While wondering whether the Pirates are on the verge of another collapse losing three series in a row and 6 of 8 games - after a 9 game winning streak - I may have come up with a valid reason.
Because USA Today seldom has the previous nights baseball scores in the edition I receive, they continue to hone what I feel would be a perfect new motto: for the paper "Yesterdays Sports Results Tomorrow".
So, returning from an early doctor's appointment I immediately went on-line to view the Post-Gazette sports section.
That's when I discovered the "flaw in their flue" - to paraphrase a very - very old Frank Sinatra song.
PG sports writer Bill Brink described the effectiveness of the Oakland starting pitcher thusly, " When Oakland starter Dan Straily wasn't striking out Pirates (7), he was keeping their balls on the ground."
C'mon gang! And this was a home game?
Obviously, tighter officiating may be a much needed cure to halt the Pirates current losing ways.
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I'm still reeling from the latest bulletin someone sent me by someone who is obviously concerned about the ever increasing PC life we're being asked to live:
"Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading America, people who live in or are from northeast Alabama, north Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia will no longer be referred to as 'Hillbillies'. You must now refer to them as "Appalachian Americans."
Oh yeah, I know you'll be hearing a lot of that from loyal Panther fans at the next Pitt-West Virginia "backyard brawl" football game: "Go Pitt. Beat those A.H.'s"!
(You see, most Pittsburghers can't spell any better than this old blogger).
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