It's Over

Well, it's officially over for the Pirates this year. We masqueraded as a legitimate mediocre baseball team for a while (which is all you need to get by in the NL), but we are now EIGHT games under .500 after being swept by the Cardinals.

That means that for the rest of this season, you won't see me posting much about lineups and starting pitching matchups and who needs to improve their plate approach.

Instead, I'll be moaning and complaining about everything from the front office ineptitude to Jack Wilson's asanine comments. I'm posting about the ONLY Major League Baseball team with no star players, no future, a manager that doesn't know how to think about baseball, the worst GM in MLB, and cheap owners who don't even notice the standings.

It's a sad, sad, existence.

The "no future" part is true, by the way. You'd think a team with AA talent at the major league level who trades their best players away would have something big coming up in the farm system, right?

Not this team. Be amazed at the uncanny ability to lose. Even if Mark Cuban were to buy the team today, it would take a full five year rebuilding plan by him to turn us around.

I can hardly wait for the trade deadline!

I am reminded the words on a black and gold t-shirt I once saw:

"Pittsburgh Baseball: rebuilding since 1992"

EDIT: Well, I suppose we do have a four-game series against the Reds... So there is one last speck of hope.