It was July of 2009, and I was in the kitchen of Villa Ballanca, an Italian restaurant in my hometown of Lower Burrell, PA, washing dishes and sneaking peaks at my LG enV Touch trying to keep up to date on the Pittsburgh Pirates at the MLB trade deadline. The end of July was one of the very few interesting parts of baseball season for a Pittsburgh Pirates’ fan back then. The team was in last place almost by default and we were all only interested in seeing what prospects we might acquire in exchange for what would we could try and convince other teams was major league talent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates: a six year history
