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Team of the Week: Indianapolis Indians
Hitter of the Week: Gerlis Rodriguez, Bradenton
Pitcher of the Week: Tom Gorzelanny, Indianapolis
Indianapolis: 5-2 For the week
Lastings Milledge made the headlines this week at the plate for the Tribe. He was
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HOUSTON -- Tom Gorzelanny's raw numbers would suggest that he's earned a return to Pittsburgh and another shot at proving he belongs in the Pirates' rotation. Well, not so fast.
General manager Neal Huntington said on Tuesday that not only does
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...HOUSTON -- Tom Gorzelanny's raw numbers would suggest that he's earned a return to Pittsburgh and another shot at proving he belongs in the Pirates' rotation. Well, not so fast. General manager Neal Huntington said on Tuesday that not only does Virgil Vasquez...
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Indianapolis Indians left-hander Tom Gorzelanny made just one mistake Friday night, but it cost him in a 1-0 loss to the host Louisville Bats.
With two outs in the first inning, Luis Bolivar stole third base, then continued home on a throwing error by
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The Bisons lost their first four games last week before winning two of the last three. At 26-46, they still own the IL's worst record and are in sixth place in the North Division.
Danny
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ATLANTA -- The addition of Charlie Morton cost lefty Tom Gorzelanny his roster spot with the Pirates, though it actually enabled them to get Gorzelanny back into the role envisioned for him in long term.
Gorzelanny is on his way back to Triple-A
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: From The Sports Xchange: LHP Tom Gorzelanny likely will be optioned back to Class AAA Indianapolis and return to the starting rotation sometime this week if RHP Tyler Yates (elbow) is ready to be activated from the 15-day disabled list. When
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General manager Neal Huntington (right) is happy with the job manager John Russel (left) has done. (AP)
Huntington: Hello everyone and thank you for joining me today. Let's get started.
dabigtuna: Neal. Very dedicated Pirate fan, and I like where the
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SeanE: If Capps has to go on the DL who would be in line to take over the closer role? Does Jesse Chavez have a shot? He seems to fit the mold; hard thrower, fearless and seems to have overcome his control issues.
Dejan Kovacevic: Hello from the Windy -
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WASHINGTON -- So dominant in the first two games of this series, lefty Tom Gorzelanny couldn't match that success again on Thursday. Charged with holding a one-run lead, Gorzelanny gave up two runs in the eighth that eventually proved the difference
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WASHINGTON -- It has become a reflex for Washington Nationals fans to boo when the bullpen door swings open.
They did it again Thursday night, groaning when rookie right-hander Craig Stammen walked off the mound in the seventh inning. This time,
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... : From the The Sports Xchange: The Pirates are still hopeful Tom Gorzelanny can return to the form that made him a 14-game winner in 2007 and raised the possibility he could become the ace of the staff. For now, though, the left-hander is playing the role...
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WASHINGTON Tom Gorzelanny had pitched in the late innings before, but never quite like this.
Two years ago, he was the ace of the Pirates' starting rotation. Last year, he was a disappointment and was demoted to the minors.
Tuesday, Gorzelanny became
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: The Pirates gave closer Matt Capps the night off Tuesday at Washington, so Sean Burnett was given the first save opportunity of his major-league career. He blew it by allowing the run in the ninth, so Tom Gorzelanny (1-0) -- making only his fifth
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Adam LaRoche, without a hit in his previous 15 plate appearances and without an RBI in six games, clunked a two-out double into the right-field corner to jump-start a three-run 10th inning and give Tom Gorzelanny his first
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: From the The Sports Xchange: LHP Tom Gorzelanny, who won 14 games for the Pirates in 2007, was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday as RHP Tyler Yates (elbow) went on the disabled list. Gorzelanny was summoned because the Pirates needed a
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PITTSBURGH -- Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, a former 14-game winner who was demoted to the minors, was recalled by Pittsburgh from Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday.
Gorzelanny takes the roster spot of right-handed Tyler Yates, who was placed on the 15-day
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Joe_L: Dejan: Sean Burnett was drafted as a starting pitcher. Have you seen any indication that the Pirates have any thoughts of trying to turn him back into a starter?
Dejan Kovacevic: Happy rainy day to everyone, first off. No, there is no plan for
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None of those guys is going to land much other than Halladay, and maybe Maggs. All of them have some value as players, but each is so overpaid that it's questionable if any of them would be traded for much more than the shaved payroll.
I would love to
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Phils' alarm over Hamels can be traced to experiences by Pirates, Nationals
Published: March 22. 2009 12:01AM
Just in case the Phillies still don't understand why there was such a tidal wave of reaction to the news that
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, one of the Pittsburgh Pirates' top two starters at the beginning of last season, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis in a surprising move Wednesday.
The Pirates were unhappy with Gorzelanny's lack of
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To me, this begins to enforce a new emphasis on throwing strikes. It has been preached for years, by the previous regime and the new one alike, but now Gorzelanny is paying the price for not pitching over the plate. While Paul Maholm was efficient
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny, one of the Pittsburgh Pirates' top two starters at the beginning of last season, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis in a surprising move Wednesday.
The Pirates were unhappy with Gorzelanny's lack of
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To me, this begins to enforce a new emphasis on throwing strikes. It has been preached for years, by the previous regime and the new one alike, but now Gorzelanny is paying the price for not pitching over the plate. While Paul Maholm was efficient
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Tom Gorzelanny and Jose Tabata have been optioned to the minors, DK is reporting. Tabata is expected, Gorzelanny, well, not so much. He hasn't pitched well, but given his talent I always thought he'd get a chance during the season to show that he could
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What do we make of spring stats? I feel like I ask myself this question every single March, and I still don't know the answer. That's because there really is no answer, I don't think. For some players and trends, they're indicative. For others, they're
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Notes, quotes and anecdotes from the Pirates' spring training ...
