This past Sunday marked the first anniversary of the hiring of Ben Cherington as the Pirates’ general manager.
Since these days Normal is just a small town in Illinois, an analysis of GMBC’s first year at the helm of the Pirate Ship is going to have an asterisk tacked onto it just like everything else about the 2020 season, iincluding the Dodgers’ World Series win because I hate them. However, it’s not like he didn’t do anything, so let’s take a look back at the year that was REALLY WEIRD.
Cherington’s initial move was bringing in manager Derek Shelton.