by Jim Falbo | Apr 19, 2014 | Bucco Shark Tank, BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Pirates Baseball, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sports
Pittsburgh Pirates Acquire 1B Ike Davis Moments before yesterday’s first pitch the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets completed a trade the sent 1B Ike Davis to the Pirates for minor league right-handed reliever Zack Thornton and a player to be named later....
by Jim Falbo | Apr 18, 2014 | Bucco Shark Tank, BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Pirates Baseball, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Sports
“Small sample size” has become part of the sports fan’s lexicon. It’s used to explain the statistical aberrations that occur over a short period of time. A fictional example would be this exchange: Yinzer Joe- “Clint Barmes is batting...
by Jim Falbo | Mar 29, 2014 | Bucco Shark Tank, BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Pirates Baseball, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Buzz, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Sports
The free agent signing of RHP Edinson Volquez has caused much anguish in the minds of Pirates fans. In 2013 he led the NL in ER (108) and posted the highest ERA (5.71) of all of the 81 SP’s who qualified for the MLB ERA title. The $5 million question is why did we...
by Jim Falbo | Mar 18, 2014 | Bucco Shark Tank, BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Pirates Baseball, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sports
Report: Pirates willing to move Tabata, Mazzaro, and Snider Today Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reported that the Pirates were willing to listen to trade offers for Jose Tabata, Travis Snider, and Vin Mazzaro. Tabata is still young at 25, a capable...
by BuzzNtheBurgh | Mar 18, 2014 | BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Movies
3 Days to Kill Movie Review This was very good and also very original. Movie had very good mix of humor and thrills. Movie had 2 story lines that blended together well. Kevin Costner was very good as a aging CIA agent. His character is from Pittsburgh and there are...
by BuzzNtheBurgh | Mar 18, 2014 | BuzzNtheBurgh.com, Movies
Non-stop Movie Review This movie was pretty good. One of those whodunit thrillers that could have really been bad. Kept you guessing and you never really knew who was the bad guy until the end. They wrapped it up well also so you could see it made sense as opposed to...