Updated about once or twice a month, from April until October. Updated less frequently in the off-season. Stories, bad jokes, books, observations and coverage of Major League Baseball's past and present.

MLB Commentaries: 1993-present:
The view from left field
-Dave Roberts
-Matt Holliday
-Rene Reyes
-Foul Pole
-Rob Mackowiak
-Jeff Conine
-Denny Hocking
-Todd Linden
-Adam Dunn
-Pedro Feliz
-Luis Gonzalez
-Scott Podsednik
-Jason Bay
-Barry Bonds (#42)
-Manny Ramirez (World Series)
-Delmon Young
-Seth Smith
-Raul Ibanez
-Ian Stewart
• (Ongoing) Ballpark Dumps
  One fan's continuing quest to take a dump in every MLB ballpark. Updated as it occurs!
   
• 10/14/09- 4 Days in Rocktober
  No longer a fluke, the Colorado Rockies arrived in 2009.
   
• 06/05/09- Braves end another Pirates season
  Pirates' season ends before the Penguins' season does
   
• 05/04/09- Get the F*ck Outta' My Seat!
  You must be 16 or older to ride "Ballpark"
   
• 04/10/09- Opening Week 2009
  69, dudes!
   
• 10/29/07- Denver Rock City
  More unbelievable than Sasquatch; World Series in Denver
   
• 08/09/07- Leading the AL West in CPS
  Quick trip to Los Angeles of Anaheim
   
• 07/11/07- This One Counts?
  2007 All-Star Game wrap-up
   
• 06/20/07- Fuck Your Yankee Blue Jeans
  Please pay $14 to read this column
   
• 05/11/07- Hey Rodge, What's Happenin'?!
  Guess who's back?
   
• 04/11/07- Opening Salvo
  Bucco Beginning Blog
   
• 07/25/06- The Hunt is on
  The 2006 eStragand.com Braves Bounty
   
• 07/11/06- Quick All-Star Game React
  Home team loses another one-run game at PNC? No way!
   
• 06/23/06-The Torch is Passed
  ..and other Bucs "highlights"
   
• 05/31/06- Roger Clemens gets a new hat (and $22 Mil)
  Astros plan to repeat the process every year until he's dead
   
• 03/26/06- Gettin' Sprung
  2006 MLB Season Preview
   
• 09/21/05- Seasons in the Abyss
  Looking back at the Lloyd McClendon Era
   
• 08/05/05- Busted (but not intentionally)
  I never intentionally meant to type this column
   
• 07/13/05- YOUR 2005 All-Star Game
  Banished from his TV..would our hero survive?
   
• 06/07/05- Annual Rockies-bashing article
  ...also a Pirate-pumping article
   
• 05/03/05- Oh Say Can You Suck
  Get ready to, umm..."rock the hizz-ouse, dawg"
   
• 04/27/05- Table the Discussion
  Jose Mesa is "on pace" to set the single season saves record..and more worthless baseball news
   
• 03/22/05- Cactus Sacked
  The Amazing Drive...to Phoenix
   
• 02/23/05- Those 3 Little Words
  Official eStragand Spring Training Visitors Guide!
   
• 10/27/04- The New Losers
  Applications are currently being accepted...
   
• 10/07/04- Full Count
  2004 Season in the books
   
• 09/27/04- Mr. 3000
  A no-hitter of a different kind
   
• 08/18/04- Pittsburgh Rocks, Cleveland Sucks
  Frontline report from PNC Park and Jacobs Field
   
• 07/09/04- The Expos are Still Around?
  Pirates' Puerto Rican Road Trip
   
• 05/14/04- "Dem Buccin' Rockies"
  Pirates v. Rockies, May 11-13
   
• 05/02/04- "They're still shitty"
  Checking in on the home team
   
• 03/28/04- "I was a Pittsbugh Pirates Groupie"
  One nerd's trip through the Grapefruit League
   
• 01/11/04- Pete Rose: My Life Without Class
  No way. Never expected THAT out of Pete.
   
• 09/25/03- Lock-up on Your Way Out
  Final thoughts, with another year in the rearview mirror
   
• 08/12/03- Cart-iology and Usher Yo-Yo
  Fun activities for your next baseball game
   
• 07/27/03- PittsburghPirates.com, the league's on-field market place
  Give us your tired, your poor, your unwanted
   
• 07/07/03- 6.09 or 26?
  Hard to believe, but the Pirates are in the midst of a mini All-Star controversy
   
• 06/22/03- One Mens Out
  Sammy Sosa joins the ranks of the Black Sox and Ken Caminiti
   
• 05/09/03- The APE test
  An innovative way to curb fan violence
   
• 04/20/03- Bucs' Opening Day
  Ralph Kiner's geography lesson, Manny on the microphone, and more...
   
• 12/20/02- Willie Stargell : an autobiography
  Wilver knows his stats...
   
• 07/10/02- "Stoppage"
  MLB once again screws up a showcase event with a stoppage.
   
• 04/25/02- Respect my Securi-tay
  Geezers in polo shirts = protection!
   
• 04/05/02- Free Crap
  Baseball's Opening Day was full of freebies
   
• 09/10/01- This Promo's For You
  Bud Smith's no-hitter has Anheuser-Busch salivating
   
• 08/30/01- Column Fodder
  Story ideas for the struggling baseball hack.
   
• 07/11/01- A Tolerable Broadcast
  No little kids with diapers makes the All-Star Game enjoyable, for once.
   
• 06/28/01- Buy Some Crap
  The memorabilia bug bites MLB's managers.
   
• 06/11/01- It Sucks, Eh?
  Interlude on why I hate hockey.
   
• 05/19/01- YOUR 2001 Major League All Star Team
  At least for the month of May. Quite possibly the ONLY non-corporately sponsored All-Star page on the Internet!
   
• 05/04/01- Pedro's big brother
  The elder Martinez retires with a whimper.
   
• 04/28/01- 61*
  Movie review of the HBO film, detailing the pursuit of Babe Ruth's record in 1961. Movie spoilers. So don't go if ya don't wanna know.
   
• 04/04/01- Opening Day
  Random shit about the first week of the 2001 season.
   
• 10/03/00- Postseason
  Random shit about the first week of the 2000 playoffs.
   
• 02/18/93- Option 38 Retro: Buc Night
  Uncovered from my freshman college composition class.
   

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