THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
Pirates-Our Pirates continued winning for most of the week, sweeping the Miami Marlins at the beginning of the week. In Monday's 4-2 win, C Francisco Cervelli celebrated his first home run as a Bucco, a 3-run shot. On Tuesday, the battlin' Bucs won their 5th straight, a 5-1 win over Miami. Tuesday was an off day but still a reason to celebrate, CF Andrew McCutchen was named NL Co-Player of the Week with Milwaukee's Ryan Braun. Wednesday brought a 5-2 win, their 6th in a row and a sweep of the Fish, their second straight series sweep. Unfortunately, the Pirates organization suffered a setback on Thursday as they announced that Triple A RH Nick Kingham had undergone Tommy John surgery the day before to reconstruct his UCL. He is expected to miss 12-18 months. Meanwhile, the Pirates opened a 4-game set in San Diego on Thursday night, pounding the Padres 11-5 for their 7th straight victory. Friday brought more news from the minors as the Pirates promoted OF Keon Broxton from Double A Altoona to Triple A Indy. Friday also brought an end to the Pirates winning streak, in heartbreaking fashion. Tied 2-2 with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, RH Rob Scahill faced San Diego C Derek Norris, a victim of 4 strikeouts on the evening. Norris came up big for the Fryers as he delivered a walk-off grand slam to down the Buccos 6-2. The Pirates got back in the win column on Saturday night, 5-2. They ended up settling for a series split in San Diego as they lost the finale last night, 7-1. The Bucs will travel up the coast as they open a 3-game set with the World Champion San Francisco Giants tonight. Here is a chance for revenge of the 8-0 Wild Card loss back in October. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
Steelers-Our Steelers were happy to report that all players were in attendance for OTAs on the South Side. They also now have all of their draft picks under contract, signing 7th round pick, S Gerod Holliman to a 4 year deal on Saturday. Earlier in the week Hall of Fame RB Jerome Bettis made headlines when he declared that when all is said and done current RB Le'Veon Bell will finish his career as the best RB in Steelers history. The. Best. Ever. Let's hope Bus' prediction will come true. If so, Le'Veon will need to put the weed on the backburner until his playing days are over. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
Penguins-Our Pens did not have such a rosy week as controversy swirled around GM Jim Rutherford and his staff. A few weeks back, former GM Ray Shero inked a deal to be the new GM with New Jersey. The move made nary a ripple in the Black-N-Gold Universe. The Pens parted ways with Shero last season and where happy to have him off their books. But when the Boston Bruins requested compensation in the form of a draft pick when the Edmonton Oilers hired former Boston GM Peter Chiarelli as their new president, it kicked up a tidal wave of trouble for Rutherford and company. It seems that the Pens GM and his assistants were not aware of this little used loophole in the NHL rulebook. The Pens whiffed on a possible draft pick when Shero went to Jersey. They made sure not to make the same mistake twice as they secured a 2016 3rd round pick from the Buffalo Sabres this week as compensation when the Sabres hired former Pens Coach Dan Bylsma. Mismanagement of the rulebook and bumbling of the salary cap? Looks like Rutherford and the boys need to do their homework if they ever plan to get the Pens back to the Stanley Cup finals. Get it together, Jimbo. Let's Go Pens!!!
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