Trade Tree – A.J. Burnett

After rumors of this deal first leaked about a week ago, the Pirates and Yankees finally completed the deal for A.J. Burnett. Both of the minor leaguers in the deal, Diego Moreno and Exicardo Cayones were originally signed out of Venezuela. Neither is expected to do much if they ever make the big leagues so [...]

Friday Flashback: Thanks for the memory, Wake.

The following is something I wrote for the Pirates email listserve back in February of 2003. Its not really about Tim Wakefield, but a personal memory in which he played a big part. In October ’92 I was a freshman at Georgia Tech. My friend Matt and I decided to try to go to Game [...]