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Left on Base: WBC Rosters, Schilling Shills for 'Tek, Rickey Takes Off

Left on Base is MLB FanHouse's link dump.* The 45-man rosters for the World Baseball Classic were announced yesterday, which is interesting but not altogether meaningful -- the 28-man rosters that teams will actually play with won't be announced until Feb. 24. In the meantime, Baseball America scours the WBC for prospects....

From the Windup: Is It Time for a Salary Cap?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Salary Cap. There's not a more controversial phrase in baseball economics. The prospect of one hung over the strike of 1994 and 1995 before the owners and players managed to settle without implementing a true cap. Since then, baseball...

Dave Littlefield Is Fired: SWEET RELIEF!!!

In the midst of all the steroid/HGH garbage that's been going on in baseball today, which has been a real downer, there has been one incredible high point that's let me get through the day. As Matt told you earlier, Dave Littlefield has been fired as GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates. I don't know if I can quantify how happy...

Pirates (Finally) Fire Dave Littlefield

Dave Littlefield's reign of terror in Pittsburgh has come to an end! Pirates owner Bob Nutting announced this morning that he's fired Littlefield after leading the team to their seventh losing season on his watch (and 15th in a row). From the Post-Gazette:"After eight months of listening and analyzing the situation, it has...

The Pirates Wish They Had Ryan Howard

Everyone in Pittsburgh has a favorite "Why Dave Littlefield should be fired" story. There's tons of them. I mean, the guy's been on the job since mid-2001 and he's managed to not improve the Pirates at all since he took the helm. My favorite Littlefield story? The one chronicled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today, the...

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Hot Tub's Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal Deliver Laughs to Gowanus (VIDEO)

Comedians Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords, The Daily Show, and 30 Rock) and Kurt Braunohler (IFC's Bunk and known Wikipedia vandal) have been hosting their popular Hot Tub variety show since 2005.

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Jennifer Aniston: 'Is It Ever Going To Happen?'

Warren Littlefield, NBC's former president of entertainment who's brought us small-screen gems like "Seinfeld,""Friends" and "Frasier," remembers taking a huge gamble on Jennifer Aniston and convincing Debra Messing to do "Will and Grace."

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WATCH: Bikes, Booze And Burlesque

What do you get when you mix bikes, babes, and a fair amount of alcohol?

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06/03/12 Starkey: PiratesÃ¢ first-round Ks Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA Rolling through ancient microfilm at OaklandÃ¢s Carnegie Library on Friday Ã¢ film so old it pegged the Pirates as Ã¢less than a year removed from the playoffsÃ¢ Ã¢ I found the item I was looking for.
10/09/11 Did 2007 Protest Against Pirates Ownership Have An... Source: Bucs Dugout There isn't much going on today, obviously, and when that's the case, I find myself checking Google News to make sure nothing fell through the cracks.
11/24/10 Urban: Bucs help Giants' buck stop here Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA The first move of The Brian Sabean Mulligan, sending Matt Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates for an outfielder you've never heard of and a player to be named later, wasn't particularly sexy on the surface.

Background on dave littlefield

David Littlefield is a former Major League Baseball executive. Littlefield was employed as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a position he held from July 13, 2001 to September 7, 2007. He took over as GM for Roy Smith, who had assumed the position on a temporary basis after the firing of GM Cam Bonifay on June 11. He is currently working as a scout for the Chicago Cubs.

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