THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
Pirates-Our Pirates limped back home to PNC Park following last weekend's whipping from Washington. They were able to recover from that by defeating Cincy in a comeback win, 7-6, on Tuesday. The following day they placed OF/1B Corey Hart on the 15-day DL with a shoulder and called up RH Chris Volstad from Indy. The Buccos followed up those moves by losing to Cincy Wednesday night, 5-2. They also dropped the finale on Thursday, 5-4 in 13 innings. Good news came from the minors that day as it was announced that Altoona 1B Josh Bell and Indianapolis C Elias Diaz would represent the Pirates at the All-Star Futures Game to be played in Cincy on July 12. Altoona manager Tom Prince will be a member of the US Team coaching staff at the same game. Congrats to all! Friday brought more roster changes for the Bucs. They called up RH Delois Guerra from Indy while they moved OF/1B Andrew Lambo from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL and placed RH Rob Scahill on the 15-day DL. The Pirates then went out and beat the Braves 3-2 in 10 innings, handing the loss to former Pirate Jason Grilli. On Saturday, Bucco faithful got to raise the Jolly Roger again as the Pirates blasted the Braves 8-4. Sunday had more changes in store for the Pirates. They DFA'd OF Jose Tabata and Volstad to make room for OF Gorkys Hernandez and INF Steve Lombardozzi. The Pirates also were relieved to see CF Andrew McCutchen back in the lineup after leaving Saturday's game following a HBP on his left elbow. Unfortunately, none of these moves helped the Pirates as they failed to complete the sweep, losing to Atlanta 2-1. The Pirates now take their show on the road to Detroit for a 3-game set with the Tigers. Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
Steelers-Not much news on our Steelers this week. The team is spread out, doing their own things while they wait for training camp to begin. There was an announcement this week that the team will honor RB Jerome Bettis' election to the Hall of Fame. They'll hold a ceremony at halftime on October 1 during their game with the Baltimorons. Oh, and Coach Tomlin was spotted at yesterday's Pirates game. Obviously, coach was scouting potential players, should any of the Pirates decide to become two-sport athletes. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
Penguins-Many announcements made by both the NHL and our Pens this week. First off, the NHL announced that this season's salary cap would be at $71.4 million. The NHL has also decided to go with a 3-on-3 overtime, in hopes of cutting down on the shootouts. The Pens are rumored to be interested in signing Russian W Sergei Plotnikov to skate on Evgeni Malkin's line. Supposedly they would be able to sign him on July 1. The complete regular season schedule was released. The Pens home opener will be October 13 versus Montreal. Finally, the draft was this weekend. The Pens only had 4 picks this season. Word was that GM Jim Rutherford worked the trade talk extensively but was unable to pull the trigger on any deals. Your new Penguin picks are-2nd round, #46 overall, F Daniel Sprong, round 5, #137, F Dominik Simon, round 6, #167, LW Frederik Tiffles and round 7, #197, C Nikita Pavlychev. Welcome to Pittsburgh. Let's Go Pens!!!
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