The Washington Nationals are all but certain to finish last in the National League East. After taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates, they realize how much worse it could be.

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The worst team in the majors will go up against perhaps the National League’s best pitcher when the Pittsburgh Pirates continue a four-game series with the Florida Marlins tonight at PNC Park.

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The young Pittsburgh Pirates have thumped the Florida Marlins 7-1 in their National League game in Major League Baseball action.

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Stymied by Jon Garland and stung again by Ryan Ludwick on Thursday, the Pirates left San Diego winless in six games this season against the National League West's top team after a 3-0 loss.

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In an earlier post, I pointed out that the Pittsburgh Pirates were showing signs of life against the three weaker opponents of the National League Central. This was because the Pirates could actually win, in some cases, and came within a run or so in other instances, suggesting that a stronger version of the team could win such games outright. But this past week shows why the Pirates won’t be …

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PITTSBURGH – In what has become a tradition of sorts, the Pittsburgh Pirates were busy on major league baseball’s the trade deadline, dealing away five players, including closer Octavio Dotel, in a flurry of three trades with National League West clubs.

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PITTSBURGH – Two years after the Pirates won 67 games and the Padres won only 63, the opposite-coast franchises possess the National League’s two lowest payrolls. On the field, they don’t begin to resemble each other.

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The Houston Astros certainly aren’t the only team beating the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates. They’re just the one doing it with the most regularity. Jeff Keppinger homered and had three RBIs, Brett Myers allowed two runs while working into the eighth inning and the Astros remained unbeaten in seven games against the National League’s worst team this season with a 5-2 win Friday night.

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Two of the have-nots in the National League’s Central Division get together tonight when the fifth-place Houston Astros visit the sixth-place Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game weekend series at PNC Park.

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With Braves catcher Brian McCann delivering the big blow, the National League came from behind to bop the AL, 3-1, on Tuesday night in front of 45,408 at Angel Stadium.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Pittsburgh Pirates are going nowhere

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This was the year that the Pirates were supposed to climb out of the cellar. Which is to say that they were supposed to be better than at least one other team in the National League Central. But after a decent start, that hasn’t happened

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PITTSBURGH The Pirates aren’t the worst team in the National League for no good reason.

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Andrew McCutchen remains outside the top 15 vote-getting outfielders in the National League for the 2010 All-Star Game, which will be played on Tuesday, July 13, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.

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American League opponents, National League opponents – right now, the Pittsburgh Pirates can’t beat anyone.

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Neil Walker was 7 years old, and though he can't fully recall watching the Pirates' last winning season, Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series certainly left a mark in his household.

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he third week of All-Star Game ballot updates saw a third change among the top three National League outfielders, but Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen remains nowhere near the top.

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The Pirates faced two-time reigning National League Cy Young winner Sunday, the league's hottest pitcher Monday and will oppose the highest-regarded Draft pick in recent memory Tuesday.

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National League Pirates 2, Reds 1

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The Cincinnati Reds are on a roll and will try to stay atop the National League Central standings tonight, when they resume a four-game set versus the division-rival Pittsburgh Pirates at Great American Ball Park.

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