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Collier: Pirates' pitching rotation will not crack at the moment

Watching these Chicago White Sox bat against Charlie Morton in the final episode of another markedly successful Pirates home stand, you almost understood what their manager was doing the night before when he attempted to break the Major League record for stupidest replay challenge.

To refresh, Robin Ventura drove the umpires to their headsets for a scintillating exchange with the New York command center that went on for more than two-and-a-half minutes, the purpose of which was to determine whether Sean Rodriguez had, in fact, been tagged out at first base, never mind that umpire Bruce Dreckman had just indicated he had not.