Less than 24 hours after being satirized on a "Saturday Night Live" skit, the Pirates, now formally christened a laughingstock by the nation's arbiter of such things, suffered their final indignity with a 6-0 silencing by the Cincinnati Reds yesterday at Great American Ball Park.
That was loss No. 99.
And that, mercifully, will be all.
"It's over," center fielder Andrew McCutchen said, packing at his stall in another quiet clubhouse setting. "It stinks, with all the moves and everything else, that all this happened this year. Really, you just want to have a fresh start, and we're going to have that next spring. For this season ... hey, nothing you can do now."
Other than maybe add up all the ugly numbers for the Pittsburgh Baseball Club's 123rd season one final time:
• The 62-99 record marked the eighth time in franchise history with that many losses or more. The Pirates have lost at least 94 each of the past five years, and this was their second-worst mark during the record 17-year losing streak.
• The 22-58 road record marked the franchise's fewest road victories under the 162-game schedule, which began in 1962. The Pirates won just three of their 26 series away from PNC Park.
• The last-place finish -- 28 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals -- was the fourth in five years, the ninth in these 17 years.
• The team's run total of 636 ranked 29th of 30 teams in Major League Baseball, with the .252 batting average 28th.
More here if you can bear it.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09278/1003088-63.stm
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