The game: Tom Gorzelanny was hit hard again, and elite prospect Jose Tabata went 3 for 3 with four RBIs in the Pirates' 15-14 loss to the Boston Red Sox yesterday at
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Pirates president Frank Coonelly visited with fans in an exclusive chat at pirates.com on Wednesday afternoon. The following is a complete transcript.
deane79pit: Barry Bonds is looking for work. If at all possible, could or would the Pirates
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“I took last season,” he said, “pretty personally.”
The lefty tossed two scoreless innings during the Pirates’ 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday at McKechnie Field, meaning none of last year’s core starters — Ian Snell, Tom Gorzelanny, Paul
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Tom Gorzelanny took the first step in putting his disappointing 2008 season behind him.
The Pittsburgh Pirates' left-hander worked out of a jam and tossed two scoreless innings in a 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
"It
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...Fla. -- The road toward redemption and the beginning of a rotation competition began in full for lefty Tom Gorzelanny on Friday. While not lights-out, Gorzelanny took the mound in a game situation for the first time since Sept. 10 and did so with legitimate...
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- The road toward redemption and the beginning of a rotation competition began in full for lefty Tom Gorzelanny on Friday.
While not lights-out, Gorzelanny took the mound in a game situation for the first time since Sept. 10 and did
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...Fla. -- The Pittsburgh Pirates probably won't be able to undo their pitching problems this season unless Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny can turn things around. "They're two key guys," pitching coach Joe Kerrigan said. "To get those guys back and to keep them...
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The biggest problem with the Pirates' pitching staff in 2007 wasn't that Tom Gorzelanny or Ian Snell imploded, it was that they both did. One implosion we possibly could've handled. Two was disastrous. If the Pirates' pitching staff is going to improve
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Under summery sweet, 60-degree skies, the Pirates' pitchers took to the four fields of this sprawling complex for an opening day of minicamp that, for all its positives, carried unmistakable clouds of uncertainty.
How can a staff
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- When the Pirates' pitchers report for minicamp this morning, perhaps no one will have shed more weight than Tom Gorzelanny.
"I cleared everything out, threw the whole year out of my mind," he said of 2008. "I wasn't in the best form.
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You can't exactly tell from the projection, but a couple of you really think [Tom Gorzelanny's season] isn't going to turn out well, predicting that Gorzelanny won't pitch at all this year. (And both people who said that said it before Gorzelanny
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The community was considerably better than ZiPS here--the projection system's lack of knowledge of anything that isn't a number worked against it. Based on Jim Tracy's abuse of Gorzelanny down the stretch in 2007, two guessers predicted Gorzelanny
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PITTSBURGH -- Tom Gorzelanny learned on Friday that his already tumultuous season has come to a premature end. After a visit with a specialist in Pittsburgh, he learned that he had suffered a ligament sprain in his left middle finger on
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HOUSTON -- The Pirates will not know the severity of Tom Gorzelanny's finger injury until the left-hander is examined by a specialist in Pittsburgh on Friday. However, with a strong possibility that Gorzelanny might not be able to make his next
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HOUSTON -- Players keep dropping and the losses keep piling on for a Pirates team looking to get on some sort of winning roll before this season is officially in the books.
Pirates drop fifth straight, lose southpaw to left finger injury
In this
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Dejan Kovacevic: Hello from Houston, soon-to-be home of Hurricane Ike. Hopefully, Ike overruns the base ...
curt_raydon_fan: Has Pearce pulled a "reverse Murtaugh" and spit on Russell's shoe? He seems to be marginalized this September. Or are they
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CINCINNATI -- Three days after Labor Day, Tom Gorzelanny pitched as if yesterday were the Fourth of July all over again.
You'll recall that two months ago in Milwaukee, the left-hander allowed 11 hits, 4 walks and 8 runs in 42/3 innings.
The day after
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=== Braun, Bush lead Brewers past Buccos ===
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Dave Bush went 6 2/3 innings to help the
Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a
three-game set at PNC Park.
Bush (9-9) gave up just
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=== Brewers, Pirates start series in Steel City ===
(Sports Network) - Lefty Tom Gorzelanny makes his second start since a stint
in the minors tonight, when the Pittsburgh Pirates open a three-game weekend
series with their still-in-contention
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MILWAUKEE -- Tom Gorzelanny did a little researching after the initial disappointment of being demoted wore off.
He saw that even some of the game's greats, like Roy Halladay and Johan Santana, went through the same experience of bouncing
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Struggling Zach Duke is the scheduled starter for tonight and, as of late yesterday afternoon, that remained the case. But Gorzelanny's most recent start for Indianapolis was Saturday, so tonight would be his turn.
...[W]hen [Brewers GM Doug] Melvin
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Tom Gorzelanny isn't letting a demotion stop his progress.
Pirates southpaw allows one hit over seven innings
Tom Gorzelanny has allowed more than two earned runs just once in seven International League starts. (Bill Gentry)
The 26-year-old
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Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny allowed just three runs over 52/3 innings and struck out a team season-high 10 to lead the Indianapolis Indians to a 6-4 victory against the host Rochester Red Wings on Sunday afternoon.
"Tom pitched really well for us today. We...
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