As the World Turns

40 and 81, with 41 games to go. 18 straight seasons with a losing record, and people are still going to the Pirate games. Here is an unreal statistic from center fielder Andrew McCutchen. McCutchen has 11 home runs up to this point and all of them are solo shots. That has to be a major league record or close to it............This is an off the beaten sports path but when are the local municipalities, boroughs, and townships not going to allow their maintenance department backhoes to travel the 2 lane roads during rush hour traffic. These backhoes are travelling at rates of 5 to 10 MPH on 35 MPH roads and backing up traffic for miles. All the drivers have to do is pull over and allow traffic to go through on an occasion.........By the way what ever happened to Mr Five Year Plan Kevin McClatchy. Here is a quote from Mr.McClatchy about building PNC Park which opened in 2001. "I guarantee to the fans of the Western Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh region the we will have a winner with the Pirates within 5 years if a new baseball stadium is built." McClatchy forgot to add that he would not longer be around.......Just think if the Steelers vs Giants game on Saturday the 21st of August were a regular season contest! The Giants third string quarterback would be starting. Eli Manning has 12 stitches in his forehead and probably cannot wear his helmet and back-up QB Jim Sorgi injured his shoulder and is out at least 2 games and maybe longer. There is an epidemic of injuries this pre-season only after 17 NFL games were played.