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Morgan is a 29 year old player who just now is learning the game. He has a lot of speed but is constantly thrown out stealing because he slides right past the base. He does this virtually every time. He is a slap hitter that has a ton of problems against lefthanded pitchers. He also is bragged...

It is amazing the lengths that baseball teams go to NOT have to sign American players. We build "acadamies" in hispanic countries, sign winners of tv contests like the Indian players and so on. It is as if a great player is standing in front of them and they keep looking past him going "oh where...

I am all a twitter over our two new Indian prodigys. Jeez, that was one of the silliest signings in the history of Pirate baseball. Right now in minor league camp they are actually teaching them how to play the game of baseball. That is just incredible.

I agree. But they are still saying Morgan starts in left and Hinske is the 4th outfielder. Nyjer ought to be on the bench or in the minors. Look at Hinske's stats and you will see the more at bats he gets, the better he is. I hope they put him in right and move Moss to left. That would be a much...

And the Pirates cannot find a way to sign Doug Mientkiewicz for the bench, one of the more positive stories from last season, but we get all excited and sign Craig Monroe. He never was much and now is washed up. But he will more than likely make the Pirates. Since I last posted we have added one...

I don't know if other have already posted this. Now, I have never liked Gruden, felt he was a caste coach supreme. But still he was a white coach. and now before they have hardly had time to look everyone is already picking who the new coach will be . I have heard 3 names and all of them are...

I can remember when the Jags were about 60% white. Then they started getting blacker and blacker. When they brought in Harris I knew it was over. Now they are virtually an all black team. When Harris mentioned that he would always take a black over a white that was the final straw. He also...

Lord that is a beautiful thing. I can't stand Harris. He is the reason I quit following the Jags and , who knows. Maybe now I might be able to at least half heartedly pull for them again. But the damage done by Harris will take years to reverse, if ever.

Also one of the studios is called the "Studio 42" in honor of Jackie Robinson. Please guys, give it a break. Robinson Robinson Robinson. You know where you can put him, don't you.

Van_Slyke_CF (Lord, I miss Andy Van Slyke) Veal has been bad the last two seasons but Pirate fans are all a twitter over the latest color mixture. They feel he is extremely talented and that he will be a big plus. And they are also happy that the Pirates took 3 hispanics with their minor league...

Since the end of the season, the Pirates have now added 19 new players. Of those 19 only 3 are white players. The worst of the lot are the two Indian "players" and the South African "player".

dated a vietnamese girl for a short while. went with several ladies from Puerta Rica. and even dated a Russian. But that was it and could not imagine having to put up with a loud, in your face black chick. Although I have met some not like that, and even some that wanted to go out with...

Baptist. Went to free will Baptist church most of my life.

Scottish with some Irish and British thrown in for good measure.

Interesting but I have a comment slightly off topic. You mention how the time of ball games are alienating fans but why only baseball. The average time of football and basketball is right at or over 3 hours. So is baseball. Auto racing is way over that. Why then should baseball be the one...

Maybe OJ can make the top ten list on the prison football league.

A judge has just issued a hold on those bans. His actions tell me that nothing will probably come of these suspensions. I could be wrong but doubt it. Look, the rules say if these diuretics are in their bodies then they are responsible for their actions. Therefore they should be punished. So why...

On the Pirates board that I am on they have posted that article and are gushing over the prospects of finally filling up our roster with foreign (i.e. dark and not american) players. It is sickening. And now they have posted the second part of the article. It is really troubling. Why this...

Word is that the Pirates offered Jack Wilson to the Dodgers for the Asian shortstop Hu and black OF Delwyn Young. Thank God the Dodgers have turned that one down for the time being. Man this Pirates team will be all black or foreign in another couple of yearsEdited by: Skipperron

Yeah, Pirates have tied the longest all time losing streak for any team, any sport. They have had a losing season for the last 16 years. This should really help. I talk to many fans on the Pirates sites. Incredibly many feel these signings are worth a shot. They feel it is good to try as many...

The Pirates signed two more diversity picks, Patel and Singh from India, for crying out loud. Neither has ever played one single game of baseball but who cares. They are players of color AND from another country. That is all it takes, don't you know.Edited by: Skipperron

And wouldn't you know it. My team, the Pirates just signed both of the "players" from India. Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel are now in the Pirates system, joining another diversity addition, the black South African player they had signed just a few weeks earlier.

I am sorry I did not get back to you till now. I got the story from the MLB.com official Pirate team site. If not mistaken it also ran in some form in all the local Pittsburgh papers.

I totally agree, but the problem is they brought those of us who did not vote for him down also.

Nate McLouth made only one error and that came in the next to last game of the year. (or was it the last?) He caught everything hit his way. And yet he is the only player being put down as undeserving of the gold glove. What a slap in the face. I have read so many articles about how he did...