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Exactly a month from today, the Pirates will be packing their bags in Miami and mercifully concluding this 2010 season already destined to finish as one of the franchise\'s worst.
When Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Neil Walker takes the field at PNC Park, he needs only to glance over his shoulder at the 21-foot Roberto Clemente Wall in right field for inspiration.
This was supposed to be the year of Pedro Alvarez\'s arrival. It was to be the year when Brad Lincoln finished his climb back.
Two teams that are trying to squeeze some positives out of baseball\'s marathon season square off this weekend, each hoping to grasp that winning feeling as September starts to tick away.
The term is \"4-A player,\" and John Bowker clearly does not like it. The \"4-A,\" in the vernacular, describes the player who does very well at the Class AAA level, but nowhere near as well in the major ...
Neil Walker homered for the fourth time in five games in going 3 for 5, but the Pirates\' pitching made for a poor match in falling to the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, this afternoon at Wrigley Field.
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There weren\'t a lot of highlights last night, so please enjoy this photo of Marlon Byrd\'s nice diving catch from Monday.