The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired Aramis Ramirez in the twilight of his last season. The advance storyline was almost perfect. The last Pirate to ever play in Three Rivers Stadium that is still active was coming back. The “one that got away” was coming back to provide some offensive power and push an already talented team over the edge.
It didn’t quite work out that way at first.
Ramirez went 8-for-43 in his first 10 games as a Pirate, failing to instill confidence in the masses. Collecting only four RBI during that stretch while batting .