Jayson Stark at ESPN did some research and it turns out that no team who was 16 games above .500 2/3rds of the way through the baseball season ever finished below the .500 mark. Well leave it to the Pittsburgh Pirates who are not only about to do that but also break their own record with their 20th consecutive losing season.
I have been a Pirate fan since I was six years old in 1967. I knew after 1992 when Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek left we would be in for rebuilding but I thought it would be a 5ive year rebuilding program not a 20 plus year one. After last years collapse and the one this year things need to change. I can dream that Pirate owner Bob “I’m Getting Nutting For Christmas” Nutting would sell the team but that is unlikely. The next best thing would be to let General Manager Neil Huntington get on with his life’s work. Clean house. If the GM goes, Manager Clint Hurdle has to go too. I like Hurdle, he talks a good game but it seems like he talks a better game than he manages. Of course the players are the ones responsible the last two months. Hopefully a very busy off-season for the Pirates.
Jayson Stark’s story on the Pirates collapse- linked below.
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nice impression of the astros