Bucs seek .500 mark in Houston
(Sports Network) – Pittsburgh right-hander Jeff Karstens can get his team to .500 and end a personal drought tonight when the Pirates visit Minute Maid Park to begin a three-game series with the Houston Astros.
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Couch Slouch: Hey Pirates, is going .500 too much to ask?
As a young boy — yes, I once was a young boy; there are photographs — I adopted the Steelers and Pirates as my favorite teams. This was a curious decision, considering I had no ties to Pittsburgh and had never been to Pittsburgh. Yet Roberto Clemente and Franco Harris were two of my adolescent sporting idols.
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