For the first time since 2019, there will be fans in the stands at PNC Park. It is a positively stunning spring day here in the Burgh, a perfect day for a baseball game.
What will they see, though? Hopefully something better than the abomination that was the Bucs/Reds series in Cincinnati.
However, as I find myself saying at the beginning of every baseball season, dudes, it’s April. The Pirates are not the only team with only one win so far. They’re not even the only ones in the National League with one win. Remember, unlike Neal Huntington, Ben Cherington has basically said “hope for the best, prepare for the worst.