Kevin Gorman

1 week ago | triblive.com | Kevin Gorman

Mark Sauer transformed from an executive for three major sports franchises, including the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1990s, to become a passionate advocate for educational equality in retirement. Sauer died May 22 in Delray Beach, Fla.. He was 78. After serving as deputy chief operating officer of MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals from 1987-89, the Pirates hired Sauer as president and chief executive officer in 1991. He replaced Carl Barger, who left to become president of the expansion Florida Marlins.

1 week ago | triblive.com | Kevin Gorman

Oneil Cruz had the hardest hit in recorded baseball history, crushing a solo home run with a 122.9-mph exit velocity Sunday afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers. Cruz hit Logan Henderson’s first-pitch fastball 432 feet, clearing the right field stands and bouncing into the Allegheny River to start the bottom of the third inning. Oneil Cruz just hit this ball 122.9 mph. That is the hardest hit ball in the Statcast era.

1 week ago | triblive.com | Kevin Gorman

Mitch Keller had lost six consecutive decisions for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a run of futility not seen since Quinn Priester lost seven straight for them over the 2023-24 seasons. As fate would have it, Keller had a chance to snap that streak while facing Priester, now with the Milwaukee Brewers. Oneil Cruz crushed an RBI triple to drive in the game-winning run as the Pirates beat the Brewers, 2-1, Saturday afternoon before 24,651 at PNC Park.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Kevin Gorman

The infielder in Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly was amazed at the deke by catcher Henry Davis, who stood statuesque awaiting a relay throw from Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Davis caught it and slapped a tag on an unsuspecting Spencer Steer sliding into home plate in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Davis showed Kelly a video of him making a similar play from Triple-A Indianapolis, proof that the fake wasn’t a fluke. “That was sick,” Kelly told TribLive.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Kevin Gorman

How much did you take from your MLB debut at Yankee Stadium last September back to Triple-A Indianapolis? For me, it created perspective on what I needed to do down there to work on things. Down there, you can get really caught up in trying to prove that you’re ready to be up here, which creates a pressure on yourself, even if it’s subconsciously. I had to get out of that.