In Skenes, Pirates got the Bucs Fever

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MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The irony was not lost on Friday afternoon; for under the brilliant sun at Wrigley Field, the brilliance of the sun was running second to the brilliance of the young pitcher on the mound. Yet it wasn’t the brilliance of a Chicago Cubs pitcher that had Wrigley buzzing this time.…

I don’t care if I never get back

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I don’t care if I never get back “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz.” — Humphrey Bogart MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Went to the ballgame yesterday. Nothing like a day game at the ballpark. Nothing like being there in the overcast spring, even with a sheer mist…

Birds eat Nats? Not this time

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MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The Washington Nationals certainly showed their mettle this week against the Baltimore Orioles, not to mention the rising talent general manager Mike Rizzo has assembled. The teams split their two-game series at Nationals Park, with the Nats dominating the Orioles, 3-0, on Tuesday, holding Baltimore to three hits, before the…

The guy does know how to make a splash

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MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports Until this season, that continues to feel too good to be true, on days when the Orioles did not play, Orioles fans found themselves hesitant to go onto their social media outlets of choice (which probably isn’t a bad idea on any day) because they were afraid to find what…

Hail, RFK; thanks for the memories

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MIKE BURKE Allegany Communications Sports The first and very last of the multi-sports stadiums of the 1960s and 1970s, also known as cookie-cutter stadiums, will be no more, as having concluded its environmental impact evaluation, the National Park Service announced last week that demolition of RFK Stadium can officially proceed so the land can be…