It’s a sunny October Friday in the 412.
With the St. Louis Cardinals winning, Gerrit Cole and Charlie Morton pitching in the NLDS, and the Cincinnati Reds nowhere to be found (uncalled for, I know), I can’t help but reminisce about better times as a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
The year was 2013. The Bucs had just come off the most heroic win for their franchise in over 20 years. Francisco Liriano, Russell Martin, MVP Andrew McCutchen and the rest of the squad had taken down the Reds in the rowdy PNC Park Wild Card game, and they were headed to St.