Pride. Passion. Pittsburgh Pirates.

What the hell does that mean?

Whatever it means, the Bucs are sticking with it this year as the team's tagline.

Maybe it's best not to have a tagline that really describes this team.

From here:

"The Pirates will stick with the tagline they used last year -- 'Pride. Passion. Pittsburgh Pirates.' -- but Mr. DePaoli does want to make some changes in the team's merchandise assortment.

"His issue? Too many different Pirates hats with too many different logos and color assortments.

"The Red Sox and the Yankees, even Coke, have pretty much stuck with the same iconic logo for years and years. He thinks the Pirates should do that, too.

"The gold 'P' on the black background will be seen much more often as the season progresses, although some exceptions will be made for things such as pink hats for young girls."