Baseball Attendance at PNC Park sags, depending partly on the opponent Barmes and Barajas have the worst OBP Baseball could be expedited Baseball from a front-seat row (in a parked car) Baseball records are closer to .500 than football records Baseball's new rules, proposed by Mike Kobik Batting the pitcher eighth?  Doesn't matter much BB/PA vs LHP doesn't matter much, either Cold in April?  "This ain't my style," said Casey. Competitors, to a sports franchise, are not the other teams Computerized databases empower baseball stats geeks Dizzy Dean "slood" into third Duck (rubber variety) heralds Pirates' return to playoffs Fans at big games are more fanatic nowadays, and noisier Feast-or-famine games:  Pittsburgh Pirates 62%, Cardinals 32% Fifth place proves good enough for "second-division" 2015 Mets Food at the ballpark now includes Cracker Jack & Mac Dogs “Games Behind” column disappoints 2019 Pirates fans Games last 4:43 when the Pirates play the Nats Half-games in the standings:  why divide by two? "Hands" statue:  Counsell or Kiner? Harry Caray at Wrigley Field Innings piling up for pitchers?  Shorter season, or 6-man rotation Inverted-pyramid newspaper style for a baseball "gamer" is confusing Milestone afternoon homers by A-Rod and Maris Minor-league baseball telecasts go away, attendance drops Nicknames instead of real names on uniforms?  Not helpful No-hitter:  I finally televise one! Pirates briefly lead, then implode; TV crew remains jolly Pirates' best starters have league's worst ERAs Pirates lose 101 games in 2021 while Dodgers are winning 106 Pirates of 2022 lose by at least seven runs in more than 10% of games Pitch clock planned for 2023 MLB games Pitches total 1,500,000 in a broadcaster's career Pittsburgh baseball nadir in 1890, before they became Pirates Postgame show must begin immediately Postseason games need a halftime Relief pitchers usually get themselves into trouble Ripken's night off from The Streak Rooker's unintentional walk home from Philadelphia Runs scoring “with two outs” San Francisco pitchers buzzed me with warmup throws Shortened 2020 season:  Pirates disappoint for 60 games Slowness: more than four minutes between balls in play nowadays Steve Blass is a funny guy "Wasn't Watching" the baseball play, but the blimp was Weekend Pirates games are wins; all other Pirates games are losses Wilburys song could have introduced a telecast Winning isn't everything Winter baseball in Washington, PA Wins-PIT are matched by Wins-STL for months; PIT can't gain ground World Series?  Why is it "World"? World Series 1927 press pass