NEW YORK (AP) — San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was banned from baseball for life for betting on the sport and four others were suspended for one year by Major League Baseball on Tuesday in the game’s biggest gambling scandal in decades.
It’s not unusual for pitchers to begin their season looking for big strikeout numbers. However, Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes isn’t just looking to strike hitters out on general principle. This year, he has some extra motivation.
Major League Baseball is scrambling to find ways to cope with record low participation among blacks at the major league level.
MLB player Travis Swaggerty is asking fans for prayers with his announcement that his wife is suffering from an “extremely rare” blood disease
Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez has lost an appeal of his conviction of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl.
A guest attending Pittsburgh Pirates spring training in Florida suffered a cardiac event while shagging fly balls in the outfield.
A Reds fan who also happened to be a dad who was bottle-feeding his child found himself extending for and catching a foul ball on Tuesday night.
Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was sentenced for up to four years in prison Tuesday for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.
A 1909 card featuring Pittsburgh Pirates star Honus Wagner won the honors as the highest auction price of any baseball card in history.
Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vasquez has been found guilty of abuse charges stemming from a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl in 2017.
The old Ump/Manager toe-to-toe argument is still a part of baseball in our current COVID reality, but man does it look different than it did a year ago.
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays will play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh if the state of Pennsylvania approves it, two officials familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Suspended Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vázquez is facing additional charges stemming from an alleged illegal sexual relationship with an underage girl.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates fired manager Clint Hurdle before Sunday’s regular season finale against Cincinnati following a stunning second-half collapse that dropped Pittsburgh to the bottom of the National League Central and included a series of off-the-field issues.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vázquez was being held Wednesday in a Pennsylvania jail on multiple felony charges after allegedly telling investigators he attempted to have sex with an underage girl during a meeting at her house in 2017.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star closer Felipe Vázquez has been arrested on charges of pornography and soliciting a child.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Phillies have acquired outfielder Corey Dickerson from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named and $250,000 in international signing money.
The rosters for the Reds and Pirates will look a lot different after the trade deadline. Those rosters will also look a lot different after a slew of players from both teams serve suspensions stemming from a wild melee in front of Pittsburgh’s dugout on Tuesday night.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired hard-throwing closer Keone Kela from the Texas Rangers for minor league starter Taylor Hearn and a player to be named.
Walking off the mound to a standing ovation from a crowd that included his parents and sister, Chris Rowley started to become aware of the magnitude of his achievement.
It’s going to take a lot more than a major motor vehicle accident to stop these guys from getting to a baseball game.
TMZ Sports spoke with Pittsburgh Pirates star center fielder Andrew McCutchen about Boston Red Sox fans yelling racial slurs at Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones last week. McCutchen said he played at Fenway Park for the first time earlier this
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has handed Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang a suspended two-year prison sentence for fleeing the scene after crashing a car into a guardrail while driving under the influence of alcohol.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole came within inches of serious injury Thursday against the Detroit Tigers. In the sixth inning, Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmermann sharply lined a Cole pitch directly back from where it came, grazing the top of Cole’s
In the top of the seventh inning of Wednesday’s National League Wild Card game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, Pirates relief pitcher Tony Watson beaned Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta in the hip with two outs and no one
The Pittsburgh Pirates clinched a return to the postseason for the third straight year on Wednesday night.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves put on an offensive fireworks display in the Pirates’ 10-8 win at Atlanta’s Turner Field Friday night – but the sparks apparently extended into the audience as actor Michael Keaton took a stand against a heckler who was after Pirates center-fielder Andrew McCutchen all night.
