PHILADELPHIA -- Fire everyone.
Because the Pirates' 12-3 loss to the Phillies on this Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park marked the 24th time this season their pitching staff's given up double-digit runs.
Because only one team, the pathetic Orioles, has done that more often, at 25.
Because 24 is pretty pathetic itself.
Because that's once every 5.5 games.
Because they haven't gone more than 10 days without giving up 10-plus runs, maxing out twice, April 10-21 and June 11-22.
Because a minus-118 run differential doesn't lie, and that's been driven home devastatingly by this real-deal 12-32 nosedive since the All-Star break.