This should sum up the level of play we saw from our Pittsburgh Pirates as they wrapped up an 0-7 homestand against the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres. In the 124 year history of this team they've never had this bad of a homestand.
To steal from the NHL commercials, "History Will Be Made." Not exactly the history we want to see though.
Derrek Lee is bashing the Pirates on Twitter. Here's some of his tweets this week. "The #Pirates are going down faster than Carlos Zambrano's wife. Abandon ship! #letsgobucs #DLee #cubs", and "I'm covered in KFC grease and shame. Should have gotten a live chicken. This f'ing sucks. #pirates #DLee #cubs"
That should teach me to get my hopes up again. I'll just wait for the Penguins, Steelers, and Power to bring respectability back to the city of Pittsburgh.
I think it is entirely possible Neal Huntington just waited too long to pull the trigger on a deal to improve the club. I also think he underestimated how taking players who hustle like Josh harrison and Chase d'Arnaud out of the lineup would impact the team.
Instead we got Pedro Alvarez and Steve Pearce called up and flailing away at pitches. The pitching staff has imploded, and to be honest, there's no real end in sight to this 10 game losing streak.
The dream is officially dead. This team has given up and I seriously doubt they can even rebound to finish .500 on the season.
I bought the hype, I honestly believed this was going to be a magical season and, at the very WORST, the streak of losing seasons was going to be over.
I almost wish they had just stunk from the beginning like they were supposed to. Then at least the Pirates could have entertained the thought of trading off some players to continue adding to the core. It would have been best for the long term future of this team.
Don't even try to convince me this team still has a chance to win the NL Central, because that just isn't happening.
Oh well, time to turn my attention to football.
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