A friend (@ryanstats) asked me last night who I cheer for when the Pirates get knocked out of contention each year. At the time I told him that I don’t cheer for anyone else, but today I was toying around one of my spreadsheets and realized that I do cheer for another team. I cheer [...]
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Did I pick a crazy weekend to go out of town or what? The Pirates extend their losing streak to 12, fire a pierogi, then win twice in a row. Pedro Alvarez gets his first hit too. To quote Han Solo, “I’m out of it for a little while and everyone gets delusions of grandeur.”A [...]
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The Yankees were just shut out for the second game in a row. Yesterday the Pirates were also shutout for the second game in a row. The Yankees’ opening day player salaries total $206 million, the Pirates’ total $35 million. Anything can happen over a single game, or a few games, to any team, anywhere, [...]
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