The Pirates have the least amount of hits in the MLB, the least amount of Runs and RBI's in the MLB, the lowest batting average in the MLB, the second worst ERA in the MLB, the second most amount of losses in the MLB, and the third worst defense in the MLB. The record of the Pittsburgh Pirates is 23-42 and they have lost their last 10 straight games. The team website says "Pride. Passion. Pittsburgh Pirates," but I don't know how proud any person can be of the Pittsburgh baseball team.
Last night, the Pirates made a striking 6 errors in a single game. SIX ERRORS. The record for a game is 12, which both the White Sox and the Tigers are infamous for--which happened in 1901 and 1903. It is uncommon to have a professional Major League Baseball team to have such a great amount of mistakes in a series--let alone a single game.
The team is poor, unmotivated and despicable. None of their starts have a winning record, only one hitter is hitting above a .273, and they have given up 60 stolen bases (only the Red Sox and Giants have given up more stolen bases--difference being that the other two clubs still win).
The Pirates are far from being the worst team to ever play the game (the 1899 Cleveland Spiders were 20-134, a total of 84 games behind first place); but in this past decade, the worst team was 2003 Tigers that completed the season with a record of 43-119. The Pirates would have to go 20-77 to perform as poorly as the Tigers. Such a dismal record his difficult to achieve, and I don't believe the Pirates will lose another 77 games--but I almost have to believe they can with their performance in this stretch.
The disappointing part for the Pirates is that they have nothing to look forward too; they are pushing for Andrew McCutchen to play in the All-Star game, and that might happen. He's batting above .300, and is 3rd in the NL for hits and 8th in the NL for runs, and second in the NL for steals. He'll probably make the All-Star game but he'll probably also get traded by the end of next season.
Being a Pirates fan must be difficult; it's like being a Knicks fan, except there will never be the hype of gaining a LeBron figure or somewhat equivalent for baseball--the Pirates are just not competitive. So to all the Pirates fans out there; I'm sorry, but this is one Pirate ship that doesn't even go looking for treasure.
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