Alex

Just a depressed Pirates fan

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@HawkEmDownChris Jeff Locke

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@Immy_220 Unless you are the killer

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I don't know how you do it man
@gbrowniepoints

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@nathan_osler People like to shit on Greg brown but can you imagine the kind of suffering he must go thru? He cant turn the game off when they do stupid shit. And has to comeback the next day with a smile on his face. I couldn't imagine doing that job

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@ThePoniExpress Kit Kats

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@MarkMaddenX Where’s the splinker ?

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@ChrisMuellerPGH He’s 6’7 and at least 300lbs. He’s very nice but also very evil

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@GMBCSuperfan Magnum PI came through today

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@ChrisMuellerPGH There was a second baseball

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@SteeloCity lol you really hate Magnum PI

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@BlondeOfWar To be fair, if the air bag went off because someone hit them while parked, it could do a lot of damage to that kid

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@BK242414 @MarkMaddenX @CALLAS_33

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@stoolgambling @BFW @nickturani @kbnoswag @nickysmokess @Blutman27 @therealburns3 @RealCGriff Nick Bonitto

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

I kept this story in my pocket for a long time....

In Pittsburgh, September 15th is Roberto Clemente Day.

Every year the whole organization fans out across the city. It's like Christmas. Roberto's family is there, Vera and the boys.

My first year as manager was 2011. We celebrated. We shook hands and moved on.
We didn't win.

19 consecutive losing seasons.

2012 rolls around. Same day, same celebration. We had another losing season, our 20th consecutive.

After the ceremony, Roberto Jr. walked over.

"My mom wants to talk to you."

We went into the dugout. Me, Vera, and her three sons.

She spoke in Spanish. I played four years of winter ball so I understood enough. She wasn't angry, but she was passionate. And I kept hearing Roberto's number come up.

Roberto Jr. translated.

"My mother wants you to know that there cannot be a 21st losing season. That was Roberto's number. It would be a disgrace to his legacy."

She was staring right at me.

Before I could even think about what to say, words came out of my mouth:
"I promise you, Vera. That won't happen."

Roberto Jr. looked at me and said, "You made my mom a promise. I hope you can keep it."

I said, "I hope I can keep it too."

I didn't tell my coaches. I didn't tell the players. I told my wife. That was it.

The next year, 2013, we broke the consecutive seasons losing streak. Ended it at 20.

On Roberto Clemente Day that September, Vera came walking across that field.

And I probably got one of the most meaningful hugs I've ever received in my life.

The players did all the heavy lifting. I just got the hug.

Some promises are worth making before you know if you can keep them.

@Pirates

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@PrimeBets_Cloud @krsrnaja @Oluchiisxn This, of course, is to assume that one can truly be objective. How can the subject truly remove its own self while interpreting the world through their own “subjective” senses, experiences and logic.

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#draft

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@Peter_forth21 Oneil Cruz

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