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| Wed, Mar 10 2010 7:42 am Eastern Standard Time |
| Spring training: Legend takes aim at lefties |
| TAMPA, Fla. -- One of Garrett Jones' many small spring goals is to hit better against left-handers, and he began to address that in a large way Tuesday. |
| Wed, Mar 10 2010 12:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| MLB Notebook: Strasburg start is a spectacle |
| Stephen Strasburg battled some nerves and location issues during his spring training debut but was impressive. |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 7:06 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Pirates Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
| <p>Paul Maholm pitched one scoreless inning to start the Pirates' exhibition season and pronounced that the left knee injury that had an impact on his 2009 season was no longer a factor.</p>
<p>"Actually, it wasn't as much of a big deal last season as some people are making it out to be," Maholm said.</p>
<p>Maholm went 8-9 with a 4.43 ERA last season after straining a ligament in his left knee during his final start in spring training. However, the injury was never made public until he admitted he had pitched hurt when asked by reporters during the final week of the season.</p>
<p>"I just don't think it was that big of a deal," Maholm said. "There isn't a pitcher in the major leagues who goes out and makes 30-plus starts a season, takes the ball every fifth day and feels 100 percent every... |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 6:55 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Spring training: Pearce aims to turn heads |
| BRADENTON, Fla. -- Steve Pearce has gone from being Baseball America's 2007 Minor League Player of the Year to a near-afterthought in the Pirates' camp this spring. |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 6:18 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Johnson homers twice, Sabathia rocked by Pirates (AP) |
| Nick Johnson is working on a new hitting philosophy this spring. CC Sabathia is trying to refine his pitching motion. Their results couldn't have been more dissimilar Tuesday. Johnson pulled homers to right in each of his at-bats, while Sabathia was rocked for five runs in two-plus innings in the New York Yankees' 12-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 4:31 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Jones homers as Pirates beat Yankees |
| TAMPA, Fla. -- Garrett Jones hit a three-run home run that left George M. Steinbrenner Field, and the Pirates beat the New York Yankees, 12-7, this afternoon |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 1:13 pm Eastern Standard Time |
| Hope on the horizon? |
| Pirates Q&A with Dejan Kovacevic |
| Tue, Mar 09 2010 12:00 am Eastern Standard Time |
| MLB Notebook: Yankees' Rivera throws first BP session |
| New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw 34 pitches in his first batting practice session Monday in Tampa, Fla. |
