FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 0 CARDINALS 9
WHY THE PIRATES LOSS: MANY OF THE PLAYERS DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS OPENING DAY OR A REAL GAME. KEVIN NEWMAN WATCHED MOST OF THE GAME FROM SHORTSTOP. DID NOT GO AFTER THE POP UP IN THE FIRST INNING, DID NOT REALLY CHARGE THE BALL IN THE SECOND INNING, AND THEN BOOTED A ROUTINE GROUND BALL IN THE THIRD. COLE TUCKER DIDN’T REALIZE THERE WAS A RUNNER ON THIRD IN THE EIGHTH AND ST. LOUIS SCORED ON A SHORT POP UP TO RIGHT FIELD. THERE WERE OTHER BONEHEAD PLAYS AND WHILE SOME OF THEM DID NOT LEAD TO RUNS BEING SCORED, IT SHOWED THAT THE PIRATES WERE NOT READY TO PLAY. THE SHORT SPRING TRAINING REALLY AFFECTED THE PIRATES. NEXT YEAR THEY SHOULD REPORT TO BRADENTON ON JANUARY 2. THE PIRATE PITCHERS WALKED 7 BATTERS. THE PIRATE BATTERS PRODUCED 0 RUNS AND STRUCK OUT 9 TIMES. IT WAS A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT OR LACK OF.
KEY PLAY OF THE GAME: THE CARDINALS TOOK THE FIELD.
NEXT GAME: SATURDAY IN ST. LOUIS. PRAY FOR RAIN.
The Goofy Game of Golf/Life Searching for the Answer 
Vet, they have the top ranked prospect list in the NL but Balt has the top ranked list in MLB. Does it matter when you’re in the annual 100-loss club?
Brian
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To quote from Moneyball “It does not”
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