Well here we are again after 62 games witht he exact same record as last year. Wait? Last year we were tearing covers off baseballs with Nady and Bay not to mention Nate Mclouths breakout all-star(iffy) year. But this year it’s a new bag with similar results, the pirates are 29-33 4 games under the even mark, not far from respectable but also on the edge of a big collapse. Where does this leave the team, I know the pitching is remarkable in its improvements with solid stuff coming from Zach Duke, Maholm, Ohlie and even on occasion Karstens. Now loading in Morton as our potential bottom of the rotation saviour things could be on the up and up. But we still have the pattern in our teams history or dumping and prospecting all over again, like drilling for unfounded gold in california or removing mountain tops in my home state in west virginia this simply has not worked. I have a plan lets just try holding these pieces in place, unless a crazy deal presents itself of course. Nutting, Neal please lets try to get even before we go for the world series. I may be under reaching for this team, but I dont wan t the pirates to wear the collar of worst team in history of professional sports, just give in this year for Pittsburghs sake.

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