by: Justin Dunio Francisco Liriano reportedly has a labrum tear in his overworked right shoulder from attempting to become an ambidextrous pitcher. Desperate to return to relevance, Liriano was willing to try anything. Liriano was among the league leaders in ERA in 3 of his first 4 seasons and was one of the top young pitchers in the league. However, injuries have hampered Liriano and his stats have been unimpressive to say the least the last few years. We caught
Rico Fata still awaiting return to Penguins
by: Brandon Posa Upon hearing that the second NHL lockout in less than ten years is finally over, forward Rico Fata is still holding on to the notion from the Penguins that he would return in a top-six role once the first lockout had ended. “[Former Penguins GM] Craig Patrick told me that as soon as the owners ‘cleaned up this mess eh’ with the players, Coach Olczyk would bring me into training camp and I would have a spot
Tino Sunseri arrested inside of Sun Life Stadium
note: this is a fake story Tino Sunseri was arrested late Monday afternoon inside of Sun Life Stadium, the site of the 2013 BCS National Championship game, for breaking and entering. Sunseri was seen wearing an Alabama number three jersey in custody of Florida State police. “We found the suspect in the visiting team locker room putting on pads and this number three jersey,” said Jim Franks, Florida chief of police. “We are continuing to gather information.” The equipment that
NHL fans working hard to get back in mid-season heckling form
By Ben Oviatt (@BenOviatt17) When the NHL lockout ended early Sunday morning, the league’s stars weren’t the only ones scrambling to get ready for the shortened season. Many local fans have been frantically trying to prepare themselves to heckle opposing players on short notice. “Usually, you have an entire training camp to come up with new insults, get information about players’ families, stuff like that,” said Gibsonia resident Jeff Christiansen. “There’s no room to be sloppy in a 48-game season.
Pirates discussing Giancarlo Stanton with Marlins
by: Justin Dunio The Pirates have the framework of a deal in place to acquire Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins. However, the Pirates have made a strange request that seems to be preventing the deal from culminating. The Pirates have offered Luis Heredia, Jameson Taillon, and Josh Bell for Stanton. In order to complete the deal, Neal Huntington has requested that Stanton “drop the Giancarlo bullshit.” In an interview with The Pierogi, Huntington said, “Mike Stanton had a good
Local filmmaker gets Oscar nod for ‘BUCN’
by: Patrick Reddick BUCN: The Story of the 2012 Pittsburgh Pirates has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary About A 2012 MLB NL Central Team. The film—written, produced, filmed, edited, and directed by Greg Allison—documents the Pittsburgh team as it got off to a promising start before collapsing in a pile of its own fans’ tears. “The film had a very uplifting beginning, you could tell that these were some ballplayers who had enough
Lockout report: Evgeni Malkin
by: Ben Oviatt With no end to the NHL lockout in sight, we decided it was time to check in on one of Pittsburgh’s favorite players, Evgeni Malkin, and see how he has been handling the lockout in his native Russia. So far, Geno has tallied 19 goals and 40 assists in 35 games while playing with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Head coach Paul Maurice says that Malkin seems to be in good shape and is playing
Pittsburgh athletes make their New Years resolutions
We caught up with various Pittsburgh athletes and collected their New Years resolutions. Sidney Crosby: “when are the winter olympics coming back? I wanna do that again.” Ben Roethlisberger: “to stop all rape jokes, to make the playoffs next season… oh yeah and also to be a good dad and shit” Andrew McCutchen: “I’m gonna steal more bases… like literally steal more of the Pirates bases… they really freakin’ jewed me on that contract last year, I’m gonna get back
Sidney Crosby, Andrew McCutchen both get same Christmas gift
Reports are coming out of Pittsburgh that Sidney Crosby and Andrew McCutchen both received PINECONE & LIME scented Yankee Candles for Christmas from their girlfriends. “I was pumped as shit to get this Yankee candle,” said an elated Crosby. “Then I hopped on Instagram and saw that Cutch got the same thing! Small world.” “Yeah I got the same candle as Crosby, I don’t why the hell he’s so pumped up about it,” said McCutchen, who later admitted he was
Liriano: no-pressure culture in Pittsburgh is awesome
by: Justin Dunio The Pittsburgh Pirates announced today that the team signed veteran starting pitcher Francisco Liriano to a 2 year, 12.75 million dollar contract. It’s been a few years since Liriano was a dominating Major League pitcher, but the Pirates organization felt he was still worth a contract above his market value. When asked about joining the Pirates, Liriano said, “The no-pressure culture in Pittsburgh is awesome. I spoke with Clint Hurdle before signing and he assured me that
