1.   Pirates manager Jim Leyland announced his club was playing the game under protest.

2.   Pirates manager Jim Leyland has dropped his protest of the game-deciding call.

3.   Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon said.

4.   Pirates general manager Cam Bonifay was named Executive of the Year in voting by major league team executives.

5.   Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon was upset.

6.   Pirates manager Gene Lamont spends his pregame strapped in a wheelchair because of intense pain in his back, which he strained recently.

7.   Pirates manager Gene Lamont had no complaints.

8.   Pirates manager Gene Lamont said Francisco Cordova could miss a start but that his elbow problem is not serious.

9.   Pirates manager Gene Lamont was ejected by plate umpire Bruce Froemming in the third inning for arguing about pitches from the bench.

10.   Pirates manager Gene Lamont has seen Hermansen play in winter ball and spring training, and expects to see the same live bat and power he saw there.