 reasons to keep faith in the Phillies, who are primed for a late-summer run

The Phillies have lots of reasons to worry.

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Roansy Contreras impresses, Oneil Cruz homers, but Pirates still lose to Braves

PITTSBURGH — Roansy Contreras paid for his one big mistake against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

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Untimely bad inning for Manny Banuelos puts game out of reach for Pirates

PITTSBURGH — For all of the pitchers to allow a lopsided inning for the Pirates, left-hander Manny Banuelos wasn’t a likely suspect.

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Sideline Chatter: Maybe it’s because of all the pine tar on the bats

You sure the umps are checking pitchers’ hands for sticky stuff?

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Lopsided innings doom Pirates in blowout loss against Reds

PITTSBURGH — For as strange as it may seem, the Pirates’ experiment using right-hander Tyler Beede in the starting rotation hasn’t been all bad.

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Michael Chavis helps Pirates complete walk-off victory over Reds

PITTSBURGH — Michael Chavis sprinted toward first base and raised his right fist in the air, the emotion evident as his line drive into left field easily finding some grass, the Pirates walking it off for one of their more enjoyable victories during a frustrating season.

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Red Sox fall flat, can’t complete sweep with forgettable 8-2 loss to Pirates

Just when it looked like the Red Sox were primed to go on a hot streak, they took a step back.

Boston Herald

Roansy Contreras battles through command issues in return, as Pirates suffer 8-3 loss to Red Sox

PITTSBURGH — Perhaps one thing Roansy Contreras had been working on with Triple-A Indianapolis was learning how to survive without having all of his weapons working, a necessary skill for consistent success at this level.

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Patrick Reed hits new low with pathetic $750M lawsuit against Golf Channel and Brandel Chamblee

Patrick Reed is the worst.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dennis Eckersley ripped the Pirates’ ‘no-name lineup’ and furious Pittsburgh fans … agreed

Pirates fans actually agreed with this furious takedown.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Nick Pivetta throws long-awaited gem as Red Sox hold off Pirates for series-opening win

With little room for error over the final month and a half of the season, the Red Sox have to beat up on the opportunities they have against bad teams, and there aren’t many.

Boston Herald

Pirates' Rodolfo Castro fined, suspended after phone incident; appeal incoming

PITTSBURGH — Pirates general manager Ben Cherington, on his radio show with 93.7 The Fan on Sunday, was asked about a potential suspension being served to infielder Rodolfo Castro after his infamous cellphone incident in Arizona last week.

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MLB Power Rankings: Cleveland Secures Road Trip Wins To Move Up the Rankings

The Guardians surge with wins on the road, while the Dodgers remain in the first spot despite their win streak being snapped by the Royals.

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Sideline Chatter: Maybe he’d been waiting for a text to steal a base

You make the call: (1) out; (2) safe; (3) you’re safe but your cellphone is out!

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Logan Webb steals the show in SF Giants’ win over Pirates

SAN FRANCISCO — On a night the San Francisco Giants hosted dozens of players sporting World Series rings in a celebration of their 2012 title, it was their pitcher on the mound Saturday who provided the star power.

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Yastrzemski’s big night lifts SF Giants to series-opening win over Pirates

SAN FRANCISCO — For most of Friday night, it seemed, Mike Yastrzemski was doing one of two things: driving runs in, or watching them leave the yard.

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Lopsided 7th inning dooms Pirates in 9-3 loss to Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — Teams don’t win many games when they allow seven runs in an inning.

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Pirates offense finds much-needed spark in 6-4 win over Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — In their first two games in the desert, the Pirates’ offense was dying of thirst, scoring just four runs, three of which came Tuesday in quasi-garbage time of a loss.

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Pirates 2B Drops Phone Out of Pocket During Slide Into Third (Video)

That’s certainly one way to interpret the phrase “call up.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

A cell phone in the pocket of the Pirates’ Rodolfo Castro fell out while sliding and MLB fans had so many jokes

Ever seen a phone fall out of an MLB player's pocket? Now you have.

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Manhattan Project, a decade of inspiration led to Pa. native's first novel

PITTSBURGH — The idea for Sarah James' debut novel had been around in one form or another since she was 19. All it took was more than a decade to gestate into something tangible.

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Pirates lose game, Rodolfo Castro loses phone in 6-4 defeat against Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — The more pessimistic Pirates fans in Pittsburgh might argue the team phoned it in a while ago this season. Even if one doesn’t subscribe to that theory, the evidence in Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks was a little on the nose.

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Ugly mistakes, poor offensive effort sink Pirates in 3-0 loss to Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — Pirates manager Derek Shelton has professed patience with his roster this season. On multiple occasions, he’s stated the obvious: With a roster this young, there will be exciting moments of potential and frustrating moments of growing pains.

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Manager Brandon Hyde ejected late in Orioles’ 8-1 loss to Pirates, ending 5-game winning streak

BALTIMORE — When Brandon Hyde whipped the hat off his head, it was almost as if he needed to let the steam out more easily. The Orioles manager had been standing on the top step of the dugout, waiting for a verdict on a play at the plate.

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