James Mcdonald

Yesterday we began with the premise that the Reds won 12 fewer games in 2011 than they did in winning the National League Central Division title in 2010.  Twelve games is 7.4% of the season which seems like a significant amount until you look closer...

The Pirates tricked the Reds in 2011...a lot!

James Loney hit a three-run home run in a second consecutive game and Ted Lilly held the Pirates to four hits in his seven innings, as the Dodgers won 6-1 Saturday night.

Sadly we meet here again.  We meet with yet another losing season.  Something we are all too used too and something every Pirates fans has every right to be upset about. What I’m not going to do is go on some holier than thou rant about how t...

HOLY CRAP THERE IS WATER EVERYWHERE!  I feel like a less gilled and more handsome Kevin Costner right now! If you’ve never been to beautiful Shamokin, we have what you call a “shit crick”.  Really this a stream combined with a bun...

Well, at least they won a series?  That finishes off the season series with the Cubs, the Bucs managed to lose this series 7-8.  The Pirates are currently 9-6 against the Astros so they can’t end up with a losing record, but it’s pretty...

  A split against the freaking Brewers???? Only one split I can think of harder than that! I should be pretty jacked up, no?  I mean it’s the Brewers.  They have been our daddy.  Sadly I’m just mildly happy about it.  It’s...

Correia, Morton, McDonald. All have fared pretty darn good against the Reds this season.

This post has been clanking around in my head for some time, a couple of weeks now at least, just waiting for the right moment – the right time to finally put words to screen, to find what it is that remains of the 2011 Cardinals season. Away f...

In the latest installment of the weekly pitching primer, Ryan explains why Hiroki Kuroda, Ryan Vogelsong, and Jeremy Hellickson can all bring two-start goodness this week, and why Matt Harrison and Doug Fister offer underrated value.