Welcome to Paul Zeise’s weekly mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life and everything in between. If you want to ask Paul a question, tweet him @paulzeise or email him at pzeise@post-gazette.com. This feature will run each Wednesday, so you have a whole week to submit questions. Let’s get started:
Chris Boehme, @Cboehme2: Paul, could you give me 5 factual reason for me, a fan, to be optimistic about the Pittsburgh Pirates season?
Zeise: 1.