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On Thursday, April 26, the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders honored Seton Hall University Baseball Head Coach Emeritus Mike Sheppard by renaming the softball field at Ivy Hill Park, "Essex County Mike Sheppard, Sr.

As I alluded to in my most recent article , the Pittsburgh Pirates have been so terrible for so long that even when they want to bring in free agents that could potentially help reverse the team's plight, the players don't want to come here.A It's a Catch-22 of baseball boobery.A As obvious as this seems, I doubt the Pirates actually expected this ... (more)

Buster Olney writes that the Yankees want Garrett Jones in a potential deal for A.J. Burnett , but that the Pirates don't want to deal Jones.

The Pittsburgh Pirates made an unhealthy habit of drafting the wrong players under former general managers Cam Bonifay and Dave Littlefield.