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Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Paul Skenes struck out as many batters in the first inning of his last outing as he did in all six innings he pitched Thursday. [...]

Byline: Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis minor league pitcher Paul Skenes is blowing on his hands, condensation billowing through the air as he tries to keep warm. No, [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, NorthJersey.com TAMPA, Fla. -- Even during Clay Holmes' spotty tenure with the Pittsburgh Pirates, his sinker was shaping into something special. Holmes' ERA hovered near 5.00 during [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.com NEW YORK - Daniel Vogelbach considered it a blessing to be wanted. Getting sought after by the top team in the NL East? That was the [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, NorthJersey.com PITTSBURGH - Durable Yankees' first baseman Anthony Rizzo was a surprising late scratch from Tuesday night's lineup due to lower back tightness. Rizzo was originally listed [...]

It was a cold October day in 1980 when my brother Bob and I decided to check out the Mets one last time before the season's end. The perennial cellar [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, NorthJersey.com TAMPA, Fla. -- By his own review, Gerrit Cole's Grapefruit League opener was a better workday than the results showed. Just another step toward the real [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, MLB Writer TAMPA, Fla. -- They will miss Zack Britton and his bowling-ball sinker over the next few months. And yet, the Yankees bullpen remains a top-notch [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, MLB Writer NEW YORK - Already this offseason, Jameson Taillon had bid goodbye to teammates Josh Bell and Joe Musgrove, traded from the retooling Pittsburgh Pirates. By [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, MLB Writer Adding to their 2021 rotation, the New York Yankees have acquired right-hander Jameson Taillon in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In a package led [...]

Byline: Pete Caldera, MLB Writer TAMPA, Fla. - Rousing cheers accompanied Gerrit Cole as he entered and exited his Yankees' spring debut start. This, after his first live batting practice [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record NEW YORK - If Sunday was Jason Vargas' last start as a Met, his farewell in Queens was a pretty good one. The veteran [...]

TAMPA, Fla. - Dellin Betances has a ready explanation for Sunday's rough outing, struggling against a group of not-ready-for-prime-time Pittsburgh Pirates. 'I felt like crap today, I didn't really have [...]

NEW YORK -- If the Mets really are sellers at the trade deadline, as assistant general manager John Ricco said they may be before Wednesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, [...]

NEW YORK -- If the Mets really are sellers at the trade deadline, as assistant general manager John Ricco said they may be before Wednesday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, [...]

Byline: Greg Tartaglia, North Jersey Record LITTLE FALLS -- The New Jersey Jackals have signed Rutherford product and former major league pitcher Vin Mazzaro to a spring training contract. Mazzaro [...]

Byline: DAVID M ZIMMER, STAFF WRITER, @DZIMMERNEWS WEST MILFORD -- One of the most successful athletes to ever grace the high school's halls says it's high time for a hall [...]

Byline: JEFFREY PAGE, SPECIAL TO THE RECORD During his 18 summers in the Pittsburgh Pirates' outfield, Roberto Clemente compiled a .317 batting average, higher than the storied centerfielders of New [...]

Byline: JEFF ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The exhausting day began at 1:08 p.m. in front of a nearly full Yankee Stadium. By the time the Pittsburgh Pirates' Gaby [...]

Byline: JEFF ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The drive had not even landed, still soaring toward the Yankees' bullpen when Edinson Volquez bent over at the waist. The Pittsburgh [...]

Byline: JEFF ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER Their prayers were answered -- for two nights anyway. The Yankees had $155 million reasons to count on Masahiro Tanaka on Wednesday after surrendering a [...]

Byline: Mike Kerwick Twenty years ago, Collins spent two seasons as a bullpen coach for a Pittsburgh Pirates team that was considered the class of the National League. The Pirates [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK - On first glimpse, it came off looking like a white flag, a team using an injury to its ace as a convenient [...]

Byline: STEVE POPPER, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The list of ticket requests was going to be huge for Jason Grilli no matter how hard he tried to pare it [...]

