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Pirates Mailbag: How far under .500 must they fall to start selling?

Welcome back, baseball fans. The Pirates are celebrating the Fourth of July in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed 241 years ago. Starling Marte’s batting average also is stuck at .241. Imagine that. All questions are sic’d. If you have a question for next week’s mailbag, send it to snesbitt@post-gazette.com or to @stephenjnesbitt on Twitter.

Here we go.

Gary: In your opinion what is the magic number of games

Stephen: I’m not sure a specific magic number exists for that scenario, Gary, but a round number might suffice.