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81415DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Hurdle’s the best, Ben’s forced apology, Oskar’s growth
at Rooney ComplexPOSTED: 12:30 AM TuesdayYeah, yeah, so Josh Bell's an MVP candidate, Jordan Lyles is a Cy Young candidate and Felipe Vazquez is an Indomitable Master of All Domains candidate.
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7.9K216DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Bell’s prodigious bat buying time
in St. LouisPOSTED: 7:00 PM May 13, 2019"What he's doing right now ..." Bryan Reynolds began before drawing a breath. "It's special." Yeah, sounds about right.
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6.2K89DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Vazquez’s nightmarish stuff might be scaring people off
in St. LouisPOSTED: 11:03 AM May 12, 2019Hey, where'd everybody go? Maybe it's because the script had been so strikingly similar.
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6.1K44DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Tucker picks himself up off the mat
in St. LouisPOSTED: 3:15 AM May 11, 2019"Talk to me?" Kyle Crick replied when I'd sought to do exactly that. "Go talk to that guy. He's the man."
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5.6K193DK'S GRINDKovacevic: The real fragility’s exposed anew
in St. LouisPOSTED: 12:09 AM May 11, 2019For as much fun as the 2019 Pirates could have been -- and in the most optimistic outlook, still could be -- there was always this element of fragility in...
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10.5K410DK'S REVERSE-GRINDKovacevic: Think you can write columns?
in Green Tree, Pa.POSTED: 12:15 AM May 7, 2019I'll put forth 10 bullet-point questions below, on an array of topics, and your job is to tackle one -- just one! -- and address it in comments below.
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6.8K199DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Rising above all this wreckage takes a special spirit
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 12:30 AM May 6, 2019"We've got to fight for the guys who are hurt. That's what everybody's saying in here right now. Play for the guy who can't play." Felipe Vazquez told me that.
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8.0K211DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Not much point left in starting Kang
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 3:13 PM May 4, 2019Jung Ho Kang isn't the worst third baseman in all of Major League Baseball. He's got Zack Cozart to thank for that. Remember Cozart?
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20.7K555DK'S GRINDKovacevic: One-on-one with Rutherford on Malkin, trades
in Strip DistrictPOSTED: 1:00 AM May 2, 2019Jim Rutherford has no wish to trade Evgeni Malkin. Nor has he initiated the first move toward trying to trade Malkin.
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9.8K133DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Did Steelers shortchange offense?
in Summer HillPOSTED: 1:05 AM April 29, 2019Not without cause, the Steelers' dramatic drafting of Devin Bush has dominated discussion of their 2019 class. Everyone wanted defense, everyone wanted splash.
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8.8K72DK'S GRINDKovacevic: It’s nice to see Steelers happy again
at Rooney ComplexPOSTED: 5:28 PM April 27, 2019Art Rooney II, ever the proud papa with his expressions, was gently grinning a little extra, as if admiring a prodigy child knocking 'em dead at the piano recital.
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4.4K67DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Awful offense actually will get better
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 5:26 AM April 25, 2019"I know I'm going to hit." That was Francisco Cervelli back in Bradenton. I'd asked about the Pirates' offense. Challenged him, actually.
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10.0K238DK'S GRINDKovacevic: What Penguins could cull from ongoing playoffs
in Strip DistrictPOSTED: 7:15 PM April 24, 2019What do Sidney Crosby, Nikita Kucherov, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Brad Marchand, Patrick Kane, Johnny Gaudreau, Steven Stamkos and Alexander Barkov have in common?
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7.8K103DK'S GRINDKovacevic: No actual need for Steelers to trade up in draft
at Rooney ComplexPOSTED: 1:18 AM April 23, 2019Everybody wants excitement from an NFL Draft and, thus, everybody wants the Steelers to trade up for the next Troy Polamalu or Santonio Holmes.
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7.1K138DK'S GRINDKovacevic: What makes baseball so beautiful
at PNC ParkPOSTED: 6:06 AM April 22, 2019Baseball's beautiful. I'll bet it didn't feel that way to the Pirates or the 12,396 faithful at PNC Park on this Easter Sunday at roughly, oh, 4:24 p.m. Eastern Daylight...
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17.1K578DK'S GRINDKovacevic: 16 ways to solve apathy, arrogance
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:05 AM April 18, 2019"They're a little bit hungrier. They want more, like, to win. They're blocking shots, they're forechecking, backchecking, like ... they look like they want more to win."
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15.8K674DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Not giving enough of a damn
at PPG Paints ArenaPOSTED: 12:30 AM April 15, 2019Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel scoreless? OK, they're human. And in Guentzel's case, he's pushing through an injury that'd normally keep him out.
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9.8K310DK'S GRINDKovacevic: Penguins find identical mismatch
in Uniondale, N.Y.POSTED: 4:59 AM April 13, 2019It's not the fire. It's the focus. And it's been that from the start.
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8.9K256DK'S GRINDKovacevic: A safer solution for a playoff lineup
in Uniondale, N.Y.POSTED: 2:00 PM April 12, 2019Apparently, Mike Sullivan's plan for Game 2 of the Penguins' Stanley Cup playoff series against the Islanders will be to push the Game 1 plan right through the wringer.
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12.1K320DK'S GRINDKovacevic: When itches don’t need scratched
in Uniondale, N.Y.POSTED: 1:48 AM April 12, 2019Scratching Jack Johnson doesn't singularly set the stage for any Stanley Cup playoff outcome, and it'd be silly to suggest anything of the sort.