30 Teams in 30 Days continues with coverage of the National League Central, and at the bottom of the NL Central was the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates finished the season 57-105, and on August 20, 2010, the Pirates were able to clinch 18 consecutive losing seasons. But somehow the Pirates were able to take 3 out of 4 games against the Phillies over 4th of July weekend. I would know, I was there for a Phillies win and loss. PNC Park is a really nice park within Pittsburgh and I would recommend it to anyone. Unfortunately for the Pirates, they had the worst road record in all of Major League Baseball going 17-64. Hometown fans did not see that bad of a home record, going 40-41, but they were very generous to their hosts. In the off season, the Pirates were able to make some decent pickups. Among those pickups were: Matt Diaz, Joel Hanrahan, Chris Synder, and Lyle Overbay. Pittsburgh still held onto Garrett Jones, Andrew McCutchen, Ronney Cedeno, and Pedro Alvarez. The Pirates also kept National League All-Star relief pitcher, Evan Meek.
Ross Ohlendorf won in arbitration against the Pirates in the off season and
Ryan Doumit will be the backup catcher and possible outfielder. I really think that the Pirates will win more than 60 games this season. If you have three digit totals in the the win or loss column, you're either really good or really bad. But in the only division with 6 teams, the Pirates are already at a disadvantage. I wish the Pirates luck in the 2011 season because it would good to restore some of the former glory that baseball in Pittsburgh had.
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