THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
PIRATES
Our Pirates received good news on their off-day last Monday. SS Jordy Mercer would be joining 3B Josh Harrison in Indy for a rehab assignment beginning Tuesday. Some more news regarding the Pirates Triple A club, RH Vance Worley accepted his assignment to join the Indians.
Awards were handed out to several Pirates this week, including CF Andrew McCutchen. Cutch was named NL Player of the Week. Down on the farm, WV Power RH Yeudy Garcia, Black Bears OF Logan Hill and Bristol 1B Carlos Munoz, were all named Players of the Month in their respective leagues. Congrats to everyone!
On the field, the Pirates opened a crucial 3 game set in St Louie with a 4-3 loss to the division leaders. The next day brought the same results, a loss to St Louie, this time 4-2. The good news is our Buccos were able to salvage a win in St Louie in the finale, 10-5. The Bucs also announced on Thursday that 3B Aramis Ramirez had begun workouts at 1B, in anticipation of Harrison's and Mercer's returns.
The Pirates squared off against another division-leading opponent on Friday night, topping the NL East-leading New York Mets, in 10 innings 3-2. Congrats to Manager Clint Hurdle as he earned his 400th career Pirates win. Clint is the 9th manager in team history to reach the 400 mark. Here's to 400 more!
Saturday night saw more bonus baseball for the Bucs as they defeated the Mets 5-3 in 14 innings. Sunday afternoon's contest was marred by a rain delay but the result was the same, another Pirates victory, 8-1. The Pirates picked up their MLB-best 13th series sweep.
During this 9-game stretch against division leaders, the Buccos finished an impressive 7-2. They now come back home to begin a 7-game homestand, starting with a 3-game set tonight versus the Arizona D-Bags. The Bucs are 5 games back in the NL Central and hold the top spot in the Wild Card by 2.5 games. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
Our Steelers received some bad news to begin their week as it was announced that K Shaun Suisham suffered a torn ACL in the Hall of Fame game. Sweezy underwent surgery later in the week and is expected out for the season. On Tuesday, the Steelers signed former Saints K Garrett Hartley. To make room they also waived/injured WR/QB Devin Gardner. In other roster-related news, QB Bruce Gradkowski was activated from the PUP list yesterday. We'll see if this is the end of the Landry Jones Era.
There was a rumor going around this week that the Steelers would meet with WR Antonio Brown's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, to possibly re-negotiate the All-Pro's contract. Typically, the Steelers don't re-do contracts and it's believed that they don't have the salary cap space, either. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will keep you updated if/when this story develops
In the meantime, our Steelers still had a preseason game to play on Friday against the Jacksonville Jagsoffs. The Steelers have still not found the win column this preseason as they fell to the Jags, 23-21. The first team offense looked good in their only drive, marching down field for a touchdown and a 2-point conversion. Mrs. Black-N-Gold can't wait to see how they look for an entire game. Things didn't look as good for the defense, as they continue to struggle to find their way. They'll have another chance this Sunday afternoon when the Green Bay Packers come to town. Remember, that's now a 1pm start. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENGUINS
Very little news on our Penguins this week. The most newsworthy item is word that D Sergie Gonchar has been signed to a tryout contract. The 41-year-old will have a chance to show if he's still got it next month at the Pens training camp. Some say Sarge is over the hill. Others feel he's still got something left in the tank and can help the Pens on their porous power play. Again, Mrs. Black-N-Gold will give you the latest on this story when more news arrives. Let's Go Pens!!!
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