Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates #1 pick in last July's draft has had an exciting spring. Reaching base in half of his appearances and clubbing three homeruns. What's really exciting is just how far he can hit the ball though, we're talking Stargel far here. Rumor has it that he hit batting practice OVER the pond outside field 1 at Pirate City. I was curious, so I grabbed a google shot of Pirate City and another one from PNC Park. I made a line that represented a homerun right down the line, over the pond. I then made a hash mark at first base (click the picture to blow it up, look close). Copied the line, pasted it on to PNC Park and resized it so the hash mark touches first base. By this (admittedly crude) estimation I have him knocking the ball not just in to the Allegheny, but in to the DEEP waters, over the kayakers for sure.
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I just noticed, I think the Alvarez homer would just about hit the red boat in the banner picture :-).
So what, it's season number 16 (?) of less than stellar baseball.
If you have failed to remember there's a bunch of other players on the team, they ( and he ) may be wonderful in theory but application in another matter completely.
Yeah right, Pirates Baseball !!
gunn, you may want to look in to the age old advice of "better to keep your mouth shut and have people assume you're an idiot then to open it and confirm their suspicions."
I'm well aware that there are 25 players on a baseball team and I could in fact name the 25 likely to be Pirates this season. I could also list their faults and the reasons we are EXTREMELY unlikely to win many games this year. I choose to enjoy baseball though, and I know of no other way to enjoy a sport then to cheer for the Pittsburgh team.
So if you prefer, become a Yankees fan but I'll be there when the Pirates turn this thing around.
Also, Pedro Alvarez will not be a Pirate this season (probably not next year either). You see in baseball they have a farm system where players develop before they make the big league club. By the time Alvarez makes the club in 2011, we may actually have a halfway decent team (there are some guys with promise in the farm system).
Perhaps you'd feel more at home writing comments on a Yankees band wagon blog. In the future, you may want to leave the conversation here to real Pittsburgh men, who know their sports.
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