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The surprising Pittsburgh Pirates

For the second straight year the Bucs are making some early-summer noise

Updated: June 13, 2012, 12:37 AM ET
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For the second straight season the Pittsburgh Pirates are making some early-summer noise. Should we be taking them seriously? The upstart Bucs are the subject of today's Triple Play.

1. Is this year's surprising Pirates club any different from last year's surprising club?

David Schoenfield (@dschoenfield), SweetSpot: The big difference is that while last year's rotation was doing it with smoke and mirrors in the first half, this year's rotation is much more ...

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