The Pirates Are Even More Horrible Now

Prior to Pirates season, I'm usually in a pretty positive mood. I like to make outrageous claims that this year is going to be the year. I cannot bring myself to do it this year.

(I couldn't believe the Pirates could get worse, but they did)

I was about to enter blissfully-ignorant territory again...until yesterday.

(I couldn't believe the Pirates could get worse, but they did)

Yesterday, my Buccos signed...this guy...who blew consecutive saves in the World Series with awful pitches to this guy and this guy.

The pitcher...not any of the hitters. I don't even want to mention his name. Because as awful as the Pirates have been in recent years, I could always say," At least we don't have Byung-Hyun Kim."

(I couldn't believe the Pirates could get worse, but they did)

So even if we make the elusive .500 mark, or (more preposterously) the playoffs, we now have the perfect reliever to mess it all up.

But to be fair, this was one of my last posts about the Buccos, so my opinion my be a little jaded: