Had Kyle Crick known a week ago ago that Felipe Vazquez was human filth, as we'd all unfortunately find out Tuesday that Vazquez is, that fight in San Francisco might never have finished.
And it sure as hell wouldn't have been just Crick flailing away.
"I'd have f--ing killed him," was how one veteran worded it for me. "If I knew that? I mean, are you f--ing kidding?"
The Pirates didn't know, of course. Couldn't have known. Wouldn't have known. I'm convinced of that after several conversations in the afternoon leading into their latest loss, 6-0, to the Mariners.