John Toperzer

1971 Pirates had 4 players in top 14 receiving MVP votes. Can you name them?

Breaking: Mason Miller coming back to Bethel Park on Wednesday ... but only for a couple days

@harvardplayer Amsinger reminds me of Dwight Schrute

@colin_beazley Fans care about a level playing field. Nothing's changed since MLB bought off McClatchy's vote by giving him the 2006 ASG only 12 years after the last ASG in Pittsburgh. Cap & Floor

I asked MLBPA interim executive director Bruce Meyer about this exact interaction and the belief that a salary cap system is the best way for small market teams to retain their players: "That's just not true. ... I hear that, and what about Bobby Witt? What about Julio Rodriguez? What about JJ Wetherholt, who we just saw? What about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle? Samuel Basallo? Jackson Chourio? Corbin Carroll? So this notion that 'oh my God, small market teams can't keep their players,' it's just not true. It's not true. They are keeping them. They are keeping them. And they can. And ones who choose not to, can afford to do it. They can afford to do it. "I didn't read that article, but I heard something about that comment. I think it's a tremendous disservice to Paul. Paul is the ultimate professional. Paul loves the game. I don't know who made that comment, but it's a very flippant kind of comment. But we'll see. "Players want to be treated fairly, and they want to play the teams that they think are trying to win. Whether big market, small market, they want to be in places where they and their families are comfortable, and they want to be convinced that the team is actually trying to win. ... If there's a team that's not trying to do that and not trying to provide the best experience for players, that team is going to suffer in trying to attract players. "But there's nobody with more integrity than Paul Skenes. And at the end of the day, he's going to do what he needs to, right, using the rights that players and generations have fought for."

@jjcoop36 Music to my ears!

Rob Manfred on the negotiations for a new CBA: "I think that I have an ownership group that is more united than any group in my entire time of baseball. They are a group that believes in what I am arguing for. "

@1992Pirates That's so funny

OTD 7/14/1990: #Pittsburgh #Pirates pitcher Bob Walk tries his infamous “fake pickoff throw to 3rd base, quick fake to 1st base” move vs #Padres. News Flash: it doesn’t work. 😂 #LetsGoBucs     #WhirlyBird

Was 1971 peak Pirates season? Stargell 30 HR, 87 RBI at AS break, Clemente ASG tape measure HR shot, all minority lineup on Sept. 1 for 1st time in MLB history and World Series Championship

@gbmondo Man, I had Allen Craig in fantasy bb. Fell off the proverbial cliff!

@PiratesTalk Allen Craig

Have a comp to Esmerlyn Valdez that will bring Pirates fans down from the sugar high we're all on right now but I can just can't bring myself to post it, lol. Will only post if someone guesses who I'm thinking of. Haven't heard comp name mentioned. Former National Leaguer

@rlrasmu @DonChed54 I thought B Rey set the tone with that walkoff HR

@DonChed54 B Rey walk off at least number 3

Top 5 #Pirates moments of the first half: 1. O’Hearn: 3 HR, 10 RBI in 1 game 2. Valdez powers Buccos past Brewers 3. The Tyler Callihan game 4. Griffin doubles in debut 5. Reynolds walks-off Twins

@JonHeyman Put the HR Derby on tv

nypost.com/2026/07/13/spo… MLB Insider: Eight changes to make the best All-Star Game even better

@noputtsgiven very true. like Marte stealing home in first replay overturn to win game

@PiratesTalk Valdez different player but reminds me of how Marte seemed to be able to take over games

@JPerrotto Nice, John!

@PiratesTalk Dino Restelli

@RealClintBeaver Yes indeed. Have a pic of Braun and Cameron Maybin at the Future Stars game in 2006 at PNC Park.

@PiratesTalk yeah the fact he lied multiple times about PEDs and threw some random guy under the bus who was just doing a drug test.

@RealClintBeaver That name, yuck, lol. Top 5 most booed player at PNC Park, maybe higher.

@PiratesTalk Ryan Braun?

@noputtsgiven Still remember Starling's homer in first game, first pitch, I guess! baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU2…

@PiratesTalk Starling Marte

@olddochime Good calls spanning multiple generations!

@PiratesTalk Several Bucco flashes in the pan, or “off to a terrific start” sluggers come to mind - including: Bob Robertson for us really old timers, or more recently Garrett Jones … then there’s Joey Bats for Toronto…

@ButchMaier Greene, Moises Alou, Ruskin for Zane Smith. Good short term gain, bad long term pain. Nice name from the past

Willie Greene

@JuJuPhillips_19 Aram's 4th season, at 23, he went .300/.350/.536 with 34 HR and 112 RBI. Had forgotten just how good that 2001 campaign was!

@PiratesTalk Amaris Ramirez.

@ChrisChapm50046 @CoreyShrader @cooljerdoc I definitely don't want him to be like Aristides

@PiratesTalk @CoreyShrader @cooljerdoc Silly comp. Aquino was 25. Valdez is 22. Check out Albert Pujols’ 1st 28 games of his career when he was 21. Valdez is much closer to him except for the k-rate. Clearly it is early, but I am confident he is no Aquino. Just watch him hit. He will be long term MLB regular at least.

@SCoughlin21194 Dan Marino

@PiratesTalk mike ditka