Regardless of the sport, a sign of a good team is the ability to overcome adversity. Few teams, if any, in all of baseball have faced more adversity than the Pittsburgh Pirates have this season. Yet, they just keep winning baseball games.
Following a 6-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon, the Pirates finished an 11 games in 11 days road trip with a 7-4 record. On the trip the Pirates faced three good teams in the Cardinals, Diamondbacks, and Padres, they overcame more injuries, and still find themselves enjoying a well deserved day off on Monday with a 24-20 record.