MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates did it...they are the worst team ever!

It's all Francisco Cabrera's fault for the Pirates downfall since 1992. Who is Francisco Cabrera? He is the one that hit the two-run single to score David Justice and Sid Bream for the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS to win the game. Seems fitting that a guy that ended up closing out their last winning season be a guy no one really knows, because no one really know anyone on the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates.




The question isn't when will they have a winning season again, because will they survive the economic down turn. They are trending almost 50,000 less fans this year then last year, which doesn't seem like much their average dipped below 20,000 fans a night. The park is great! The town is great! The team is disappointing.

Hopefully the Pittsburgh faithful will experience what the Tampa Rays faithful did in 2008 really soon. Maybe they should change their name like the Rays. Maybe the "Buccos" or the "Swashbucklers". Or maybe they should stick with their talent when they become good players and stop farming them out to the rest of the league. And maybe they shouldn't lock their young players up that aren't for sures (Ian Snell, Ryan Doumit).

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