Byline: STEVE POPPER, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The list of ticket requests was going to be huge for Jason Grilli no matter how hard he tried to pare it [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK - He looked helpless out there, a pitcher in need of a life preserver. Two of his pitches hit people. A handful of [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- He looked helpless out there, a pitcher in need of a life preserver. Two of his pitches hit people. A handful of [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK - He looked helpless out there, a pitcher in need of a life preserver. Two of his pitches hit people. A handful of [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK - Juan Lagares used his glove. Mike Baxter used his bat. At the end of the night, both pieces of equipment proved equally [...]

Byline: PETE CALDERA, STAFF WRITER STAMFORD, Conn. - Patience is still Brian Cashman's off-season buzzword. Russell Martin's free agent departure -- to the Pittsburgh Pirates, of all teams - won't [...]

Byline: ANDY VASQUEZ, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The Yankees didn't plan on making a deal before Tuesday's trade deadline. Injuries, however, changed their plans. With Alex Rodriguez out for [...]

Byline: ANDY VASQUEZ, STAFF WRITER NEW YORK -- The Yankees didn't plan on making a deal before Tuesday's trade deadline. Injuries, however, changed their plans. With Alex Rodriguez out for [...]

Byline: MIKE KERWICK, STAFF WRITER PITTSBURGH - The lazy fly ball pulled Mets center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis toward left field. He drifted to his right, raised his glove and called [...]

Byline: PETE CALDERA, STAFF WRITERThe Yankees' aim to rapidly move A.J. Burnett off their roster still hinged on the Pittsburgh Pirates' willingness to absorb contract dollars. Though the Pirates had [...]

Byline: JOHN ROWE Observations from afar: Is it me or is the umpiring in Major League Baseball at an all-time low? The latest glaring error was the bogus 19th-inning call [...]

Roberto Clemente Jr., son of the late Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, spoke Tuesday with student members of the Lyndsey Meyer Teen Institute at School 3 in Passaic about making good decisions [...]

The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, above, on Sept. 24, 1957, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. Five days later the New York Giants played their last [...]

Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn making a catch in front of an owl poster during a split-squad spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Detroit came away with a [...]

Farrell stays put Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell decided not to pursue the Pittsburgh Pirates' managing job. 'While I do have aspirations to manage in the major leagues in [...]

PITTSBURGH - Former Met outfielder Jeromy Burnitz was attempting to finalize terms Tuesday on a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, less than a week after it appeared he had [...]

NEW YORK - An outdated ballpark to some, Shea Stadium has developed into a virtual paradise for the Mets. The Amazin's were back home Tuesday night, and while their 6-2 [...]

Ryan Drese pitched eight strong innings, Wil Cordero hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly for his first RBI of the season and the Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, Tuesday night [...]

NEW YORK - This is how it started for the Yankees on May 7, the date they shook off an 11-19 start and began repairing - if only temporarily - [...]

CHICAGO - Federal authorities have seized a videotape believed to be at the center of an alleged blackmail attempt against Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield and his wife, a prosecutor said. [...]

NEW YORK - Jason Bay succeeded where Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Barry Bonds failed: He became the first Pittsburgh Pirates' player to win the National League Rookie of the [...]

Some great performances and memorable finishes in Game 7: Oct. 16, 1909, Bennett Park, Detroit: In the first decisive seventh game in World Series history, Babe Adams of the Pittsburgh [...]

Sammy Sosa hit his first grand slam in more than two years Wednesday to lead the Cubs to a 13-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago. Sosa also had [...]

Trade talks heated up Thursday night as the Mets were nearing a deal for Pittsburgh Pirates' right-hander Kris Benson in a three-way trade involving the Chicago White Sox. As talks [...]

Kris Benson's trade value keeps going up. Benson put on another impressive display for teams that need pitching help, going eight strong innings to lead the surging Pittsburgh Pirates past [...]

Oliver Perez outpitched All-Star Carl Pavano, and the Pittsburgh Pirates got back to their winning ways with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday in Miami. The Pirates, [...]