With the Pittsburgh Pirates’ season just underway, I’m already sensing from the fan base that hope springs eternal everywhere but in Pittsburgh. As far as my own prediction on how this season might play out, I’m reminded of Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” as it relates to the noble, enlightened, and steadfast Bob Nutting.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…
Wait, actually Nutting is to blame for robbing Pirates fans of an annual rite of spring, creating an apathetic populace and ruining baseball in Pittsburgh.